| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ATCHISON, GARY 0043 (AR11121405) DEFENDANT DID COMMIT THE OFFENSE OF ROBBERY AND CAR JACKING IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES, 812.13(2)(A) AND 812.133(2)(A). ON 062311 APPROXIMATELY 0600 HOURS, THE VICTIM REPORTED TO THIS AGENCY THAT SHE ARRIVED AT WORK AT 0545 HOURS LOCATED AT THE DUNKIN DONUTS ON HIGHWAY 44 IN INVERNESS. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM OBSERVED A MALE SUBJECT COME UP TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OF HER CAR AND BEGIN TAPPING ON HER WINDOW. THE VICTIM DESCRIBED THE MALE SUBJECT TO BE DRESSED IN BLACK, ALONG WITH HAVING A BEANIE STYLE CAP PULLED DOWN OVER HIS FACE WITH HOLES CUT OUT OF THE CAP FOR HIS EYES. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE SUBJECT TAPPED ON THE WINDOW A COUPLE MORE TIMES, AT WHICH TIME A SECOND SUBJECT ENTERED HER CAR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE, ALSO WEARING AN UNKNOWN TYPE OF MASK AND BRANDISHING A HAND GUN. THIS SUBJECT WAS ADVISING THE VICTIM TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. AT THIS TIME THE VICTIM EXITED HER VEHICLE IN WHICH THE FIRST SUBJECT ADVISED HER TO GIVE HIM ALL OF HER MONEY. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE THEN HANDED OVER APPROXIMATELY $200.00 THAT SHE HAD PUT IN THE POCKET OF THE DOOR. THE VICTIM ADVISED AFTER EXITING HER VEHICLE, SUBJECT ONE GOT IN TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND DROVE THE CAR AWAY IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION. LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED TO BE ABANDONED BEHIND 3116 BUCK LANE IN INVERNESS, FLORIDA. THIS DETECTIVE, ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS THEN RESPONDED TO THAT RESIDENCE. UPON ARRIVAL, WE MADE CONTACT WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS. THIS RESIDENT ADVISED HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE CAR, BUT THAT THERE WERE other RESIDENTS INSIDE THEIR ROOM. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, KENNETH PEOPLES, ALONG WITH THE CO-DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AFTER WHICH HE ADMITTED THAT HE, ALONG WITH HIS CO-DEFENDANT, DID CUT HOLES IN A STOCKING STYLE CAP, DRESS IN BLACK, AND TAKE TWO BB GUNS WHICH LOOKED SIMILAR TO HAND GUNS, WHERE THEY WALKED OVER TO THE DUNKIN DONUTS AND OBSERVED THE VICTIM SITTING INSIDE HER VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED AT THAT TIME HE AND THE CO-DEFENDANT DID GO UP AND ROB THE VICTIM OF HER CAR AND HER MONEY. THE DEFENDANT THEN SHOWED THIS DETECTIVE WHERE THE MONEY, CLOTHING AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE CAR WERE LOCATED, ALONG WITH BOTH BB/FIREARMS. THE DEFENDANT THEN GAVE THIS DETECTIVE A RECORDED STATEMENT AFTER BEING READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FOR THE SECOND TIME. HE STATED THAT HE, ALONG WITH THE CO-DEFENDANT, DID GO UP WITH CRIMINAL INTENTIONS TO ROB THE VICTIM AND TAKE HER CAR. THE DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT WERE THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $40,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE CO-DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT DUE TO BEING A JUVENILE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
