| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RUBY, SAMUEL 0562 (13-78232) (AR13-6057) did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: JEWELRY, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF JEWELRY AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $100.00 FROM THE ABC PAWN AND $295.00 FROM PATS PAWN PAWNBROKER FOR JEWELRY VALUED AT MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF: FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 539.001(8)(B)(8). ON 061313, PROPERTY WAS LOCATED AT PATâS PAWN SHOP IN CRYSTAL RIVER FLORIDA. THE VICTIM WAS CONTACTED BY THIS DETECTIVE AND ADVISED TO MEET ME TO IDENTIFY THE JEWELRY. THE JEWELRY WAS PAWNED ON 061213 AT 1123 HOURS BY DEFENDANT, MS KELLY HARRIS, WHERE SHE PROVIDED A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD AND HER RIGHT THUMB PRINT. THE PROPERTY CONSISTED OF TEN ITEMS: TWO BRACELETS, TWO SETS OF EARRINGS, FOUR RINGS, AND TWO CHARMS. ONE CHARM WAS OF THE VICTIMâS NAME âTONIâ. THE VICTIM IDENTIFIED THIS PROPERTY AS BEING HERS. A COPY OF THE ORIGINAL PAWN RECEIPT WAS COLLECTED AND PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION FORMS WERE COMPLETED BY THIS DETECTIVE TO INCLUDE AN AFFIDAVIT OF PROPERTY OWNER WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE VICTIM. THE AMOUNT OF the TRANSACTION BY DEFENDANT HARRIS WAS $295.00. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE PROPERTY BY THIS DETECTIVE AND ALSO CAPTURED VIDEO OF THE DEFENDANTS, MS KELLY HARRIS, AND MR DAVID BRYANT, ENTERING THE PAWN SHOP TO CONDUCT THE TRANSACTION. BOTH PARTIES WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE VICTIM AS DAVID AND KELLY, HER NEIGHBORS. I RESPONDED TO 6332 WEST APPIAN STREET, CRYSTAL RIVER, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT, MS KELLY HARRIS, AND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS AWARE OF the BURGLARY THAT HAD OCCURRED AT THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE, TO which SHE STATED YES. I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THIS BURGLARY, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD SEEN JUVENILES SMOKING ON THE VICTIMâS PROPERTY AND HER BOYFRIEND/DEFENDANT, MR DAVID BRYANT, TOLD THEM TO LEAVE. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD NO OTHER INFORMATION. I ASKED HER IF SHE HAD EVER BEEN INSIDE THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED YES THAT THE VICTIMâS UNCLE HAD GIVEN THEM A TOASTER OVEN AND SOME OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS A YEAR AGO OR SO. I THEN ASKED MS HARRIS ABOUT THE JEWELRY THAT WAS PAWNED, TO WHICH MS HARRIS BEGAN TO CRY AND SAID THAT SHE DID PAWN THE JEWELRY AND SHE KNEW IT BELONGED TO THE VICTIM. I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. the DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS and STATED THAT SHE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE STILL HAD JEWELRY THAT BELONGED TO THE VICTIM, TO WHICH SHE SAID YES. WE ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND PROCEEDED TO THE EAST SIDE OF the RESIDENCE WHERE HER BEDROOM WAS LOCATED. UPON REACHING THE BEDROOM, I MADE CONTACT WITH HER BOYFRIEND/DEFENDANT, MR DAVID BRYANT. I ASKED MR BRYANT IF HE WOULD GO TALK TO DETECTIVE SHARPE WHILE I RECOVERED THE STOLEN JEWELRY, TO WHICH HE DID. DEFENDANT HARRIS WENT UNDERNEATH A DRESSER JUST INSIDE THE DOOR OF THE BEDROOM AND RETRIEVED A BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED CLOTH BAG CONTAINING NUMEROUS BOXES OF JEWELRY TO INCLUDE A COCA COLA METAL TIN WITH A POLAR BEAR ON TOP THAT HAD BEEN DESCRIBED BY THE VICTIM AS BEING TAKEN FROM her RESIDENCE AFTER 060913. THE VICTIM HAD ADVISED that THE METAL COCA COLA BOX WITH THE POLAR BEAR, the METAL BOX SHAPED LIKE A COKE BOTTLE, A JEWELRY BOX CONTAINING COINS AND A $2.00 BILL, A WHITE CARDBOARD BOX WITH JEWELRY, AND A PINK FELT BOX CONTAINING A TIFFANY AND COMPANY BRACELET AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS JEWELRY WAS REMOVED FROM her ARMOIRE AFTER 060913. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE PERSONALLY SAW THAT JEWELRY IN HER ARMOIRE ON 060913. THAT JEWELRY WAS COLLECTED FROM the DEFENDANTSâ RESIDENCE. I ASKED DEFENDANT HARRIS HOW SHE OBTAINED THE JEWELRY, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT DAVID (DEFENDANT BRYANT) HAD GIVEN IT TO HER. SHE STATED AT THE TIME THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT HAD COME FROM. WHEN DEFENDANT BRYANT WAS ASKED ON SCENE, HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD COLLECTED THE JEWELRY FROM THE WOODED AREA SOUTHEAST OF HIS RESIDENCE AND THAT THE JEWELRY HAD BEEN STOLEN A MONTH AND A HALF AGO BY HIS BROTHER, WHO IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED IN MARION COUNTY. I ASKED BOTH DEFENDANTS WHAT THE MONEY WAS USED FOR THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED FROM THE PAWNS AND THEY ADVISED THAT IT WAS USED TO PURCHASE CIGARETTES, GROCERIES AND PAY BILLS. I ASKED DEFENDANT HARRIS IF THERE WERE ANY MORE PAWNS MADE WHERE THE VICTIMâS JEWELRY WAS SOLD, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED ABC PAWN. I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE TICKET NUMBER 19660 WITH A TRANSACTION DATE OF 061113 FROM ABC PAWN IN HOMOSASSA, WHERE FOUR RINGS AND A BRACELET WERE PAWNED FOR $100.00 BY DEFENDANT KELLY HARRIS. A RIGHT THUMB PRINT AND IDENTIFICATION CARD WERE SUPPLIED BY DEFENDANT HARRIS. COPIES OF THE PAWN TRANSACTION WILL BE COLLECTED BY THIS DETECTIVE AND TURNED IN AS EVIDENCE. BOTH PARTIES ADVISED THAT THEY KNEW THE PROPERTIES WERE STOLEN, AND HAD EVEN SPOKEN WITH the VICTIM ON 061213 AND NEGLECTED TO RETURN THE PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANTS WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY AGENCY VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING BY DETECTIVE SHARPE AND I. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, DEFENDANT HARRIS WAS INTERVIEWED BY THIS DETECTIVE AND PROVIDED AN AUDIO RECORDED STATEMENT. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, SHE STATED THAT ON 061013, SHE HAD A DOCTORâS APPOINTMENT FOR HER PREGNANCY AND HAD LEFT WITH HER MOTHER AT 0800 HOURS AND RETURNED TO her RESIDENCE AT 1730 HOURS. SHE ADVISED UPON her RETURN, DAVID (DEFENDANT BRYANT) HAD TOLD HER THAT HE HAD BROKEN INTO THE VICTIMâS HOUSE AND STOLEN HER JEWELRY. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE PAWNED THE JEWELRY BECAUSE DEFENDANT BRYANT wouldnât. ALTHOUGH HE DID GO WITH HER TO THE PAWN SHOPS AND DID BENEFIT FROM the TRANSACTIONS. I ASKED DEFENDANT HARRIS WHY SHE HID THE JEWELRY UNDERNEATH her DRESSER AND SHE ADVISED THAT IT WAS STOLEN and SHE DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO FIND IT. I ASKED HER IF DAVIDâS BROTHER HAD ALSO BROKEN INTO THE RESIDENCE, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED NO. SHE DID ADVISE THAT DAVID WENT INTO THE RESIDENCE ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. DURING THE INTERVIEW DEFENDANT HARRIS ALSO STATED THAT SHE HAD MADE A PAWN TRANSACTION AT ABC PAWN AND RECEIVED $100.00. I ASKED WHAT THE MONEY WAS USED FOR AND SHE ADVISED THAT SHE and DEFENDANT BRYANT USED IT FOR CIGARETTES AND BILLS. DEFENDANT HARRIS ALSO WROTE AN APOLOGY LETTER TO THE VICTIM, STATING THAT SHE WAS SORRY SHE WAS NOT HONEST WITH HER, BUT SHE WAS SCARED. DEFENDANT HARRIS WAS CHARGED WITH DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY AND FALSE INFORMATION TO A PAWN BROKER. I SPOKE WITH DEFENDANT BRYANT AND CONDUCTED AN AUDIO RECORDED INTERVIEW. DEFENDANT BRYANT DENIED GOING INTO THE RESIDENCE AND STATED THAT HIS BROTHER HAD STOLEN THE PROPERTY A MONTH AND A HALF AGO. I ADVISED DEFENDANT BRYANT THAT THE VICTIM HAD SEEN HER JEWELRY ON 060913 AND IF IT WAS THERE FOUR DAYS AGO, DURING THE TIME HIS BROTHER WAS IN JAIL, HOW COULD HE HAVE POSSIBLY STOLEN IT, TO which THE DEFENDANT AGAIN DENIED GOING INTO THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE and CONTINUED TO BLAME HIS BROTHER WHO IS INCARCERATED. DEFENDANT BRYANT DID STATE THAT HE KNEW THAT the JEWELRY WAS STOLEN AND BENEFITED FROM the PAWNS. DEFENDANT BRYANT WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, GRAND THEFT, AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. DUE TO DEFENDANT HARRISâ COOPERATION SHE WAS RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE. |
