| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PATTERSON, DEREK 0560 (AR09111184) UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, THE KEY TRAINING CENTER, TO WIT: DONATED ITEMS TO INCLUDE SIX OR SEVEN BAGS OF CLOTHING ARTICLES, TWO ROLLS OF CARPET AND A ROCKING HORSE, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.014(3)(C) AND KNOWING HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUE 322.34(2) ON 092709, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE KEY TRAINING CENTER THRIFT STORE IN INVERNESS TO ASSIST DEPUTY DEARDEN WITH A SUSPICIOUS PERSON HE HAD LOCATED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY DEARDEN WHO STATED WHILE HE WAS IN THE AREA OF THE KEY TRAINING CENTER, HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE NEXT TO THE BUILDING AND OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JASON THOMAS SAUER, TAKE NUMEROUS BAGS FROM NEXT TO THE BUILDING AND PLACE THEM INTO HIS TRUCK. WHEN THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TO DRIVE AWAY, DEPUTY DEARDEN PULLED UP, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT WALKED BACK AND MADE CONTACT WITH HIM. DEPUTY DEARDEN CONTINUED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD ADVISED HIM HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS, VIA CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND DESIRED TO SPEAK WITH ME REGARDING THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAD TAKEN TWO ROLLS OF CARPETING, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS BLACK BAGS THAT WERE FILLED WITH CLOTHING. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED THAT HE HAD INITIALLY GONE TO THE THRIFT STORE TO DONATE A MICROWAVE BUT HAD DECIDED TO TAKE THE OTHER ITEMS AFTER HE DROPPED THE MICROWAVE OFF. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT SEVERAL SIGNS TO THE REAR OF THE BUSINESS INDICATED THAT IT WAS A "DROP OFF" AREA AND ANOTHER SIGN INDICATED THAT ANYONE TRESPASSING OR REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE AREA WOULD BE PROSECUTED. THE ITEMS, WHICH WERE LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE DEFENDANT'S TRUCK, WERE PHOTOGRAPHED PRIOR TO BEING INSPECTED. THEY WERE THEN REMOVED AND IT WAS LEARNED THAT A ROCKING HORSE HAD ALSO BEEN STOLEN BY THE DEFENDANT AND PLACED INTO THE TRUCK. THE APPROXIMATE VALUE OF THE SIX OR SEVEN BAGS OF CLOTHING, THE TWO ROLLS OF CARPETING AND THE ROCKING HORSE WAS BELIEVED TO BE LESS THAN THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00.) A KEY HOLDER FOR THE KEY TRAINING CENTER THRIFT STORE RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION AND INDICATED THAT THE STORE DID DESIRE TO PROSECUTE FOR THE THEFTS. THE PROPERTY WAS THEN RETURNED TO THE POSSESSION OF THE STORE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. A CRIMINAL HISTORY WAS OBTAINED FOR THE DEFENDANT WHICH INDICATED NUMEROUS PRIOR CONVICTIONS FOR THEFT; THEREFORE, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY PETIT THEFT. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY. THE DEFENDANT HAD ADDITIONALLY INDICATED THAT HE WAS CURRENTLY OUT OF JAIL ON BOND FOR GRAND THEFT; THEREFORE HIS BOND WAS SET AT . DEPUTY DEARDEN, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER LICENSE WAS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED SEVERAL TIMES, ALSO ISSUED THE DEFENDANT CRIMINAL CITATION NUMBER 9191-FYK, FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE WITH KNOWLEDGE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY, ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SIGN INDICATING THE STORE WOULD PROSECUTE THEFTS, WERE SUBMITTED TO THE EVIDENCE DIVISION. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
