| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SEROCKI, EDWARD 0322 (AR14-8626) (CASE 13-177356) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: ONE ½ INCH HAMMER DRILL, CRAFTSMAN BRAND, OF THE VALUE OF $170.00 WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF THE RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY WAS REMOVED FROM A DWELLING IN VIOLATION OF FSS: 812.0144(2)(B) DID UNLAWFULLY INITIATE, ORGANIZE, PLAN, FINANCE, DIRECT, MANAGE OR SUPERVISE THE THEFT OF PROPERTY TO WIT: A ½ INCH CORDED HAMMER DRILL, CRAFTSMAN BRAND, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM AND THEREAFTER DID TRAFFIC IN SUCH PROPERTY KNOWING IT WAS STOLEN, IN VIOLATION OF FSS: 812.019(2) DID KNOWINGLY GIVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OR FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION TO A PaWN BROKER: GOLD AND STUFF PAWN, LOCATED INSIDE HOWARDâS FLEA MARKET IN HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA, AND DID RECEIVE $20.00 FOR THE VICTIMâS ½ INCH CRAFTSMAN CORDED HAMMER DRILL, IN VIOLATION OF FSS: 539.001(8)(B)(8)(A) ON 122713, THE VICTIM, MR BOB OâCONNELL REPORTED THAT A BUILDING IN HIS NURSERY HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND MONEY HAD BEEN STOLEN. HE FURTHER STATED HE ONLY HAD ONE EMPLOYEE; THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE, AND THAT ONLY HE AND THE DEFENDANT KNEW WHERE THE MONEY WAS KEPT. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE RANSACKING TO THE BUSINESS. ON 123113, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO RESIDES ON THE VICTIMâS PROPERTY IN ONE OF SIX APARTMENTS; THAT BEING APARTMENT ONE. THE VICTIM, MR OâCONNELL, ALSO USES PART OF THAT APARTMENT TO STORE HIS PERSONAL PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OR INVOLVEMENT IN THE BURGLARY. ON 010314, MR OâCONNELL REPORTED THAT HE WAS ALSO MISSING A ½ INCH HAMMER DRILL MADE BY CRAFTSMAN, AND THAT THIS HAD BEEN STORED IN APARTMENT ONE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR MARK R VANDERVOORT, HAD, IN FACT, PAWNED THE HAMMER DRILL AT GOLD AND STUFF PAWN SHOP, IN HOMOSASSA ON 122613. THIS TRANSACTION IS CARRIED UNDER FLORIDA PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION NUMBER 3048. THE DEFENDANT RECEIVED $20.00 FOR THE TRANSACTION. PRIOR TO THIS DETECTIVE AGAIN MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, HE HAD BEEN CONFRONTED BY THE VICTIM AND HAD, AT FIRST, TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BORROWED THE DRILL AND LEFT IT AT A FRIENDâS HOUSE. HE LATER RETURNED THE DRILL. THE DRILL WAS VERIFIED TO BE ONE AND THE SAME BY SERIAL AND MODEL NUMBERS. ON 010614, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED ON UNRELATED CHARGES. I INFORMED THE DEFENDANT OF THE NEW CHARGES AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO SPEAK WITH ME. HE STATED HE DID NOT WISH TO MAKE A STATEMENT WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY AND THE INTERVIEW WAS TERMINATED AT THAT TIME. THE DEFENDANT WAS INFORMED HE would BE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT FROM A RESIDENCE, ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY, AND ONE COUNT OF FALSE INFORMATION TO A PAWN BROKER. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $14,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. PER THE DEFENDANTâS REQUEST THERE WAS NO STATEMENT. |
