| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, DALE 0276 (13-73427) (AR13-7258) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: 46â FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION AND A BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER, 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). ON 091113 AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 HOURS, CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE VICTIM WHO LIVES IN WISCONSIN AND OWNS A HOME AT 19 BEVERLY COURT, HOMOSASSA. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE HAS INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO HER HOUSE AT 19 BEVERLY COURT BEING BURGLARIZED. THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM VIA TELEPHONE AND SHE STATED THAT SHE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM THE DEFENDANT, MR JOSHUA ROSE, STATING THAT BACK IN JUNE 2013 HE WENT INTO HER RESIDENCE AT 19 BEVERLY COURT AND REMOVED HER 46â FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION ALONG WITH A BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER. THE DEFENDANT TOLD HER THAT THE TELEVISION AND BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER WERE IN CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE DUE TO DEPUTIES TAKING THEM DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. THE VICTIM THEN CONFIRMED HER PROPERTY BY READING THE SERIAL NUMBERS TO ME OVER THE TELEPHONE ON BOTH THE TELEVISION AND THE BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER. THIS DETECTIVE FURTHER ADVISED THE VICTIM THAT THE ITEMS WOULD REMAIN IN CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE UNTIL SHE IS READY TO RETRIEVE THEM. THE VICTIM SENT THIS DETECTIVE A LETTER VIA MY AGENCY E-MAIL STATING THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL ON 091013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS WITH THE DEFENDANT STATING TO HER THAT HE HAD TAKEN HER TELEVISION AND BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER FROM HER RESIDENCE AT 19 BEVERLY COURT. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE NEVER GAVE THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO GO INTO HER RESIDENCE AND TAKE ANY OF HER PROPERTY. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT. ON 060313, A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 HOURS BY DEPUTY SEFFERN JR IN WHICH HE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE THREE DEFENDANTS IN THIS CASE: MR JOSHUA WILLIAM ROSE, MS AMANDA TRAN (DRIVER OF THE SUSPECT VEHICLE), AND MS MERIA NICHOLS. DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, DEPUTY SEFFERN REQUESTED DEPUTY RITLI TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE TO ASSIST IN A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN PLAIN VIEW DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAFFIC STOP A 46â FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION AND A BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER. DEPUTY SEFFERN ASKED ALL PARTIES INDIVIDUALLY WHERE THEY HAD GOTTEN THE TELEVISION AND BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER FROM, TO WHICH THEY GAVE CONFLICTING STORIES. DEPUTY SEFFERN TOOK POSSESSION OF THE 46â FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION, BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER, AND TWO REMOTES AND PLACED THEM IN THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE UNTIL MR ROSE COULD SHOW PROOF OF OWNERSHIP. THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MS MERIA NICHOLS AT 4816 WEST NESTER COURT, HOMOSASSA WHERE I ADVISED HER OF MY INVESTIGATION. DEFENDANT NICHOLS ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING AND REFUSED TO GIVE A STATEMENT. THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR JOSHUA ROSE. AFTER READING HER MIRANDA, SHE AGREED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE ON A RECORDED STATEMENT. DEFENDANT ROSE WAS TRUTHFUL AND STATED THAT HE WAS DISCUSSING WITH DEFENDANT TRAN AND DEFENDANT NICHOLS, WHILE THEY WERE AT DEFENDANT TRAN AND DEFENDANT NICHOLSâ ADDRESS, ON WHERE HE COULD GO AND GET A TELEVISION FROM. THE DISCUSSION WAS FOR THEM TO SELL THE TELEVISION OR TRADE IT FOR DRUGS. THAT IS WHEN THEY GOT INTO DEFENDANT TRANâS VEHICLE AND DROVE TO BEVERLY COURT. HE ADVISED HE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND GONE INTO THE RESIDENCE WHILE DEFENDANT TRAN AND DEFENDANT NICHOLS DROVE AROUND UNTIL HE WAS READY FOR THEM TO PICK HIM UP WITH THE TELEVISION AND BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER ALONG WITH THE REMOTES. HE ADVISED THEY LOADED THE TELEVISION INTO THE BACK SEAT AND AS THEY DROVE NORTH ON HIGHWAY 19, THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED AND THE TELEVISION AND BLUE RAY DVD PLAYER WERE CONFISCATED AS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE. DEFENDANT ROSE SWORE TO HIS STATEMENT BY RISING HIS RIGHT HAND STATING THAT IT WAS THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. DEFENDANT NICHOLS WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HER BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT NICHOLSâ BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
