| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAKATIS, KENNETH 0585 (AR14-9735) DID KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY TRANSMIT MATERIAL HARMFUL TO A MINOR OR BELIEVED THAT HE WAS TRANSMITTING AN IMAGE, INFORMATION, OR DATA THAT IS HARMFUL TO MINORS, TO A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL KNOWN BY THE DEFENDANT TO BE A MINOR, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 847.0138(2); AND DID KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY USE A COMPUTER ONLINE SERVICES, INTERNET SERVICE, LOCAL BULLETING BOARD SERVICE, OR ANY OTHER DEVICE CAPABLE OF ELECTRONIC DATA STORAGE OR TRANSMISSION TO SEDUCE, SOLICIT, LURE, OR ENTICE, OR ATTEMPT TO SEDUCE, SOLICIT, LURE, OR ENTICE, A CHILD OR ANOTHER PERSON BELIEVED BY THE PERSON TO BE A CHILD, TO COMMIT ANY ILLEGAL ACT DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER 794, CHAPTER 800, OR CHAPTER 827, OR TO OTHERWISE ENGAGE IN ANY UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A CHILD OR WITH ANOTHER PERSON BELIEVED BY THE PERSON TO BE A CHILD, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 847.0135(3)(A). ON OR ABOUT 020814 I WAS ASSIGNED THE ABOVE CASE IN REFERENCE TO THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT, KEVIN WEBB, A 20 YEAR OLD MALE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH A 15 YEAR OLD MALE VIA FACEBOOK. I WAS ABLE TO REVIEW THE INSTANT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE TWO AND DISCOVERED THAT THE CONVERSATION QUICKLY BECAME SEXUAL IN NATURE. DURING THE CONVERSATION THE VICTIM ESTABLISHED HIS AGE OF 15 HOWEVER THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO CONVERSE WITH HIM EVEN AFTER STATING THAT HE COULD GET IN TROUBLE. THE DEFENDANT MADE STATEMENTS THAT VICTIM COULD NOT TELL ANYONE BECAUSE THEN BOTH KNEW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, THE HIGH SCHOOL THE VICTIM ATTENDED AND THE CHORUS FROM THAT HIGH SCHOOL. HE ALSO STATED TO THE VICTIM IF HE WEREN'T SO YOUNG HE WOULD SHOW HIM SOME THINGS. THE DEFENDANT THEN EXPLAINED THAT HE WAS HORNY THINKING ABOUT THE VICTIM AND ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT "HOOKING UP" FOR THE WEEKEND. HE THEN ASKED THE VICTIM TO PROVIDE HIM WITH PICTURES OF HIS PENIS. EVENTUALLY THE VICTIM PROVIDED A PICTURE OF HIMSELF TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT THEN ASKED HIM HOW BIG THE VICTIM'S PENIS WAS. THE DEFENDANT THEN PROVIDED THE VICTIM WITH THREE PICTURES OF HIS PENIS. THE DEFENDANT AGAIN ASKS FOR MORE PICTURE AND DESCRIBES SEXUAL ACTS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO TO THE VICTIM. THE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUES WITHOUT THE VICTIM SENDING ANYMORE PICTURES HOWEVER THEY DO TALK ABOUT MEETING THAT WEEKEND. I CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH THE VICTIM ON 021414. THE VICTIM TOLD ME AFTER THE CONVERSATION VIA FACEBOOK THERE WAS NO OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM AND THEY NEVER MET. ON 040214 I MET WITH THE DEFENDANT, KEVIN WEBB AT THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. AFTER READING THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PRE-PRINTED CARD A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT KNOW ONE HAD ACCESS TO HIS FACEBOOK BUT HIM. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE ACCESSED HIS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT THROUGH HIS PHONE. HE REMEMBERED THE CONVERSATION WITH THE VICTIM. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE AND HIS FRIENDS HAD BEEN CAMPING THAT DAY AND WAS INTOXICATED WHEN HE GOT HOME. HE DID NOT REMEMBER THE DETAILS OF THE CONVERSATION BUT REALIZED WHAT HE HAD DONE THE NEXT MORNING AND DELETED THE CONVERSATION FROM HIS FACEBOOK AND PHONE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE COUNTY JAIL WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH USE OF AN INTERNET SERVICE TO SEDUCE/SOLICT OR LURE A CHILD AND KNOWINGLY TRANSMIT HARMFUL MATERIALS TO A MINOR. HIS BOND WAS SET A FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS. TYPED BY: LAKATIS, KENNETH 0585 |
