| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, ROBERT ADAM 0505 (AR14-12629) (CASE 14-144420) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: THREE WATCHES AND A PUSH LAWN MOWER OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: ACTUAL VALUE BEING $480.00, 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. did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: A CRAFTSMAN LAWNMOWER AND A SPERRY TOPSLIDER MAN'S WATCH, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1); KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A CRAFTSMAN LAWN MOWER AND A TOPSLIDER MAN'S WATCH, AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $40.00, FROM THE PAT'S PAWN, THE PAWNBROKER, FOR THE WATCH AND LAWNMOWER, VALUED AT LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE SS 539.001(8)(B)(8) ON 110214, I WAS CONTACTED BY DETECTIVE DERA IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. HE ADVISED ME THAT ON 102714 HE CONDUCTED A FINDER'S PAWN CHECK WHICH REVEALED THAT SUSPECT, MR JOSHUA ROGERS, PAWNED ONE WATCH FITTING THE DESCRIPTION OF A WATCH THAT WAS STOLEN IN THIS REPORT, AT PAT'S PAWN ON 101714 TRANSACTION FORM NUMBER 12710 FOR $20.00. HE ALSO DISCOVERED ANOTHER TRANSACTION WHERE SUSPECT JOSHUA ROBERTS PAWNED A CRAFTSMAN 4.5 HORSEPOWER PUSH MOWER ON 101414, TRANSACTION NUMBER 12679 FOR $20.00, ALSO AT PAT'S PAWN. BOTH ITEMS FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ITEMS LISTED IN THIS REPORT. DETECTIVE DERA MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM VIA TELEPHONE AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET THE VICTIM AT PAT'S PAWN AT 1130 HOURS TODAY. UPON ARRIVAL HE DISCOVERED TWO MORE TRANSACTIONS FOR THREE WATCHES WHICH FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE VICTIM'S STOLEN WATCHES. THE FIRST TRANSACTION WAS FROM BREANNA FULLER FOR ONE SPERRY TOP SLIDER MEN'S WATCH WHICH WAS PAWNED ON 102014, TRANSACTION FORM NUMBER 12734. THE SECOND WAS ALSO FOR BREANNA FULLER FOR TWO SPERRY WATCHES PAWNED ON 102014, TRANSACTION FORM NUMBER 12735. THE VICTIM POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED ALL FOUR WATCHES AND THE LAWNMOWER AS HIS STOLEN PROPERTY AND A HOLD WAS PLACED ON THESE ITEMS. THE VICTIM FURTHER ADVISED BREANNA FULLER IS JOSHUA ROGERS' GIRLFRIEND AND THEY WERE BOTH LIVING AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY FIVE WEEKS AGO BREANNA FULLER MOVED IN BECAUSE SHE WAS DOWN ON HER LUCK AND HE ALLOWED HER TO STAY AT HIS RESIDENCE BECAUSE SHE WAS HIS DAUGHTER'S FRIEND. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS LATER MS FULLER MOVED HER BOYFRIEND, JOSHUA ROGERS IN. ON 102014, THE VICTIM DISCOVERED HIS WATCHES WERE MISSING. HE THEN CONFRONTED JOSHUA ROGERS WHO DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THE THEFT OF THE WATCHES. THE VICTIM GAVE SUSPECT JOSHUA ROBERTS AN ULTIMATUM TO EITHER RETURN THE WATCHES OR MOVE OUT. THAT NIGHT BOTH SUSPECTS MOVED OUT OF THE RESIDENCE. LATER THE VICTIM DISCOVERED THE LAWN MOWER WAS ALSO MISSING. THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE DID NOT GIVE EITHER OF THESE SUSPECTS PERMISSION TO TAKE OR PAWN THE PROPERTY LISTED IN THIS REPORT. HE FURTHER BELIEVES THE SUSPECTS HAVE POSSIBLY MOVED TO SPRING HILL OR THE ROCK CRUSHER AREA. ALL PAWN PAPERWORK WAS COMPLETED AND WILL BE TURNED OVER TO RECORDS. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS ALSO COMPLETED WHERE ALL FOUR ORIGINAL PAWN TRANSACTION FORMS WERE COLLECTED AND WILL BE TURNED OVER TO EVIDENCE. DETECTIVE DERA MADE CONTACT WITH EMPLOYEES AT PAT'S PAWN WHO ADVISED THAT THEY REMEMBER BOTH SUSPECTS AND BELIEVED BOTH SUSPECTS WERE TOGETHER ON ALL FOUR TRANSACTIONS. BOTH SUSPECTS WERE IDENTIFIED BY THEIR FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND BOTH PROVIDED THEIR THUMB PRINTS ON TRANSACTION FORMS. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT LOCATION, WHERE DEPUTY BRUNK HAD MADE CONTACT WITH BOTH SUSPECTS. UPON ARRIVAL I SPOKE WITH DEFENDANT, MR JOSHUA ROGERS, WHO WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD, AFTER WHICH HER ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. MR ROGERS ADVISED HE DID PAWN A LAWNMOWER AND A WATCH ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, MS BREANNA FULLER, ALSO PAWNED WATCHES IN TWO SEPARATE TRANSACTIONS BECAUSE THE VICTIM'S GRANDDAUGHTER AND HER BOYFRIEND, MR BLAKE KAUFMANN PROVIDED THEM WITH THE ITEMS AND WERE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO PAWN. HE ADVISED AFTER PAWNING THE ITEMS HE GAVE ALL OF THE MONEY BACK TO MR KAUFMANN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. WHEN ASKED IF HE KNEW IF THE WATCHES BELONGED TO MR KAUFMAN AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HE ADVISED HE DID NOT KNOW. MR ROGERS WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, SECURED IN MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, AND UPON ARRIVAL WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT, TWO COUNTS OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY, AND TWO COUNTS OF FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP TO PAWN BROKER, WITH TOTAL BOND SET AT $16,000.00. |
