| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CULBERTSON, CHRISTOPHER 0439 (AR12-3637) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE RESIDENCE OF 22 SOUTH ADAMS STREET, BEVERLY HILLS, FLORIDA, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.014 (1)(C)(1). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS OF A XBOX 360 AND PLAYSTATION II, WITH VARIOUS GAMES AND ACCESSORIES, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) TO WIT: $600.00, 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 810.02(3)(B). ON 112812, I RESPONDED TO 26 SOUTH ADAMS STREET, BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO A FOLLOW-UP. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS, MS FAITH TAYLOR. SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR LANCE HAMBLIN, HAD COME TO HER RESIDENCE AND ATTEMPTED TO SELL HER AN XBOX 360 AND THE ACCOMPANYING GUITAR CONTROLLER. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS AWARE THAT HER NEIGHBORâS RESIDENCE HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED A FEW DAYS PRIOR, AND WAS MISSING THE SAME ITEMS. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE THEN CONTACTED THE VICTIM, MS AMBER HATLEY, WHO DESCRIBED THE ITEMS TO THE WITNESS. THE WITNESS THEN CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS STILL ON SCENE AT THE WITNESSâ RESIDENCE. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, AND HE ADMITTED TO HAVING BROKEN IN TO THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE, AND STEALING THE TWO VIDEO GAME SYSTEMS. THE VICTIM PROVIDED THIS DEPUTY WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. THIS WAS COLLECTED AND LATER TURNED IN TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS BY THIS DEPUTY. THE DEFENDANT THEN TOOK ME TO WHERE THE OTHER ITEMS WERE LOCATED, WITH THE PLAYSTATION II LOCATED AT 21 SOUTH ADAMS STREET, WHICH IS THE DEFENDANTâS GIRLFRIENDâS RESIDENCE, AND THE XBOX CONTROLLER AND GAMES WERE LOCATED AT 10 WEST MURRAY STREET, WHICH IS THE DEFENDANTâS ADDRESS, AND TURNED THEM OVER TO ME. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS FILLED OUT AND SIGNED BY THE DEFENDANT. ALL ITEMS WERE THEN RETURNED TO THE VICTIM, WHO ALSO SIGNED THE PROPERTY RECEIPT, ADVISING THE ITEMS HAD BEEN RETURNED TO HER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. HE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK, AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, HE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF, FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO AN UNOCCUPIED RESIDENCE, AND GRAND THEFT IN THE AMOUNT OF GREATER THAN $300.00 BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $7,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
