| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COLEMAN, BRIAN 0247 (AR08102407) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE BP STATION, LOCATED AT CITRUS AVENUE AND NORTH EAST CRYSTAL STREET, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF BP STATION, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: BURGLARY WITH THE INTENTION TO COMMIT A THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(4); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE OR ENDEAVOR TO TAKE, OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF BP GAS STATION TO WIT: CARRYING AWAY THE SAID MERCHANDISE, WITH INTENT TO TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE , A MERCHANT, OF THE POSSESSION, USE, BENEFIT, OR FULL RETAIL VALUE OF SAID PROPERTY, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 812.015, 812.014(1), AND 812.014(3)(A). AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: MARIJUANA SAID OBJECT BEING A MARIJUANA PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147. AND DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF BP GAS STATION, TO-WIT: A BROKEN WINDOW, SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $200.00 OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 806.13(1)(A) AND 806.13(1)(B)1. ON 032008 A BURGLARY WAS COMMITTED AT THE BP GAS STATION AT CORNER OF CITRUS AVENUE AND NORTH EAST CRYSTAL STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER. DURING THIS BURGLARY, ITEMS WERE TAKEN TO INCLUDE A MAGAZINE, CIGARETTES AND LIGHTERS, WITH THE TOTAL VALUE OF THE ITEMS TO BE UNDER $300.00. AT THIS TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT APPREHENDED, BUT A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE CAMERA VIDEO WAS OBTAINED INCLUDING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DEFENDANT. ON 032508 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WERE CIRCULATED THROUGH CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, AT WHICH TIME INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THAT A SUBJECT WHO LIVED IN HOMOSASSA WITH THE STREET NAME OF "RJ" KNEW THE DEFENDANT. ON TODAY'S DATE, THROUGH FURTHER INVESTIGATION, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH "RJ," AT WHICH TIME HE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT AND ADVISED HIS NAME WAS "MATT" AND THAT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS LIVED ON POLAR POINT IN DUNNELLON. I THEN PROCEEDED TO POLAR POINT, WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT'S RELATIVES, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE SURVEILLANCE PHOTOGRAPH AS BEING MATTHEW RODGERS. A SHORT TIME LATER, I WAS ALSO INFORMED THE DEFENDANT WAS STAYING AT THE PLANTATION INN WITH HIS MOTHER, AT WHICH TIME I PROCEEDED TO THAT LOCATION AND DISCOVERED that THE DEFENDANT WAS STAYING IN ROOM 119. I THEN PROCEEDED TO ROOM 119 AND UPON KNOCKING AT THE DOOR, MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT APPEARED TO BE THE SUBJECT IN THE SURVEILLANCE PHOTOGRAPH, AT WHICH TIME I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE PERSONS IN THE SURVEILLANCE PHOTOGRAPH WAS HIM, HE STATED YES. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA CARD, AT WHICH TIME HE WAIVED HIS RIGHTS. THE DEFENDANT THEN FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE HAD ENTERED THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND HAD STOLEN A MAGAZINE, LIGHTERS AND CIGARETTES AND THAT AFTER DEPARTING THE STORE DISCOVERED that THE GLASS DOOR HAD BROKEN. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE HE WAS STAYING AND HE ADVISED HE HAD BEEN STAYING AT A RESIDENCE NEAR CREED STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER. I FURTHER ASKED IF THE CLOTHING HE WAS WEARING WAS AT THE LOCATION, HE ADVISED THAT IT WAS. I THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED HE HAD A MARIJUANA PIPE IN HIS POSSESSION AND THE MARIJUANA PIPE WAS TURNED OVER TO THIS DEPUTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO A RESIDENCE ON AMPHIBIAN POINT, WITH HIS PERMISSION, AND UPON ARRIVING WE PROCEEDED TO A SHED-TYPE STRUCTURE WHERE THE DEFENDANT STATED HIS PERSONAL BELONGINGS WERE LOCATED, AT WHICH TIME HE POINTED OUT A SHIRT WHICH HE ADVISED WAS WORN BY HIM DURING THE NIGHT OF THE BURGLARY. THE SHIRT MATCHED THE SHIRT WORN IN THE SURVEILLANCE PHOTOGRAPH. THIS SHIRT WAS SEIZED AND PLACED INTO EVIDENCE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UPON ASKING IF THE DEFENDANT HAD ANY OF THE STOLEN ITEMS, HE REPLIED HE DID NOT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $4,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
