| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ATCHISON, GARY 0043 (AR10117128) ON 091210, THE DEFENDANT DID COMMIT THE OFFENSE OF HOME INVASION ROBBERY WITH A FIREARM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 812.135. THE DEFENDANT, DID COMMIT CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT ROBBERY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 777.04, TO WIT: ON 091210, THE VICTIMS REPORTED TO THIS AGENCY A ROBBERY TO THEIR RESIDENCE IN WHICH THEY STATED TWO SUBJECTS ENTERED THEIR RESIDENCE WITH ONE CARRYING A SHOTGUN WHO SUBSEQUENTLY STOLE $3,400.00 IN US CURRENCY. A CODEFENDANT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED, AND AFTER MIRANDA, GAVE DETECTIVES INFORMATION STATING THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD DRIVEN HIS SILVER DODGE PICKUP TO HIS RESIDENCE WHERE HE THEN PICKED HIM UP ALONG WITH ANOTHER UNKNOWN BLACK MALE SUBJECT. THE CODEFENDANT THEN ADVISED THEY DROVE TO THE HOMOSASSA WALMART WHERE THEY BOUGHT ITEMS PERTAINING TO COMMITTING A ROBBERY. THE CODEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN DROVE THEM TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE WHERE THE DEFENDANT HAD SUPPLIED THEM WITH A FIREARM. THE CODEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT HE AND THE UNKNOWN BLACK MALE ENTERED THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, TOOK $3,400.00 IN US CURRENCY LEAVING THE VICTIMS TIED WITH DUCT TAPE. THE CODEFENDANT STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMES BEARD, THEN PICKED HIM AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN BLACK MALE SUBJECT UP AND DROVE THEM BACK WHERE THE DEFENDANT THEN RECEIVED $1,000.00 OF THE MONEY THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM WAL-MART IN HOMOSASSA FLORIDA DEPICTED THE DEFENDANT, ALONG WITH THE CO-DEFENDANT, COME INSIDE THE WAL-MART AND BUY GLOVES ONLY A FEW HOURS PRIOR TO THE ROBBERY BEING COMMITTED. ON 092910 THIS DETECTIVE ALONG WITH DETECTIVE BRIAN SPITTLE RESPONDED TO 1720 SOUTH CARRIAGE TERRACE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. AFTER READING THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PRE- PRINTED MIRANDA CARD, THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT HE WENT TO THE CO-DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHERE HE PICKED HIM AND ANOTHER UNKNOWN BLACK MALE SUBJECT UP, WENT TO WAL-MART TO BUY GLOVES WHERE HE THEN TRANSPORTED THE CO- DEFENDANT AND THE UNKNOWN BLACK MALE OVER TO AN AREA NEAR WHERE THE VICTIMS LIVED IN HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DROPPED BOTH SUBJECTS OFF AND LEFT THE AREA NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE THEN DROVE OFF. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH THE ABOVE CRIMES WHERE HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WITH A TOTAL BOND SET AT $55,000.00. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
