| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCINTYRE, H JAMES 0128 (AR10113135) UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURES OR CURTILAGES THEREOF, TO-WIT: GRIFFIN'S AUTOMOTIVE, LOCATED AT 00660 NORTH LOGAN POINT IN DUNNELLON AND CAVE CREEK DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED LOCATED AT 2723 WEST DUNNELLON ROAD IN DUNNELLON, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIMS, WITHOUT SAID PERSONS' CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(4)(A) AND unlawfully enter or remain in certain conveyanceS, to-wit: FIVE VEHICLES, the property of THE VICTIMS, without said persons' consent, with the intent to commit an offense therein, to-wit: THEFT, and the said conveyanceS wERE not open to the public at the time, and THE DEFENDANT was not licensed or invited to enter or remain in said conveyanceS, in violation of Florida Statute 810.02(4)(B) ON 020310, I WAS CONTACTED BY SERGEANT (SGT) SHEPHARD AND ADVISED OF TWO COMMERCIAL BURGLARIES BEING REPORTED IN THE SOUTH DUNNELLON AREA OF CITRUS COUNTY; CASE NUMBER 10020105, GRIFFIN'S AUTOMOTIVE LOCATED AT 11990 NORTH LOGAN POINT IN DUNNELLON; AND CASE NUMBER 10020107, CAVE CREEK development, INCORPORATED LOCATED AT 2723 WEST DUNNELLON ROAD IN DUNNELLON. I RESPONDED TO GRIFFIN'S AUTOMOTIVE WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEPUTY HESSE AND SGT BLOOMER. SGT BLOOMER INFORMED ME THAT TWO SUBJECTS HAD BEEN ARRESTED EARLIER this DATE BY DEPUTY LAHERA, LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AWAY, BEHIND THE BUSINESSES AT BILOXI AND NORTH BITSON POINT. THE SUBJECTS WERE CHARGED WITH LOITERING AND PROWLING, CASE NUMBER 10020100. THE NAMES PROVIDED TO ME BY SGT BLOOMER WERE MR KENNETH PLUM, A WHITE MALE, AND MR ROBERT "BOB" BOGOSTA, JUNIOR, ALSO A WHITE MALE. A THIRD PERSON WHO WAS NOT ARRESTED WAS MR NICOLAS "NICK" FIFER. MR FIFER WAS NOT ARRESTED BECAUSE HE FLED ON FOOT WHEN HE SAW DEPUTIES AND HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. DEPUTY HESSE ADVISED THAT UNKNOWN PERSONS ENTERED THE BUSINESS AND FIVE VEHICLES LOCATED IN THE REAR FENCED YARD OF THE BUSINESS. I RESPONDED TO CAVE CREEK development INCORPORATED WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEPUTY BERRIOS WHO ADVISED THAT AN UNKNOWN PERSON ENTERED THROUGH A WINDOW LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUSINESS. THE VICTIM OF THIS INCIDENT ADVISED HE HAD NOT DISCOVERED ANYTHING MISSING AS OF THIS TIME. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY IN AN ATTEMPT TO INTERVIEW THE SUBJECTS ARRESTED ON THIS DATE FOR LOITERING AND PROWLING. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEFENDANT KENNETH PLUM IN THE BOOKING AREA. DEFENDANT PLUM WAS TAKEN TO AN INTERVIEW ROOM FOR QUESTIONING. DEFENDANT PLUM WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA CARD AND ASKED IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO TALK TO ME, REFERENCE THESE INCIDENCES. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED HE WOULD AND RAISED HIS RIGHT HAND AND SWORE TO TELL THE TRUTH. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED ON 020310, HE WAS WITH ROBERT BOGOSTA, JUNIOR AND NICHOLAS FIFER WHEN THEY ENTERED THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET FROM S & S ELECTRIC ON COUNTY ROAD 488. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED HE DID NOT ENTER THE BUILDING BUT "NICK" DID, THROUGH A WINDOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND EXITED THROUGH A WEST SIDE DOOR. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED A COMPRESSOR AND SOME HAND TOOLS WERE REMOVED FROM THE BUILDING. NOTE: THE BUSINESS CALLED CAVE CREEK development INCORPORATED IS LOCATED ACROSS DUNNELLON ROAD FROM S & S ELECTRIC. DEFENDANT PLUM CONTINUED TO ADVISE THEY ALSO WENT INTO A GARAGE CALLED GRIFFIN'S AUTOMOTIVE. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED HE STOOD LOOKOUT ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE FENCE LINE WHILE NICHOLAS FIFER AND ROBERT BOGOSTA, JUNIOR JUMPED THE FENCE AND STARTED GOING INTO CARS. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED THEY ENTERED ALL OF THE CARS LOCATED IN THE FENCED YARD BEHIND THE BUSINESS AND REMOVED CD PLAYERS, CAR STEREOS AND AMPLIFIERS. THEY THEN FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE LOCKED BUSINESS (REAR DOOR) AND REMOVED TOOLS FROM THE BUILDING. I ASKED DEFENDANT PLUM IF THERE WERE ANY other BUILDINGS ENTERED ON THIS DATE. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED THEY JUMPED A FENCE AT A CHURCH ON COUNTY ROAD 488 AND REMOVED SOME GAS CANS FROM A BUILDING. nOTE: THIS INCIDENT HAS YET TO BE REPORTED. DEFENDANT PLUM ADVISED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO ADD AND WAS THEN RETURNED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. AN INTERVIEW WITH CO-DEFENDANT ROBERT BOGOSTA, JUNIOR CONFIRMED ALL OF the STATEMENTS MADE UNDER OATH BY DEFENDANT PLUM. DEFENDANT PLUM WAS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY OF A STRUCTURE AND FIVE COUNTS OF BURGLARY OF CONVEYANCES. DEFENDANT PLUM WAS VERY COOPERATIVE IN THIS INCIDENT AND WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE ON THESE CHARGES. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
