| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SETTLES, KATHERINE 0113 (AR15-15668) (15-89878) ON 052115, KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A RING AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY, IN THE AMOUNT OF $127.00 FROM THE ABC PAWN, PAWN TRANSACTION FORM 20631, GOLD AND JEWELRY PAWNBROKER FOR DIAMOND ENHANCED RING MARQUIS STONE, TEN KARAT BROKEN TANGLED GOLD NECKLACE, AND 1991 AUSTRALIAN KOALA $15.00 1/10 OUNCE PLATINUM COIN, VALUED AT LESS THAN $10,000.00 IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUE 539.001(8)(B)(8). ON 052615, KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A TEN KARAT CROSS CHARM AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $7.00, FROM THE ABC PAWN, PAWN TRANSACTION FORM 20668, GOLD AND JEWELRY PAWNBROKER FOR VALUED AT LESS THAN $10,000.00 IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUE 539.001(8)(B)(8). ON 052115, did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: GOLD AND JEWELRY PAWNBROKER FOR DIAMOND ENHANCE RING, TEN KARAT BROKEN TANGLED GOLD NECKLACE, AND 1991 AUSTRALIAN KOALA $15.00 1/10 OUNCE PLATINUM COIN WORTH $127.00, the property of THE VICTIMâS, IN violation of Florida STATE Statute 812.019(1). ON 052615, did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that the DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: A TEN KARAT CROSS CHARM WORTH $7.00, the property of the VICTIMâS, in violation of Florida STATE Statute 812.019(1). ON 070815, did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: A TEN KARAT WHITE GOLD WITH A LARGE PINK AMETHYST, TWO POINT FIVE CARAT RING WORTH $1,500.00, the property of the VICTIMâS, in violation of Florida STATE Statute 812.019(1); DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: WHITE GOLD TEN KARAT WOMENâS RING WITH A LARGE PINK AMETHYST, TWO POINT FIVE CARAT VALUED AT $1,500.00, A GOLD SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING, VALUED AT $350.00, TEN KARAT, HAND TOOL FOR DIESEL $4,000.00, 1991 AUSTRALIAN KOALA COIN 1/10 PLATINUM, VALUED AT $400.00, THE VALUE OF MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) BUT LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00), TO WIT: PAWNED THE PROPERTY AT ABC PAWN, 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 STATE STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)(2). THE DEFENDANT, MR JOSEPH MARTIN, WAS PLACED ON PROBATION FOR 14 COUNTS GRAND THEFT WITH FIREARM. HIS PROBATION COMMENCED ON 093014. THE DEFENDANT DID VIOLATE THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 948.06, TO WIT: HE WAS SENTENCED ON 090815, WITH 36 MONTHS SUSPENDED SENTENCE, WITH CREDIT CASE NUMBER 2013-CF502, FOR 14 COUNTS OF GRAND THEFT with FIREARM. HE BEGAN HIS SUSPENSION FOLLOWING SUPERVISION ON 093014, with a TERM DATE OF 050716 BY JUDGE HALLMOR, OF SUMTER COUNTY. OFFICER RAINES, OF PAROLE AND PROBATION, RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND REQUESTED THAT THE DEFENDANT BE VIOLATED ON HIS PROBATION, DUE TO THE NEW ARREST FOR VIOLATION OF HIS PROBATION, WHEN ARRESTED FOR TRAFFIC IN STOLEN PROPERTY AND PROVIDING FALSE VERIFICATION OF IDENTIFICATION AND FALSE VERIFICATION TO A PAWNBROKER AND GRAND THEFT. THIS OFFICER MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MS ANNE ONNEIL, VIA TELEPHONE. SHE ADVISED THAT HER SON HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A HOMELESS SUBJECT, MR JOSEPH WILLIAM MARTIN, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM'S SON ADVISED HIS MOTHER THAT THE SUSPECT NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY AND ASKED IF HE COULD RESIDE AT THEIR RESIDENCE WHILE HE GOT ON HIS FEET, AND SHE AGREED. WHILE THE VICTIM'S SON WAS GONE FROM THEIR RESIDENCE FOR SHORTLY OVER A MONTH, HE LET THE DEFENDANT USE HIS CELLULAR TELEPHONE. WHEN HER SON RETURNED HOME A FEW WEEKS AGO AND GOT HIS PHONE BACK FROM THE DEFENDANT IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS USING HER SONâS TELEPHONE TO HOOK UP WITH DRUG DEALERS. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE HAS SCREEN SHOTS OF SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS. IN ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS, THE DEFENDANT SPEAKS OF JEWELRY AND WHAT HE COULD POSSIBLY GET FOR IT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE JEWELRY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BELONGED TO HER. WHEN THE VICTIM CHECKED HER BELONGINGS, SHE FOUND SOME JEWELRY MISSING FROM THE RESIDENCE, AS WELL AS SOME TOOLS. IN THE SCREEN SHOTS OF THE CONVERSATION ON THE DEFENDANTâS FACEBOOK, IT MENTIONED THAT HE PAWNED THE JEWELRY AND OTHER ARTICLES AT ABC PAWN. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO ABC PAWN IN HOMOSASSA IN THE MORNING AND WOULD CONTACT THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IF SHE IDENTIFIED HER PROPERTY AT THE PAWN SHOP. I ALSO PROVIDED THE VICTIM WITH THIS CASE NUMBER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. DETECTIVE DERA CONDUCTED A PAWN CHECK, WHICH RESULTED IN TWO TRANSACTIONS AT ABC PAWN, IN THE DEFENDANTâS NAME, MR JOSEPH MARTIN. THE FIRST TRANSACTION WAS ON 052115, FOR THREE ITEMS. THE FIRST WAS A VERY THIN BROKEN AND TANGLED GOLD CHAIN OF TEN KARAT GOLD. THE SECOND WAS A DIAMOND ENHANCER WITH TWO SMALL BLUE MARQUIS STONES, ALSO TEN CARAT GOLD. THE THIRD WAS A 1991 AUSTRIAN KOALA 15 DOLLAR 1/10 OUNCE .9995 PLATINUM COIN. ITEM THREE FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE STOLEN ITEMS LISTED IN THIS REPORT. THESE THREE ITEMS WERE ON TRANSACTION NUMBER 26031. THE SECOND TRANSACTION WAS ON 052615, FOR ONE TEN KARAT CROSS CHARM, TRANSACTION NUMBER 26068. DETECTIVE DERA RESPONDED TO ABC PAWN, LOCATED AT 3697 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, AND DISCOVERED THAT ALL ITEMS HAD ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED. DETECTIVE DERA RETURNED BACK TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER SUB STATION, WHERE HE DOWNLOADED THE TRANSACTION PHOTOGRAPHS FROM OUR SERVER. DETECTIVE DERA RESPONDED AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MS ANNE ONEILL, AT 5120 WEST CORINAS COURT, IN HOMOSASSA, AND CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED STATEMENT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN LIVING AT HER RESIDENCE SINCE MARCH OR APRIL, AND THAT SHE ONLY DISCOVERED ON 070815, THAT HE REMOVED ITEMS FROM HER RESIDENCE. SHE DISCOVERED THEM ON FACEBOOK. SHE STATED THAT SHE LET HIM USE HER COMPUTER TO LOG ONTO HIS FACEBOOK AND WHEN HE LEFT THAT NIGHT, HE NEVER LOGGED OFF. SHE VIEWED MESSAGES, SPECIFICALLY ONE ON 052015, WHERE HE POSTED "HEY I GOT A 1991 15 DOLLAR AUSTRIA KOALA COIN PURE 1/10 OUNCE PLATINUM VALUED BETWEEN $150 AND $200 INTERESTED? OR KNOW ANYONE WHO WOULD BE?" A PERSON BY THE NAME OF "STEVEN SPHR" ANSWERED "YA. A PAWN SHOP." THE SUSPECT ANSWERED, "YA FIGURED JUST GONNA WAIT TO TAKE IT THERE SINCE THEY'RE CLOSED NOW." ANOTHER POST WAS ON 052215, REFERRING TO A LOT OF GOLD AT THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ON TRANSACTION FORM NUMBER 26031, IT DESCRIBED THE EXACT SAME 1991 AUSTRALIAN COIN. I ALSO SHOWED THE VICTIM PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE PAWNED FROM THESE TRANSACTIONS. THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED ALL THE ITEMS AS HER PROPERTY AND STATED THAT SHE BELIEVED A RING WAS STILL MISSING. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE DID NOT GIVE THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO TAKE OR PAWN ANY OF THESE ITEMS AND WISHED TO PROSECUTE THE DEFENDANT. WHILE ON SCENE, DETECTIVE DERA MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS, MR GILBERTO MEDINA, WHO ADVISED THAT HE ALSO SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT ON 070815, AND THAT THE DEFENDANT DENIED STEALING ANY GOLD FROM THE RESIDENCE, BUT THAT HE DID ADMIT OF STEALING THE KOALA COIN AND THAT HE PAWNED IT AT ABC PAWN. BOTH STATEMENTS WERE DIGITALLY RECORDED AND WILL BE DOWNLOADED ONTO THE SERVER. DETECTIVE DERA PROVIDED BOTH THE VICTIM AND THE WITNESS WITH MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND REQUESTED THAT THEY CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION. DETECTIVE DERA RESPONDED BACK TO ABC PAWN, WHERE HE COLLECTED BOTH ORIGINAL TRANSACTION FORMS. THESE FORMS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO EVIDENCE AND ALSO A TRACK-IT REQUEST WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR LATENT COMPARISON TO THE DEFENDANT. ALSO, AN AFFIDAVIT OF PAWN WAS COMPLETED AND A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED WITH A COPY PROVIDED TO ABC PAWN. DETECTIVE DERA ALSO CHECKED WITH OTHER LOCAL PAWN SHOPS, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THIS OFFICER ADVISED DEPUTY SUNDBERG (1268) OF THIS INCIDENT. DEPUTY SUNDBERG NOTIFIED ME A SHORT TIME LATER THAT CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER LIBRARY. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THIS OFFICER MADE CONTACT WITH DETECTIVE DERA (0688) VIA TELEPHONE AND ADVISED HIM OF THIS INCIDENT. DETECTIVE DERA ADVISED THAT HE WOULD RESPOND TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. A SHORT TIME LATER DETECTIVE DERA ARRIVED AND CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW POST MIRANDA. THE DEFENDANT DID ADMIT TO REMOVING PROPERTY FROM THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE AND PAWNING IT TWICE AT ABC PAWN. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO REMOVING THE RING ON 070815, AND TRADING IT FOR $30.00 WORTH OF DRUGS. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE THE ITEMS, NOR DID HE HAVE PERMISSION TO PAWN THESE ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY WITH A BOND OF $15,000.00, TWO COUNTS OF FALSE INFORMATION TO A PAWNBROKER WITH A BOND OF $4,000.00 AND ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00, FOR A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $21,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. BOND WAS SET AT , PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, FOR THE VIOLATION OF PROBATION. |
