| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287\t\t(AR17-22929) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: BOLOVA WATCH AND ANTIQUE COINS, OF 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 STATUTE, 812.014(2)(C)(1), TWO COUNTS. DID UNLAWFULLY TRAFFIC IN, OR ENDEAVORS TO TRAFFIC IN, PROPERTY THAT HE OR SHE KNOWS OR SHOULD KNOW WAS STOLEN TO-WIT: BOLOVA WATCH AND ANTIQUE COINS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUE NUMBER 812.019(1), TWO COUNTS. ON 022417, DEPUTY EICHHORN RESPONDED TO 3926 EAST BENNETT STREET IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A REPORT OF GRAND THEFT. UPON ARRIVING SHE MADE CONTACT WITH THE TWO VICTIMS, MRS. DEANNA THOMASON AND HER MOTHER MRS. LEONA AUSTIN. THE TWO VICTIMS ADVISED DEPUTY EICHHORN, THAT THEY ARE BOTH MISSING PROPERTY FROM THERE HOME THAT THEY DO SHARE ALONG WITH THE SUSPECT JOHN D. THOMASON. THE TWO VICTIMS REPORTED THAT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THEY HAD NOTICED A FEW JEWELRY ITEMS AND SEVERAL GUNS MISSING FROM THEIR SAFE, AND THOUGHT THE PROPERTY MAY HAVE BEEN MISPLACED. THE VICTIMS THEN STATED THAT A FEW ITEMS TURNED INTO SEVERAL AFTER THEY BOTH BEGAN TO INVENTORY THE SAFE. THE VICTIMS SAID THAT THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE MISSING ITEMS IS APPROXIMATELY $23,565.00. AFTER SPEAKING ABOUT THE MISSING PROPERTY BOTH VICTIMS ADVISED THAT THEY THOUGHT THAT THE SUSPECT WHO IS THEIR SON AND GRANDSON, MAY HAVE TAKEN THE PROPERTY TO SELL TO SUPPORT HIS DRUG HABIT. VICTIM THOMASON ADVISED THAT SHE DID CONFRONT THE SUSPECT ABOUT THE MISSING PROPERTY AND HE DENIED TAKING ANYTHING. VICTIM THOMASON SAID THAT THE SUSPECT IS VERY SMART AND HE WAS PROBABLY WAS ABLE TO REMEMBER THE SAFE COMBINATION WHILE SHE OR VICTIM AUSTIN OPENED IT. UPON DEPUTY EICHHORN COMPLETING HER INVESTIGATION, SHE DISCOVERED THAT SUSPECT JOHN D. THOMASON DID SELL A LARGE AMOUNT OF JEWELRY AND COINS TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT PAWN SHOPS HERE IS CITRUS COUNTY WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE VICTIMS. AFTER LEARNING THIS INFORMATION, THIS DETECTIVE MET WITH THE VICTIMS AND ADVISED THEM THAT THE SUSPECT SOLD A LARGE AMOUNT OF THERE PROPERTY. BOTH OF THE VICTIMS STATED THAT THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN A DRUG ADDICT FOR SEVERAL YEARS. VICTIM AUSTIN THE SUSPECTS GRANDMOTHER, STATED THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO PERUSE CHARGES ON THE SUSPECT INVOLVING HER STOLEN PROPERTY TO INCLUDE THE STOLEN FIREARMS. VICTIM THOMASON SAID THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO PROSECUTE, TO GET HER SON HELP. ON 030617 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, VICTIM THOMASON AND THIS DETECTIVE RESPONDED TO COLONIAL PAWN AND FAMILY PAWN, WHERE VICTIM THOMASON DID IDENTIFY HER ANTIQUE COINS AND A WATCH THAT WAS SOLD BUY THE SUSPECT. THE SUSPECT SOLD THE VICTIMS WATCH TO FAMILY PAWN ON, 123017 UNDER TRANSACTION #30963. VICTIM THOMASONâSâ ANTIQUE COINS WERE SOLD AT COLONIAL PAWN ON, 012417 UNDER TRANSACTION #4337. ON 030817 AT 1330 HOURS, THIS DETECTIVE RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL, WHERE THE SUSPECT IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED. UPON ARRIVING I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO THE SUSPECT AND ADVISED HIM I WAS INVESTIGATING THIS CASE. THE SUSPECT AGREED TO SPEAK TO ME AND WAS THEN READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS. AFTER BRIEFLY SPEAKING ABOUT THIS CASE THE SUSPECT WAS COOPERATIVE AND DID ADMIT TO STEALING BOTH VICTIMS PROPERTY OUT OF THE SAFE INSIDE THEIR HOME. THE SUSPECT SAID THAT HE IS A DRUG ADDICT AND DID IT TO SUPPORT HIS HABIT. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE ARRESTED FOR 2 COUNTS OF GRAND THEFT WITH BOND SET AT $2,000.00 FOR EACH COUNT AND 2 COUNTS OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY WITH BOND SET AT $5,000.00 FOR EACH COUNT. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $14,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN BOOKED IN THE JAIL. TYPED BY: DET. GREATREX/0287 |
