| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SLINGERLAND, DANIEL 0443 (AR13-4484) DID THEN AND THERE UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY UTTER AND PUBLISH AS TRUE CERTAIN FALSE, ALTERED OR FORGED WRITTEN ORDERS FOR MONEY, TO THE CAPITAL CITY BANK, TO WIT: A CHECK THE DEFENDANT STOLE FROM THE VICTIM AND SUBSEQUENTLY CASHED, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT SAID WRITTEN ORDERS FOR MONEY WERE FALSE, ALTERED OR FORGED, SAID CHECKS BEING PASSED WITH THE INTENT THEN AND THERE TO INJURE AND DEFRAUD THE VICTIM, AND DIVERSE OTHER PERSONS TO THE STATE ATTORNEY UNKNOWN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE, 831.09. DID, DRIVE WHILE LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, KNOWINGLY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 322.34(2)(B). ON 021313, AT 1255 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 6096 EAST TENISON STREET IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A SUICIDAL SUBJECT. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MS MEGHAN SMITH. SHE ADVISED THAT HER BOYFRIEND, MR JOSEPH LAWRENCE OGANE, (DEFENDANT) WAS SOMEWHERE IN HOMOSASSA AND EN ROUTE TO HER LOCATION. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT JOSEPH HAD STATED TO HER THAT HE WAS GOING TO TAKE PILLS AND OVERDOSE. SHE ADVISED THAT JOSEPH ALSO STATED HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF A FAKE GUN, SO THAT THE POLICE WOULD SHOOT HIM. THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT ALSO TOLD HER THAT HE STOLE A CHECK FROM HER MOTHER, MS RITA SMITH/VICTIM, AND HE HAD CASHED THE CHECK AT THE BANK FOR $300.00 TO BUY DRUGS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEFENDANT, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE VICTIM, MS RITA SMITH. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD CONTACTED HER BANK ON TODAYâS DATE, AND WAS ADVISED THAT HER BALANCE WAS NOT CORRECT. AFTER SPEAKING WITH HER DAUGHTER, MEGHAN, THE VICTIM DISCOVERED A CHECK WAS MISSING FROM HER CHECKBOOK. THE VICTIM AGAIN CONTACTED HER BANK, WHO ADVISED HER THAT THE CHECK HAD BEEN CASHED BY THE DEFENDANT EARLIER ON TODAYâS DATE FOR $300.00. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE BELIEVES THE DEFENDANT HAS STOLEN MORE MONEY FROM HER ACCOUNT, AND STATED THAT SHE WANTED TO PURSUE CHARGES. THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS DRIVING HER MOTHERâS/VICTIM VEHICLE, AND THE DEFENDANT DOES NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVERâS LICENSE. WHILE OBTAINING SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM THE COMPLAINANT AND THE VICTIM, I WAS CONTACTED BY DEPUTY KEVIN BRUNK (0344). HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD LOCATED THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS DRIVING THE VICTIMâS VEHICLE. HE DESCRIBED THE VICTIMâS VEHICLE AS A WHITE, CHEVROLET COBALT BEARING FLORIDA TAG, 1829IB. DEPUTY BRUNK ADVISED THAT WHILE INTERVIEWING THE DEFENDANT TO DETERMINE HIS MENTAL STATUS, THE DEFENDANT SPONTANEOUSLY UTTERED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE BECAUSE HE STOLE A CHECK AND CASHED IT. I THEN ADVISED DEPUTY BRUNK THAT HE WOULD NEED TO CONDUCT A MIRANDA INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT, REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY BY THE DEFENDANT. DEPUTY BRUNK DID CONTACT ME BACK VIA TELEPHONE, AND ADVISED THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED A POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. DEPUTY BRUNK STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT CONFESSED TO STEALING A CHECK FROM THE VICTIM, WHERE HE TOOK THE CHECK TO THE CAPITAL CITY BANK IN INVERNESS, CASHED IT FOR $300.00 AND USED THE MONEY TO PURCHASE ILLEGAL NARCOTICS. I ADVISED DEPUTY BRUNK TO PLACE THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORT HIM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. I ALSO CONDUCTED A COMPUTER CHECK OF THE DEFENDANTâS DRIVERâS LICENSE, WHICH REVEALED NUMEROUS SUSPENSIONS FOR DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT AND FAILURE TO PAY FOR TRAFFIC FINES. THE DEFENDANT HAD RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE SUSPENSIONS BY COURT ORDER, OR PRIOR MOVING VIOLATION. I THEN REQUESTED THAT THE VICTIM PROVIDE A COPY OF THE FRAUDULENTLY UTTERED CHECK, WHERE SHE SUBSEQUENTLY MET WITH DEPUTY ELDRIDGE (0722) AT THE CAPITAL CITY BANK AND PROVIDED SAID COPY. THE CHECK BORE THE DEFENDANTâS THUMBPRINT, AND THE VICTIM STATED SHE DID NOT ISSUE OR SIGN THE CHECK. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED BY DEPUTY BRUNK FOR UTTERING A FORGED CHECK AND KNOWING DRIVING WHILE LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO STAFF AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT $1,500.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, 8845-GQF(3), FOR KNOWINGLY DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. SEE DEPUTY BRUNKâS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FOR FURTHER. |
