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SUBMITTED BY: RITLI, JONATHAN 0426 (AR07005171) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: 2002 FORD PICKUP TRUCK VALUED AT $10,000.00, OF THE VALUE OF AT LEAST TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), BUT NOT MORE 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 OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(1) AND 812.014(2)(C)6; AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: GREEN AND BROWN WOODEN BOAT (FL0856LZ) WITH BOAT TRAILER VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $10,500.00, OF THE VALUE OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) 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 OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(1) AND 812.014(2)(C)(3). DIRECTIONS: HIGHWAY 19 TURN WEST ONTO OZELLO TRAIL WHICH DEAD ENDS INTO SANDDOLLAR LANE TO NUMERICAL ON 091907 AT APPROXIMATELY 0705 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF OZELLO TRAIL IN REFERENCE TO A STOLEN TRUCK, BOAT AND BOAT TRAILER THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. WHILE RESPONDING TO THE INCIDENT, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THE COMPLAINANT HAD HEARD HIS TRUCK BEING STOLEN, AT WHICH TIME, HE GOT INTO HIS OTHER VEHICLE AND >ATTEMPTED TO CATCH UP TO THE SUSPECTS. DISPATCH ADVISED ME THE SUSPECTS HAD WRECKED THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE INTO A CANAL ON OZELLO TRAIL AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAPTAIN COURT. DEPUTY FERGUSON ARRIVED ON SCENE BEFORE THIS DEPUTY, AT WHICH TIME, HE LOCATED BOTH SUSPECTS WALKING WEST AWAY FROM THE SCENE. DEPUTY FERGUSON PLACED THE MALE SUSPECT INTO HANDCUFFS AND HE WAS SEATED IN THE REAR OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I PLACED FEMALE SUBJECT IN TO HANDCUFFS AND SHE WAS SEATED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED HE WAS SLEEPING WHEN HE HEARD A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE HIS TRUCK HITTING SOMETHING. UPON LOOKING OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE, HE NOTICED HIS TRUCK AND BOAT WERE GONE. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE JUMPED IN HIS VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO CATCH THE SUSPECTS, AT WHICH TIME, HE FOUND THEM AT THIS LOCATION. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE FEMALE SUBJECT, WHO ADVISED THAT HER AND THE MALE WERE AT A FRIEND'S RESIDENCE ON OZELLO TRAIL, AT WHICH TIME, THEY WALKED TO THE END OF OZELLO TRAIL. THE FEMALE ADVISED THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING ALL NIGHT AND THE MALE SUSPECT'S FRIEND WAS SUPPOSED TO PICK THEM UP. THE FEMALE ADVISED ME SHE HAD GONE TO SLEEP WITH A PAPER BLANKET ON A BENCH AT THE END OF OZELLO TRAIL. THE FEMALE STATED THE MALE THEN WOKE HER UP AND ADVISED HER TO GET IN THE TRUCK. SHE ADVISED SHE KNEW THE TRUCK WAS NOT HIS, HOWEVER HE ADVISED HER THAT IT BELONGED TO HIS FRIEND AND HE LET HIM BARROW IT. THE FEMALE ADVISED SHE THEN GOT INSIDE THE TRUCK AND THE MALE BEGAN DRIVING EAST ON OZELLO TRIAL. THE FEMALE ADVISED THE MALE SEVERAL TIMES TO SLOW DOWN AS HE WAS GOING TOO FAST DUE TO THE BOAT AND TRAILER BEING ATTACHED TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. THE FEMALE ADVISED AS THEY GOT TO THE CORNER NEAR CAPTAIN COURT THE TRUCK BEGAN TO FISHTAIL, AT WHICH TIME, THE MALE LOST CONTROL AND THE TRUCK WENT INTO A CANAL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. CORPORAL CASOLA THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE MALE SUSPECT WHO ADVISED HE WAS NOT DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD WALKED UP TO THE ACCIDENT AND ATTEMPTED TO HELP THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE THE TRUCK; HOWEVER, THEY WERE ALREADY GONE. CORPORAL CASOLA ASKED THE SUSPECT WHY HE WAS ALL WET, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE HAD GOTTEN IN THE WATER TO HELP THE PEOPLE. DETECTIVE LUTHER WILLIS THEN ARRIVED ON SCENE AND ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH THE MALE SUSPECT, HOWEVER THE MALE SUSPECT WAS BECOMING IRATE AND DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK. UPON INSPECTING THE AREA NEAR THE TRUCK, I LOCATED A SINGLE BLACK FLIP-FLOP IN THE CANAL JUST BEHIND THE TRUCK. I ASKED THE FEMALE SUSPECT WHAT KIND OF SHOES THE MALE HAD BEN WEARING, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED BLACK FLIP-FLOPS. UPON INSPECTING THE MALE SUSPECT'S FEET, I OBSERVED TAN LINES MATCHING THE STYLE OF THE FLIP-FLOPS. I WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE THE OTHER FLIP-FLOP. I THEN HAD DEPUTY CLAUDE TRANSPORT THE MALE DEFENDANT TO THE COUNTY JAIL. AS DEPUTY CLAUDE WAS LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE WANTED TO SPEAK TO DETECTIVE WILLIS AGAIN. DETECTIVE WILLIS THEN SPOKE TO THE DEFENDANT THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW OF THE PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT AGAIN WAS IRATE AND STATED THAT DETECTIVE WILLIS WAS ARRESTING HIM BECAUSE HE DOES NOT LIKE HIM AND WANTS TO GIVE HIM A HARD TIME. THE DEFENDANT THEN SAW ME LOOKING AT HIM AT WHICH TIME HE ASKED ME WAS I WAS LOOKING AT AND SPIT OUT OF THE WINDOW IN DETECTIVE WILLIS' AND MY DIRECTION. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL. I HAD THE VICTIM COMPLETE A WRITTEN STATEMENT, AT WHICH TIME, A WRECKER RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND PULLED THE TRUCK OUT OF THE CANAL. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE TRUCK HAD DAMAGE TO THE FRONT BUMPER AREA AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE BED WHERE THE BOAT HAD HIT THE TRUCK. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER WHERE IT HAD BEEN BENT FROM THE ACCIDENT. I THEN RAN THE FEMALE THROUGH TELETYPE, WHO ADVISED ME THAT SHE HAD A WARRANT OUT OF PASCO COUNTY FOR TRAFFICKING IN ILLEGAL DRUGS (OXYCODONE), WHICH WAS CONFIRMED. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE FEMALE TO THE COUNTY JAIL WHERE SHE COMPLETED A WRITTEN STATEMENT DESCRIBING THIS INCIDENT. UPON MY ARRIVAL, THE MALE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT THEFT OF AUTOMOBILE AND ONE COUNT GRAND THEFT. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $4,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* Bottom of Form 1 |
