| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: GREATREX, ROBERT 0287 (13-41547) (AR13-5057) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: THE VICTIMâS SILVER AND GOLD JEWELRY OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), 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(2)(C)(1). DID UNLAWFULLY TRAFFIC IN OR ENDEAVOR TO TRAFFIC IN PROPERTY THAT THE DEFENDANT KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WAS STOLEN, TO-WIT: PAWNING SILVER AND GOLD JEWELRY IN VARIOUS PAWN SHOPS IN CITRUS COUNTY, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 812.019(1). DID SIGN A STATEMENT THAT THE PLEDGOR OR SELLER OF THE ITEM REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT IT WAS NOT STOLEN, THAT IT HAS NO LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES AGAINST IT, AND THAT THE PLEDGOR OR SELLER IS THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE GOODS AND HAS THE RIGHT TO ENTER INTO THE TRANSACTION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 539.001(8)(B)(8). ON 040313, I CONDUCTED A FOLLOW UP INVESTIGATION TO THIS REPORT. DEPUTY SANCHEZ TOOK THIS REPORT ON 032913 WHERE HE WAS DISPATCH TO 2746 WEST ANTIOCH LANE, LECANTO. HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MS PATRICIA HAYNES, AND HER BOYFRIEND/WITNESS, MR FRANK MALINSKI, WHO REPORTED THAT HER SON/SUSPECT, MR KYLE WEAVER, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND/SUSPECT, MS JANIE FUDGE, HAD BOTH BEEN LIVING WITH HER AT HER RESIDENCE FOR THE LAST THREE TO FOUR MONTHS. SHE STATED THAT SHE AND HER BOYFRIEND/WITNESS LEFT THE RESIDENCE TO GO ON VACATION ON 032413 AND RETURNED ON 032813. UPON RETURNING SHE NOTICED THAT SHE WAS MISSING MULTIPLE PIECES OF HER JEWELRY WHICH HAD BEEN LOCATED IN HER BEDROOM. SHE ADVISED SHE WAS ALSO MISSING $500.00 IN CASH. PRIOR TO LEAVING FOR VACATION, SHE ADVISED HER DOOR WAS LOCKED. SHE SAID SHE DID NOT FIND FORCED ENTRY INTO THE ROOM, AND WAS NOT SURE HOW IT WAS ENTERED, BUT SHE DID SUSPECT HER SON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND OF TAKING HER PROPERTY. AFTER DEPUTY SANCHEZ COMPLETED THIS REPORT, IT WAS FORWARDED TO THIS DETECTIVE. ON 040113, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AND ADVISED HER THAT I DID LOCATE SEVERAL PAWN ENTRIES UNDER BOTH SUSPECTâS NAMES ON AND AROUND THE TIMEFRAME SHE REPORTED SHE WAS ON VACATION. THE VICTIM AGREED THAT SHE WOULD MEET WITH ME ON 040313 TO RESPOND TO THREE DIFFERENT PAWN SHOPS WITHIN CITRUS COUNTY THAT THE SUSPECTS DID MAKE TRANSACTIONS AT. ON 040313, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS, VICTIM HAYNES AND WITNESS MILINSKI MET ME AT THE FAMILY PAWN IN INVERNESS. WHILE AT FAMILY PAWN, WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANAGER OF THE STORE WHO PROVIDED US WITH TWO TRANSACTION FORMS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN SUSPECT WEAVERâS NAME. HE DID SIGN AND RIGHT THUMB PRINTED THE FORMS. THE GOLD ITEMS AT FAMILY PAWN UNDER THE SUSPECTâS NAME WERE STILL AT THE STORE AND THE VICTIM POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THEM AS HERS ALONG WITH WITNESS MILINSKI. ALL THESE ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND THE PAWN PAPERWORK WAS COMPLETED. WE THEN RESPONDED TO ABC PAWN IN HOMOSASSA WHERE WE MADE CONTACT WITH AN EMPLOYEE WHO PROVIDED US WITH FOUR SEPARATE PAWN TRANSACTION FORMS. THESE WERE IN THE NAME OF SUSPECT WEAVER AND HE AGAIN RIGHT THUMB PRINTED AND SIGNED ALL FOUR TRANSACTIONS. THE PAWN SHOP DID HAVE CUSTODY OF THESE ITEMS AND THE VICTIM AND THE WITNESS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THESE ITEMS AS HERS. I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ITEMS, COLLECTED THE PAWN RECEIPTS, COLLECTED THE PROPER PAWN PAPERWORK. WE THEN RESPONDED TO GOLD BOOM PAWN SHOP IN BEVERLY HILLS WHERE WE MADE CONTACT WITH AN EMPLOYEE WHO DID PROVIDE US WITH TWO SEPARATE PAWN FORMS IN SUSPECT WEAVERâS NAME. THE VICTIM AND WITNESS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ITEMS AS HERS. I WAS UNABLE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE ITEMS BY LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS AS HERS, AS THE ITEMS WERE NOT ON SITE. THE EMPLOYEE DID PROVIDE PHOTOGRAPHS TO US. I TOOK CUSTODY OF THE TRANSACTION FORMS WHICH WERE IN SUSPECT WEAVERâS NAMES AND COMPLETED THE PAWN PAPERWORK. VICTIM HAYNES THEN RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE SUSPECTS WERE POSSIBLY IN THE HERNANDO AREA. I MADE CONTACT WITH DETECTIVE LAUGHLIN WHO WAS CURRENTLY IN HERNANDO, ADVISED HIM THAT THE VICTIM HAD MADE POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE ITEMS PAWNED BY SUSPECT WEAVER AND I DID HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR HIS ARREST. DETECTIVE LAUGHLIN THEN RESPONDED TO 3921 NORTH RANCH PASS TERRACE, HERNANDO, WHERE HE DID MAKE CONTACT WITH SUSPECT WEAVER. THE SUSPECT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR MULTIPLE COUNTS OF GRAND THEFT AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF DETECTIVE LAUGHLINâS PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. I RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE I CONDUCTED AN AUDIO RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT WEAVER. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. DEFENDANT WEAVER STATED THAT HE SCREWED UP AND HAD BEEN PUT IN A POSITION THAT HE WISHED HE WAS NOT IN. DEFENDANT WEAVER WOULD NOT ELABORATE AS TO WHY HE TOOK THE VICTIMâS JEWELRY, BUT DID NOT DENY TAKING IT. AFTER THE INTERVIEW I ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH EIGHT COUNTS OF GRAND THEFT, EIGHT COUNTS OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY, AND EIGHT COUNTS OF PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO A PAWN BROKER. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $80,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
