| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287 (AR14-9428) did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that DEFENDANT HILL knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: DID SELL THREE TELEVISIONS FOR A TOTAL $600.00 CASH, the property of VICTIM CAMPBELL, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: REMOVED THE PROPERTY TOTALING CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE, A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF $5,000.00 LESS THAN $10,000.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.014(2)(C)(2). DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 1030 NORTH MAN O WAR DRIVE, INVERNESS, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF VICTIM CAMPBELL, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: BUSTED A WINDOW, ENTERED THE RESIDENCE THROUGH THE WINDOW AND TOOK AS MANY ELECTRONIC ITEMS AS HE COULD, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(3)(B). ON 031014, DEPUTY T HOLLOWAY CONTACTED ME AND ADVISED THAT WHILE INVESTIGATING CASE 14-9125, HE DISCOVERED THREE FLAT SCREEN TELEVISIONS WHICH BELONG UNDER CASE 14-17640, WHICH WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS DETECTIVE IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. DEPUTY HOLLOWAY SAID THAT HIS DEFENDANT JOHN D HILL ADMITTED TO HIM THAT HE AND HIS FRIEND BURGLARIZED A RESIDENCE IN CITRUS HILLS WHERE THEY TOOK SEVERAL TELEVISIONS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC ITEMS. IT WAS THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE TELEVISIONS WERE SOLD TO A FEMALE (WITNESS) ON GOLD FINCH LANE IN INVERNESS. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE ADDRESS ON GOLD FINCH LANE, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS WHO BOUGHT THREE TELEVISIONS FOR $600.00 FROM SUSPECT JEREMY FLEMING. AFTER RECOVERING THE PROPERTY, I HAD THE WITNESS COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT AND THEN TOOK POSSESSION OF THE ITEMS. I THEN RESPONDED TO VICTIM CAMPBELLâS RESIDENCE, WHERE SHE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE PROPERTY AS HERS. AFTER RETURNING VICTIM CAMPBELLâS PROPERTY THAT WAS TAKEN FROM HER RESIDENCE ON 020414, I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL WHERE IN MET WITH DEPUTY HOLLOWAY. UPON ARRIVING AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, DEPUTY HOLLOWAY AND I CONDUCTED A RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH SUSPECT HILL, WHERE HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. AT THAT TIME, SUSPECT HILL ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME IN REFERENCE TO VICTIM CAMPBELLâS CASE. I ADVISED SUSPECT HILL THAT I WAS INVESTIGATING THIS CASE INVOLVING A LARGE AMOUNT OF ELECTRONICS. HE ADMITTED THAT IN EARLY FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR HE AND SUSPECT FLEMING ENTERED THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE ON MAN O WAR DRIVE. HE STATED THAT THEY ENTERED THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW THAT THEY BUSTED OUT. ONCE INSIDE THEY GRABBED AS MANY ELECTRONICS AS THEY COULD AND PLACED THEM IN HIS MOTHERâS VEHICLE THAT HE WAS USING. SUSPECT HILL ADVISED THAT AFTER LEAVING THE RESIDENCE, HE AND THE SUSPECT FLEMING ATTEMPTED TO SELL AS MANY ITEMS AS THEY COULD TO ACQUIRE MONEY. HE ADVISED THAT SUSPECT FLEMING SOLD THREE OF THE TELEVISIONS TO A FEMALE WHO THEY KNEW AT SARGE AND SKIPS BAR IN INVERNESS. SUSPECT HILL SAID THAT SUSPECT FLEMING SOLD THE TELEVISIONS FOR $600.00 FOR ALL THREE OF THEM. HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS GIVEN $200.00 AS HIS CUT OF THE MONEY. AFTER SUSPECT HILLâS STATEMENT ADMISSION TO THIS CASE, HE WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WOULD BE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00, ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00 AND ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00, FOR A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $12,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
