| Date of birth: | Feb 25, 1954 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: COX, ANDY 0543 (AR10117892) THE DEFENDANT, MS JANICE SKUTA, DID VIOLATE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 823.11; TO WIT: LEAVING, ABANDONING AND STORING A WRECKED, JUNKED OR SUBSTANTIALLY DISMANTLED VESSEL UPON ANY PUBLIC WATERS OF THE STATE. THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXISTING, PERMITTING MAINTAINED KEPT OR CAUSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF MAINTAINING A NUISANCE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH UNTREATED OR IMPROPERLY TREATED HUMAN WASTE GARBAGE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 386.041(1)(A) ON 111210 AT APPROXIMATELY 1251 HOURS, DEPUTY HEATH SCHAFFER CONTACTED ME IN REFERENCE TO HIM ARRESTING THE DEFENDANT ON MY Probable cause. AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 HOURS ON 111210, A CONCERNED CITIZEN CONTACTED ME IN REFERENCE TO THE DEFENDANT'S VESSEL SINKING. THE VESSEL IS a 35 foot white SAILING vessel, DISPLAYING FLORIDA REGISTRATION FL9106CB. I PROCEEDED TO PETE'S PIER AND AT APPROXIMATELY 1230 HOURS I OBSERVED THE VESSEL THROUGH BINOCULARS SITTING VERY LOW IN THE WATER. ON 101810 I PHOTOGRAPHED THE VESSEL WHICH WAS TAKING ON WATER AND CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT. i ADVISED the DEFENDANT SHE NEEDED TO REMOVE THE VESSEL FROM THE WATERS OF THE STATE DUE TO THE DERELICT VESSELS CONDITION CONTINUALLY TAKING ON WATER EVEN THOUGHT THERe HAS BEEN NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND THE VESSEL HAVING no MOTOR with THE SAILS RIPPED AND TORN. ON 110310, DEPUTY COLEMAN AND I WERE ON WATER PATROL when WE OBSERVED THE VESSEL HAD TAKEN ON MORE WATER. WE PHOTOGRAPhED THE VESSEL AGAIN. I CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT AND SPOKE WITH HER AT LENGTH. THE DEFENDANT REQUESTED ONE MORE WEEK TO REMOVE THE VESSEL. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT WOULD BE FINE, BUT THE VESSEL WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED BEFORE IT SINKS CAUSING a NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD AND ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE DUE TO OIL AND FUEL LEAKAGE. ON 110810, I CHECKED THE VESSEL AGAIN WHICH HAD SUNK LOWER IN THE WATER. I LEFT THE DEFENDANT A VOICE MAIL. ON 111210 I SPOKE WITH DEPUTY ANDY MCEWEN WHO WAS PRESENT WITH DEPUTY HEATH SCHAFFER WHO TOOK THE DEFENDANT IN TO CUSTODY. DEPUTY MCEWEN ADVISED ME THE TRAILER FULL OF HOUSeHOLD GARBAGE WAS STILL SITTING IN THE FRONT YARD WITH THE BAGS TORN OPEN. ON 101810, WHEN I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WE DISCUSSED THE EXCESSIVE HOUSEHOLD TRASH IN HER YARD AND AT THAT TIME I ADviSED THE DEFENDANT IT NEEDED TO BE REMOVED AND TAKEN TO THE DUMP. AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND EXPLAINED TO HER what SHE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH. "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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Nov 12, 2010 |
| Booking number: | 10117892 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 823.11 |
| Charge description: | ABANDONED/DERELICT VESSELS (REMOVAL:PENALTY) |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 386.041(1)(A) |
| Charge description: | UNTREATED HUMAN WASTE/GARBAGE, DEAD ANIMALS (ETC) |
| Bond amount: | $250 |
