| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LOFREDDO, DOUGLAS 0355 (AR07005176) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN DWELLING OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, AS OWNER OR CUSTODIAN THEREOF, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO WIT: BURGLARY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 810.02(1) AND 810.02(3), AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: CASH AND SURVEILLANCE TAPES, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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/HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(1) AND 812.014(2)(C)1; ON 091607, DEPUTY A CANFIELD RESPONDED TO THE FRONT PORCH RESTAURANT, DUNNELLON, IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY. DEPUTY A CANFIELD MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER/MANAGER OF FRONT PORCH RESTAURANT WHO ADVISED THAT BETWEEN 0401 HOURS AND 0434 HOURS, UNKNOWN PERSON (S) ENTERED THE BUSINESS AND TOOK APPROXIMATELY $1700.00 FROM THE OFFICE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, IT APPEARED AS IF SOMEONE HAD JUMPED THE FENCE AND CAME THROUGH THE TALL WEEDS. THE OWNER SHOWED DEPUTY A CANFIELD THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, WHICH ALL HAD THEIR WIRES CUT. THE OWNER THEN PROCEEDED TO SHOW DEPUTY A CANFIELD THE CASH REGISTER, WHICH SHE STATED WAS LEFT OPEN; HOWEVER, IT ONLY CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY $12.50 IN CHANGE. THE OWNER STATED SHE BELIEVED IT HAD TO BE SOMEONE WHO WAS EMPLOYED AT THE BUSINESS, DUE TO THE BUILDING ONLY BEING UNOCCUPIED FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN 0400 HOURS AND 0500 HOURS. SHE FURTHER INDICATED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE SUSPECT(S) KNEW WHERE THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS WERE LOCATED AND WHERE THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS WERE KEPT. ON 091807 THE CO-DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT. THE CO-DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT IMPLICATED THE DEFENDANT AND TWO OTHER SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE. ON 091907 I MADE CONTACT WITH A WITNESS WHO COMPLETED A STATEMENT IN WHICH HE ADVISED THAT ABOUT ONE WEEK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, HE WAS PRESENT AT THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHEN THE DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT WERE DISCUSSING PLANS TO BREAK IN TO THE FRONT PORCH RESTAURANT. THE PLANS THAT THE WITNESS DESCRIBED WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE EVENTS OF THIS INCIDENT. ON 091907 I ARRIVED AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHERE HE WAS HELD ON UNRELATED CHARGES. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. I THEN LEFT THE BOOKING AREA AND WENT TO THE DUTY OFFICE. SEVERAL MINUTES LATER, A CORRECTIONS OFFICER FROM THE FACILITY CONTACTED ME AND ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ME. I THEN WENT TO THE BOOKING AREA AND MET WITH THE DEFENDANT. WE WENT TO AN INTERVIEW ROOM WITHIN THE JAIL WHERE I CONDUCTED A RECORDED AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID CONTACT ME ON HIS OWN KNOWING THAT HE HAD ASKED FOR AN ATTORNEY ON A PREVIOUS CASE THAT I ARRESTED HIM ON THE DAY PRIOR WHICH HE WAS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY FOR. HE SAID THAT HE WAS AWARE OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, WHICH I DID READ TO HIM AGAIN DURING THE INTERVIEW. DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT IMPLICATED HIMSELF AND THREE OTHERS EXPLAINING HOW HE BURGLARIZED THE VICTIM'S BUSINESS AND HOW MUCH MONEY HE RECEIVED. THE VICTIM WAS RELEASED ON THE PREVIOUS CHARGE AT WHICH TIME I TOOK THE DEFENDANT TO ANOTHER LOCATION WHERE HE RECOVERED $600.00 THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE BURGLARY. HE SIGNED A PROPERTY RECEIPT AND THE MONEY WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND LATER RETURNED TO THE OWNER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT AND TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS PROCESSED AND RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
