| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 0463 (14-9125) (AR14-9431) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: TELEVISIONS, JEWELRY, AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRONICS, OF THE VALUE OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), 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 STATUTES 812.014(2)(C)(2). did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANTS knew or should have known wERE stolen, to-wit: TELEVISIONS, JEWELRY, AND MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRONICS, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). ON 010914, A GRAND THEFT WAS REPORTED AT 2508 SOUTH SHELLY AVENUE, IN INVERNESS. THE VICTIM STATED that SHE HAD BEEN OUT FOR the EVENING AT SARGE AND SKIPS BAR WITH FRIENDS, WHO ARE NOW THE DEFENDANTS. SHE STATED THE DEFENDANTS, MR JAMES HILL AND MR JEREMY FLEMING, WERE WITH HER WHEN SHE RETURNED HOME. SHE STATED ONCE HOME, SHE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO BED AND THE DEFENDANTS STAYED AT HER HOME. THE VICTIM STATED THAT WHEN SHE AWOKE IN THE MORNING, SHE NOTICED HER ITEMS MISSING AND COULD NOT believe THE DEFENDANTS WERE INVOLVED AND STILL AT HER HOME WHEN SHE GOT UP. ON 030514, I RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT DEFENDANT FLEMING HAD THE VICTIMâS STOLEN TELEVISION. I ALSO RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT DEFENDANT HILL HAD THE VICTIMâS LAPTOP AND OTHER ITEMS THAT HE WAS TRYING TO SELL. ON 031014, I RESPONDED TO DEFENDANT FLEMINGâS HOME AT 6700 EAST FALCON REST LANE, IN INVERNESS. UPON ENTERING THE HOME, IN PLAIN SIGHT WAS THE VICTIMâS LG FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION. DEFENDANT FLEMING WAS IMMEDIATELY READ HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. DEFENDANT FLEMING ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS and STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. DEFENDANT FLEMING WAS ASKED HOW HE OBTAINED THE TELEVISION, TO WHICH HE STATED HE GAVE DEFENDANT HILL $400.00 FOR IT. HE WAS THEN ASKED IF HE KNEW IT WAS STOLEN, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT AT FIRST HE DID NOT, BUT LATER REALIZED IT WAS THE VICTIMâS TELEVISION. DEFENDANT FLEMING WAS ASKED IF HE HAD ANY OTHER STOLEN ITEMS, TO which HE STATED HE HAD A LAPTOP COMPUTER HE WAS NOT SURE ABOUT. the LAPTOP WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE FROM A BURGLARY IN CITRUS HILLS, REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 14-17640. DEFENDANT FLEMING WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF A DEPARTMENT VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DETECTIVE MCINTYRE AND I THEN RESPONDED TO 1268 CYPRESS COVE COURT, IN INVERNESS, TO CONTACT THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMES HILL, WHO WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. DEFENDANT HILL ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS and STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. DEFENDANT HILL ADMITTED THAT HE AND DEFENDANT FLEMING HAD TAKEN THE VICTIMâS ITEMS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT DEFENDANT FLEMING HELPED HIM TAKE THE LARGE SCREEN TELEVISION AND PLACE IT IN HIS VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT DEFENDANT FLEMING DID PAY HIM $400.00 FOR THE LARGE SCREEN TELEVISION. HE THEN STATED HE HAD OTHER ITEMS THAT BELONGED TO THE VICTIM. DEFENDANT HILL THEN LED ME UPSTAIRS TO HIS BEDROOM WHERE HE HAD THE VICTIMâS LAPTOP COMPUTER ALONG WITH A WII GAME SYSTEM AND VARIOUS GAMES. DURING THE POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT HILL ADMITTED THAT HE AND DEFENDANT FLEMING CO-CONSPIRED TO TAKE THE VICTIMâS ITEMS. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE AND DEFENDANT FLEMING COMMITTED A BURGLARY TO A HOUSE IN CITRUS HILLS WHERE THE STOLEN LAPTOP, WHICH HAD BEEN FOUND IN DEFENDANT FLEMING âS RESIDENCE, HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM. HE FURTHER GAVE INFORMATION AS TO WHERE THE VICTIM FROM the CITRUS HILLS BURGLARYâS TELEVISIONS WERE NOW LOCATED. DEFENDANT HILL WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF A DEPARTMENT VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. A SECOND POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WHERE DEFENDANT HILL STATED THAT DEFENDANT FLEMING and HE BOTH CONSPIRED TO COMMIT THE INITIAL GRAND THEFT AND the BURGLARY IN CITRUS HILLS. DEFENDANT HILL AND DEFENDANT FLEMINGâS BONDS WERE SET AT A TOTAL OF $10,000.00 EACH, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
