| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SEROCKI, EDWARD 0322 (AR08105388) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: SEVEN RIVERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(4), AND DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: ONE PEPSI COLA SODA VENDING MACHINE, SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $1,000.00 OR MORE ($1,500.00), OR THERE WAS AN INTERRUPTION OR IMPAIRMENT OF A BUSINESS OPERATION OR UTILITY WHICH COST $1,000.00 OR MORE IN LABOR AND REPAIRS TO RESTORE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 806.13(1)(A), AND 806.13(1)(B)3, AND DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF the VICTIM, TO-WIT: ONE COCA COLA SODA VENDING MACHINE, SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $200.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $1,000.00 ($350.00), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 806.13(1)(A) AND 806.13(1)(B)2, AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: $32.05 UNITED STATES CURRENCY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $100.00, 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 STATE STATUTES 812.014(3)(A). OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, SEVERAL SODA VENDING MACHINES HAVE BEEN BROKEN IN TO IN CITRUS COUNTY. DETECTIVE SHARPE HAD DEVELOPED A SUSPECT AND HAD, IN FACT, CHARGED HIM IN OTHER CASES. THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT HAD INDICATED THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO POINT OUT ADDITIONAL MACHINES HE HAD BROKEN INTO AND BEING UNFAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, HE COULD NOT ADVISE OF THE EXACT LOCATIONS. ON 092308, THIS DETECTIVE AND DETECTIVE SHARPE SIGNED THE DEFENDANT OUT OF THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND DROVE HIM TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS WHERE MACHINES HAD BEEN BROKEN IN TO. THE DEFENDANT DID ADMIT THAT ON OR ABOUT 061308, HE DID CLIMB THE FENCE TO ENTER A FENCED AREA AT SEVEN RIVERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. HE STATED HE DID BREAK IN TO THE PEPSI COLA VENDING MACHINE AT THAT LOCATION, BUT HE DID NOT BELIEVE HE WAS ABLE TO GET ANY CASH. A CHECK WITH THE DISTRIBUTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VENDING MACHINE ADVISED THAT THE MACHINE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE COSTING APPROXIMATELY $1,500.00 (CASE 08060595). THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO DRIVEN TO THE GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES BUILDING WHERE HE ADMITTED THAT ON OR ABOUT 032408, HE DID BREAK IN TO THE COCA COLA SODA VENDING MACHINE AND REMOVED UNITED STATES CURRENCY WHICH HE STATED WAS APPROXIMATELY TWENTY DOLLARS ($20.00). A CHECK WITH THE LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR REVEALED THE DAMAGE TO THIS VENDING MACHINE TOTALED $350.00 AND APPROXIMATELY $32.05 WAS FOUND TO BE MISSING (CASE 08030963). ON 092508, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT HE WOULD BE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A STRUCTURE, ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF ($1,000.00 OR MORE), ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF (LESS THAN $1,000.00), AND ONE COUNT OF PETIT THEFT. TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $4,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
