| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COLES, DAVE 0146 (AR07004488) DID COMMIT SIX COUNTS OF BURGLARY TO CONVEYANCES WHILE UNARMED AND UNOCCUPIED, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 810.02(4)B AND GRAND THEFT, VALUE GREATER THAN $300.00 BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00 PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)1 AND GRAND THEFT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)6 ON 081407, WHILE CONDUCTING A FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION REFERENCE CASE NUMBERS 07070241, 07070244 AND 07070239, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THIS DEFENDANT, A KNOWN WHITE MALE (JACOB WHITE). UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT HE WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME, AT WHICH TIME, HE ADVISED HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND ADVISING HIM OF THE NATURE OF MY INVESTIGATION, HE ADVISED THAT HE KNEW WHY I WAS THERE AND DID WANT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REFERENCE THE CRIMES THAT HAD BEEN COMMITTED. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT ON THE EVENING OF THE BURGLARIES HE MET UP WITH SEVERAL OF HIS FRIENDS, WHICH WAS WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BREAK IN TO VEHICLES. THE DEFENDANT STATED THEY RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF CITRUS HILLS AND KENSINGTON ESTATES. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE COULD NOT PROVIDE EXACT ADDRESSES FOR ALL OF THE VEHICLES THAT THEY ENTERED. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT AFTER THEY MET UP, THEY FIRST BROKE IN TO TWO SEPARATE GROUPS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THREE OF THE SUBJECTS WERE IN ONE VEHICLE, WHILE HE AND ANOTHER SUBJECT WERE IN ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, THEY BEGAN DRIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ENTERING UNLOCKED VEHICLES AND REMOVING ITEMS OF VALUE. SIX VEHICLES WERE ENTERED AT FOUR SEPARATE LOCATIONS, ALL OF THE VEHICLES WERE LISTED IN CASE NUMBERS 07070241, 07070244 AND 07070239 AS BURGLARIZED. EACH VICTIM IN THE THREE CASES WERE CONTACTED BY MYSELF AND STATEMENTS WERE PROVIDED BY EACH VICTIM ADVISING THAT THEY DID NOT GIVE ANYBODY PERMISSION TO ENTER THEIR VEHICLES, NOR DID THEY GIVE ANYBODY PERMISSION FOR ANY OF THE ARTICLES IN THEIR VEHICLES TO BE REMOVED. THE VICTIM OF THE STOLEN VEHICLE ALSO PROVIDED A STATEMENT ADVISING HE DID NOT GIVE ANYBODY PERMISSION TO BORROW THE VEHICLE OR REMOVE IT FROM THE PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE STOLEN ARTICLES FROM EACH VEHICLE WERE BROUGHT TO THE VAN THAT THEY WERE ALL DRIVING IN, WHICH BELONGED TO ONE OF HIS FRIENDS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THAT THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THE TWO SEPARATE GROUPS MET UP AND ALL GOT IN TO ONE VEHICLE SOMETIME DURING THE EVENING. THE DEFENDANT STATED WHILE ONE OF HIS FRIENDS WOULD DRIVE FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION, HE AND THE OTHER SUBJECTS WOULD GET OUT AND BURGLARIZE THE VEHICLES. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT WHILE BURGLARIZING THE VEHICLE ON ONE STREET, HE OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD A SET OF KEYS INSIDE OF IT. ONE OF THE OTHER DEFENDANTS BY THE NAME OF MICHAEL VENTICINQUE, ADVISED HE WOULD STEAL THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENING, MR VENTICINQUE ADVISED THAT IF A VEHICLE WAS LOCATED WITH KEYS INSIDE OF IT, HE WAS GOING TO STEAL THE VEHICLE FOR A JOY RIDE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT MR VENTICINQUE STOLE THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT DESCRIBED THE VEHICLE AS A RED FOUR BY FOUR SPORT UTILITY STYLE (SUV) STYLE VEHICLE, THE STOLEN ARTICLES WERE PLACED INSIDE OF THE STOLEN VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN BY MR VENTICINQUE BACK TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS WRONG, AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A REASON WHY HE WAS INVOLVED, OTHER THEN HE WAS ACTING WITH HIS FRIENDS. THE DEFENDANT PARTICIPATED IN A SWORN TAPED STATEMENT AFTER BEING READ MIRANDA WARNING FROM A PRE PRINTED CARD AND ADVISED THAT EH DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS AND DID WANT TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH ME. AFTER OBTAINING THIS INFORMATION, THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND THE BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY IN THE FRONT SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED IN REFERENCE SIX COUNTS OF BURGLARY TO CONVEYANCES, WHILE UNARMED AND UNOCCUPIED, ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT, VALUE GREATER THAN $300.00 BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00 AND ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT REFERENCE A MOTOR VEHICLE AND HELD WITH A TOTAL BOND OF $34,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
