| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR12124598) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A TATTOO GUN KIT, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY $500.00, 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 AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN MONEY, GOODS OR SERVICES, TO-WIT: $358.00, OF A VALUE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00) OR MORE BY FRAUDULENT USE OF A CREDIT CARD OR BY UNLAWFULLY USING A CREDIT CARD THREE (3) OR MORE TIMES WITHIN A SIX (6) MONTH PERIOD, TO-WIT: VISA DEBIT/CREDIT CARD, ISSUED TO THE VICTIM, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF SAID CARDHOLDER, WITH THE INTENT TO DEFRAUD THE SAID CARDHOLDER, THE ISSUER, SUNCOAST FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A PERSON OR ORGANIZATION PROVIDING THE SAID MONEY, GOODS OR SERVICES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 817.61. ON 012712, THE VICTIM, MS NANCY PALUZZI-VOSS, REPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT HER TATTOO GUN KIT WHICH WAS VALUED IN EXCESS OF $300.00 AND HER VISA DEBIT/CREDIT CARD WERE STOLEN BY THE DEFENDANT LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JONATHAN DISANZA. THE VICTIM PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT ATTESTING THAT ON 012612, SHE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH AN ACQUAINTANCE OF HERS WHO SHE IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE HAD AGREED TO PURCHASE THE DEFENDANT'S LAP TOP AND UPON DOING SO SHE DROVE WITH THE DEFENDANT IN HIS VEHICLE TO HER AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE (ATM) WHERE SHE WITHDREW $250.00 TO PAY THE DEFENDANT FOR THE COMPUTER. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT ON THE WAY BACK SHE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE HAD A TATTOO GUN FOR SALE, AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE WAS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING IT. UPON ARRIVAL BACK TO THE RESIDENCE THE VICTIM RETRIEVED THE TATTOO GUN FROM HER VEHICLE TO ALLOW THE DEFENDANT TO LOOK AT THE GUN. UPON HANDING THE GUN TO THE DEFENDANT, HE STATED THAT HE "WANTED TO CHECK IT OUT" AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER LEFT IN HIS VEHICLE WITH THE TATTOO GUN, WITHOUT HER CONSENT. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO CONTACT THE DEFENDANT TO RETRIEVE HER TATTOO GUN BACK, HOWEVER MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT LATER THAT MORNING SHE HAD NOTICED THAT HER SUNCOAST SCHOOLS FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VISA DEBIT/CREDIT CARD WAS MISSING FROM HER WALLET. SHE ADVISED THAT UPON REALIZING THIS SHE CONTACTED THE BANK, WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MULTIPLE UNAUTHORIZED TRANSACTIONS HAD OCCURRED FROM 012612 AFTER SHE HAD LAST USED THE CARD TO WITHDRAW THE DEFENDANT'S MONEY FOR THE COMPUTER. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE TOTAL AMOUNT TAKEN FROM HER CARD WAS $358.00. ON 013012, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT HIS RESIDENCE. PRIOR TO SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT HE WAS READ MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. UPON QUESTIONING THE DEFENDANT IN REFERENCE TO THE STOLEN TATTOO GUN, HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT STEAL IT. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE VICTIM HAD ALLOWED HIM TO TAKE IT SO THAT HE COULD ATTEMPT TO SELL IT FOR HER. UPON QUESTIONING HIM IN REFERENCE TO THE STOLEN VISA DEBIT/CREDIT CARD HE DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID HAVE THE TATTOO GUN IN HIS POSSESSION, WHICH WAS LATER RETRIEVED AND RETURNED TO THE VICTIM. AT THAT TIME I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAD MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HIM WHILE HE WAS UNLAWFULLY USING THE CARD, AT WHICH TIME, HE ADVISED HE WISHED TO BE "HONEST". THE DEFENDANT DID CONFESS TO FRAUDULENTLY USING THE VICTIM'S CARD APPROXIMATELY SIX OR SEVEN TIMES. HE STATED THAT HE WAS UNSURE HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAD TAKEN. HE FURTHER STATED THAT ON THE NIGHT HE DROVE THE VICTIM TO THE ATM HE BELIEVED HER TO BE EXTREMELY INTOXICATED. THE VICTIM HAD STATED HER "PIN" NUMBER ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS, AND HAD ACTUALLY HANDED THE DEBIT CARD TO HIM AFTER SHE WITHDREW THE $250.00 FROM THE ATM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT ON 012712, HE HAD REALIZED THAT THE CARD HAD BEEN CANCELLED, AT WHICH TIME, HE "CUT IT UP" AND THREW IT IN A DUMPSTER BEHIND THE WINN DIXIE IN INVERNESS. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO CORRECTIONS STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $4,000.00, 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* |
