| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FISHER, AUSTIN 1335 (AR15-14432) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: VEHICLE PART (INSTRUMENT CLUSTER) AND LABOR TOTAL VALUE OF $426.12, OF THE VALUE OF $100.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $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/HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN FROM A DWELLING OR FROM THE UNENCLOSED CURTILAGE OF A DWELLING, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(1) AND 812.014(2)(D). ON 033115, I WAS DISPATCHED TO LOVE CHEVROLET AT 2209 HIGHWAY 44 WEST IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR RAYMOND SMERECKI, WHO WORKS FOR LOVE CHEVROLET IN the MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE HAD A CUSTOMER, MR JOSEPH FRANCIS SLATER THE defendant, COME INTO LOVE CHEVROLET TO HAVE HIS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED ON HIS 2003 WHITE IN COLOR CHEVY TWO-DOOR CAR BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER L987UZ AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 HOURS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE defendant HAD ALREADY HAD THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED BY OâREILLY AUTO PARTS and WAS ADAMANT IN ONLY WANTING TO BUY AND INSTALL A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. UPON REPLACING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER in the defendantâS VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE STILL DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. THE COMPLAINANT THEN STATED THAT the defendant THEN ASKED MR DARRIN TAYLOR, SERVICE ADVISOR AT LOVE CHEVROLET, WHAT HE OWED. THE defendant WAS THEN BROUGHT TO THE OFFICE TO SEE THE CASHIER, MS ELIZABETH BATES. THE COMPLAINANT THEN ADVISED THAT UPON THE defendant SEEING the BILL FOR 426.12, HE REFUSED TO PAY AND THEN WALKED OUT OF the OFFICE AND GOT INTO HIS VEHICLE AND LEFT WITHOUT PAYING. THE COMPLAINANT FILLED OUT A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT AND WILL LATER BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. the COMPLAINANT ALSO GAVE ME A COPY OF the INVOICE WHICH STATES THE defendant OWES LOVE CHEVROLET $426.12. THE INVOICE WILL LATER BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I THEN SPOKE TO MR DARRIN TAYLOR, SERVICE ADVISOR AT LOVE CHEVROLET. MR TAYLOR STATED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN to the defendant AND the defendant WANTED HIS INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REPLACED. ONCE THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WAS REPLACED MR TAYLOR STATED THAT the defendant REFUSED TO PAY HIS BILL OF $426.12 AND LEFT IN HIS VEHICLE WITHOUT PAYING. MR TAYLOR FILLED OUT A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WILL LATER BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I THEN SPOKE WITH MS ELIZABETH BATES, CASHIER AT LOVE CHEVROLET. MS BATES STATED the defendant WALKED INTO THE OFFICE with MR DARRIN TAYLOR. SHE ADVISED WHEN the defendant SAW the BILL OF $426.12 HE IMMEDIATELY BECAME ANGRY AND STATED THAT IT IS NOT HIS FAULT THAT the DIAGNOSIS OF THE VEHICLE BY OâREILLY AUTO PARTS WAS WRONG. HE THEN STATED that HE WAS GOING HOME AND LEFT IN HIS VEHICLE WITHOUT PAYING. MS BATES FILLED OUT A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WILL LATER BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I THEN DROVE TO the defendantâS RESIDENCE AT 615 NOLA STREET IN INVERNESS WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH the defendant, MR JOSEPH SLATER. I ASKED THE defendant WHY HE DID NOT PAY HIS BILL, TO WHICH HE STATED HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BECAUSE the PART DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. I THEN GAVE the defendant A CHANCE TO PAY THE BILL, TO which HE REFUSED. THE defendant ALSO REFUSED TO GIVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT. I THEN PLACED THE defendant UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT. the defendant WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), SEARCHED, and PLACED IN THE BACK OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE defendant WAS TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING and PROCESSING. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE DETENTION FACILITY, I AGAIN GAVE THE defendant ANOTHER CHANCE TO PAY HIS BILL, TO WHICH HE STILL REFUSED. THE defendantâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
