| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CLAUDE, RICHARD 0602 (AR12-3330)âââââ DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: NINE WESTERN UNION GIFT CARDS TOTALING $4,544.55, NINE VISA GIFT CARDS TOTALING $4,544.55 AND $450.08 IN CASH TOTALING $9,539.18 OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), 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(2). ON 102912 AT 1936 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 3525 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN LECANTO, THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE IN REFERENCE TO A GRAND THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS ONE, MS TIFFANY ROWTHORN (STORE EMPLOYEE), WHO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR JOSEPH ANASKEVICH WHO IS THE STORE MANAGER, TOOK THE CASH FROM THE DROP SAFE AND NUMEROUS VISA GIFT CARDS AND WESTERN UNION GIFT CARDS AND SCANNED THEM INTO ACTIVATION. MS ROWTHORN STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN FLED THE STORE IN AN UNKNOWN TAXI CAB. I THEN CONTACTED DISPATCH AND INQUIRED OF ANY TAXI CABS THAT HAD BEEN AT THIS LOCATION FOR A PICK UP. DISPATCH ADVISED THAT TERRYâS TAXI HAD PICKED UP A SUBJECT AT THAT LOCATION AND THE DRIVER WAS DIRECTED BY THE DEFENDANT TO TAKE HIM TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL. THE DRIVERâS CELLULAR TELEPHONE INFORMATION WAS SUPPLIED AND SENT TO THE UNITS INVOLVED IN THE CANVAS FOR THE TERRYâS TAXI CAB. DEPUTY FERGUSON HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THAT SPECIFIC DRIVER OF THE CAB. DEPUTY FERGUSON WAITED FOR THE DEFENDANT TO EXIT THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL AND ENTER THE WAITING TAXI TO TRANSPORT HIM TO A SECOND LOCATION OF AN UNKNOWN AIRPORT. AFTER BOLOâING THE AREA, DEPUTY FERGUSON INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE TAXI CAB AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER AND THE DEFENDANT. DEPUTY FERGUSON THEN APPREHENDED THE DEFENDANT AND PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED BACK TO MY LOCATION AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL STORE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND DEFENDANT FERGUSON STOOD BY WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHILE I OBTAINED FURTHER INFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT MANAGER, MR CHRISTOPHER DURSO. MR DURSO (COMPLAINANT ONE) ARRIVED ON SCENE AND HE WENT INTO THE LOCKED MANAGERâS OFFICE AND LOCATED ALL 18 RECEIPTS OF THE STOLEN GIFT CARDS. HE ALSO LOCATED SEVERAL WRAPPINGS OFF THE GIFT CARDS WHICH WERE LOCATED IN THE TRASH. HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT $450.08 WAS ALSO STOLEN FROM THE STORE SAFE. I THEN COLLECTED THE GIFT CARD RECEIPTS AND TURNED THEM IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) EVIDENCE DIVISION. I HAD THE WITNESS, MS TIFFANY ROWTHORN, COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS TURNED IN TO THE RECORDS DIVISION. DEPUTY FERGUSON THEN CAME INTO THE STORE AND HANDED ALL THE MERCHANDISE AND OTHER EVIDENCE WHICH WAS ON HIS PERSON OVER TO THIS DEPUTY. DEPUTY FERGUSON ALSO HANDED OVER $395.00 IN CASH AND ALL NINE VISA GIFT CARDS, WHICH I PHOTOGRAPHED (SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) REPORT). THE CASH AND ALL GIFT CARDS WERE RETURNED TO THE MR DURSO. DEPUTY FERGUSON ALSO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS IN POSSESSION OF MERCHANDISE, WHICH HE HAD BEEN PURCHASED AT THE RADIO SHACK AND BELKâS DEPARTMENT STORES AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER MALL, AS WELL AS, THE RECEIPTS OF HIS PURCHASES WHICH WERE TURNED IN TO THE EVIDENCE DIVISION. I ISSUED MR DURSO AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING THIS CASE NUMBER AND THIS AGENCYâS CONTACT INFORMATION. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
