| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HRYC, CHRISTOPHER 0701 (AR11119193) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN DWELLING OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: CARPORT ATTACHED TO THE MOBILE HOME, LOCATED AT 3775 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, LOT 54, IN HOMOSASSA , IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM MR TONY THOMPSON, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(3)(B). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A DEK YELLOW GENERATOR THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), 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)(1). did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that MS JOANNA ZIMMERMAN knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: DEK GENERATOR, the property of MR TONY THOMPSON, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1); KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A DEK GENERATOR AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $175.00 FROM THE HUNTER'S HIDEOUT PAWNBROKER FOR $175.00 VALUED AT LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 539.001(8)(B)(8)(A). ON 012411 THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT HIS DEK PORTABLE GENERATOR WHICH WAS YELLOW IN COLOR WAS STOLEN WHICH WAS NEXT TO HIS RESIDENCE UNDER AN ATTACHED CARPORT. ON 012611, DETECTIVE SEROCKI RAN A CHECK OF THE LOCAL PAWN SHOPS AND DISCOVERED THAT DEFENDANT TWO, MS JOANNA ZIMMERMAN, HAD SOLD A YELLOW DEK PORTABLE GENERATOR TO HUNTER'S HIDE OUT ON 012411 AND HAD RECEIVED $175.00 FOR THE SALE. ON 020211, DETECTIVE SEROCKI MET WITH THE VICTIM AT HUNTER'S HIDE OUT TO LOOK AT THE GENERATOR. THE VICTIM WAS ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY WAY TO IDENTIFY THAT THE GENERATOR WAS HIS. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE GENERATOR HAD RECENTLY BEEN SERVICED AND THAT A GAS LINE VALVE HAD BEEN REPLACED AND THE POINT AT WHICH THE METAL GAS LINE ENTERED THE GAS TANK HAD TO BE WELDED. DETECTIVE SEROCKI OBSERVED THE GENERATOR AND NOTICED A NEW GAS LINE VALVE AND AN OBVIOUS WELD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE GAS TANK. THE VICTIM THEN DECIDED TO PURCHASE BACK THE GENERATOR FROM THE PAWN SHOP AND AFTER PAYING THE $175.00 HE TOOK POSSESSION OF IT. DETECTIVE SEROCKI THEN COLLECTED THE ORIGINAL PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION AND PLACED IT IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) EVIDENCE DIVISION . IN ADDITION, THE SALES PERSON REMEMBERED THE PURCHASE AND COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH SHE RECALLED THE SUSPECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR ROBERT PRITCHARD WHO HAD SOLD THE GENERATOR WITH DEFENDANT MS JOANNA ZIMMERMAN. THE DEFENDANTS PROVIDED THE SALESPERSON A STORY THAT THEY HAD JUST COME FROM COLORADO; BECAUSE, ONE OF THEIR GRANDFATHER'S HAD DIED AND THEY WERE SELLING THE GENERATOR BECAUSE IT BELONGED TO THE DECEASED GRANDFATHER. INVESTIGATION LATER REVEALED THAT DEFENDANT PRITCHARD AND DEFENDANT ZIMMERMAN LIVE IN THE SAME MOBILE HOME PARK AS THE VICTIM AND ARE BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND. DETECTIVE SEROCKI CONTACTED THE ST PETERSBURG POLICE DEPUTY IDENTIFICATION SECTION AND REQUESTED CERTIFIED PRINTS OF DEFENDANT ZIMMERMAN BE SENT TO SERGEANT MARTIN OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) IDENTIFICATION SECTION DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE HAD BEEN ARRESTED ON 032010 FOR SHOPLIFTING IN STREET PETERSBURG. A TRACK-IT REQUEST NUMBER 3409 WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE COMPARISON OF DEFENDANT ZIMMERMAN'S LATENT FINGERPRINTS THROUGH THE THUMB PRINT ON THE ORIGINAL PAWN SLIP FORM. ON 020411 THIS DEPUTY RECEIVED AN AGENCY WIDE EMAIL THAT DETECTIVE SEROCKI HAD PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE ARREST OF BOTH THE DEFENDANTS AND THAT HE HAD BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THEM AT THEIR MOBILE HOME. ON 020511 THIS DEPUTY RECEIVED A TIP THAT DEFENDANT PRITCHARD AND ZIMMERMAN WERE STAYING AT THE CRYSTAL MANATEE SUITES, ROOM 104. UPON ARRIVAL AT THAT LOCATION, I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY MS ZIMMERMAN VIA HER COLORADO DRIVER'S LICENSE AND MR PRITCHARD VIA HIS "D.A.V.I.D." PHOTOGRAPH. BOTH WERE THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE READ THEIR MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD. MR PRITCHARD ASKED THE CHARGES AND AFTER THEY WERE EXPLAINED TO BOTH OF THEM HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. MS ZIMMERMAN ON THE OTHER HAND STATED THAT SHE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CHARGES BEING FILED. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD ANSWER QUESTIONS AND WAS WILLING TO TALK TO ME. BOTH DEFENDANT PRITCHARD AND DEFENDANT ZIMMERMAN WERE HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, MR PRITCHARD WAS TURNED OVER TO THE STAFF. MS ZIMMERMAN WAS INTERVIEWED WHERE SHE WAS ONCE AGAIN READ HER MIRANDA WARNING VIA PREPRINTED CARD. SHE AGAIN STATED THAT SHE WOULD ANSWER QUESTIONS AND WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME. MS ZIMMERMAN FIRST DENIED ALL INVOLVEMENT. AFTER EXPLAINING TO HER THAT THIS AGENCY HAD RETRAINED THE ORIGINAL PAWN SLIP FORM WITH HER THUMB PRINT, SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN PAID $50.00 BY SUSPECT, ADAM MARSH, TO PAWN THE GENERATOR BECAUSE HE HAD ALREADY HAD TOO MANY PAWN TRANSACTIONS. I THEN ASKED WHERE SHE WAS CURRENTLY LIVING AND SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS LIVING AT 3775 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD LOT 33. I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT ON THE PAWN TICKET, THE ADDRESS GIVEN WAS 7656 SOUTH KIT CARSON DRIVE IN CENTENNIAL, COLORADO. SHE STATED THAT THE ADDRESS WAS ON THERE BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT OBTAINED A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD, BUT THAT SHE HAD BEEN LIVING AT LOT 33 FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. DEFENDANT ZIMMERMAN WAS VERY COOPERATIVE THROUGHOUT THE INVESTIGATION AND STATED THAT THEY HAD NOT BEEN BACK TO THEIR RESIDENCE BECAUSE THEY HAD HEARD SOME RUMORS THAT THEY WERE WANTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WERE LOOKING FOR THEM. DEFENDANT PRITCHARD AND DEFENDANT ZIMMERMAN BOTH HAVE ACTIVE WARRANTS OUT OF PINELLAS COUNTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION (VOP) AND COLORADO FOR GRAND THEFT AUTO AND DEFENDANT PRITCHARD HAD OUTSTANDING WARRANTS IN GEORGIA. DEFENDANT PRITCHARD'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $7,000.00 FOR BOTH CHARES. DEFENDANT ZIMMERMAN'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $14,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
