| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CLARK, SHELLEY 0401 (AR11119924) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: SHED, LOCATED AT 1869 NORTH CROFT AVENUE, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF OWNER, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(4)(A); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A/C UNIT OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: $1,200.00, 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); AND did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: A/C COIL AND COPPER , the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). ON 031811, THE WITNESS EVANELL CLAYBORN OBSERVED A WHITE 4-DOOR VEHICLE WITH A MISSING PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT HUBCAP ATTEMPTING TO STEAL AIR CONDITIONING (A/C) UNITS FROM A SHED AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION, AS REPORTED IN CASE 11030685. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT SHE OBSERVED THE VEHICLE OCCUPIED BY TWO WHITE MALES DRIVE TO THE REAR OF the SHED AND BEGAN REMOVING A/C UNITS. THE WITNESS CONFRONTED THE TWO MALES AND GOT INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH THEM, AT which TIME, THEY FLED THE AREA. ON 032111, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM JEFF CLAYBORN WHO RESIDES AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION. HE PROVIDED THE NAMES OF THE POSSIBLE DEFENDANTS. ON 032311, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS EVANELL CLAYBORN AND PRESENTED A PHOTO LINE UP OF THE DEFENDANT IN PHOTO NUMBER FIVE. EVANELL CLAYBORN WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE DEFENDANT AS THE DRIVER OF THE WHITE VEHICLE AND AS the PERSON SHE OBSERVED DRIVE TO THE INCIDENT LOCATION AND STEAL AIR CONDITIONING UNITS. WHILE EVANELL CLAYBORN WAS CONFRONTING THE DEFENDANTS SHE OBSERVED A LARGE A/C UNIT in the BACK SEAT OF THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE AND DURING the CONFRONTATION the CO-DEFENDANT DROPPED A SECOND A/C UNIT ON THE GROUND AND THE DEFENDANTS THEN FLED THE AREA. LATER THAT DAY THIS DETECTIVE RECEIVED A SECONDARY METAL TRANSACTION FORM FROM INTER-COUNTY RECYCLING THAT REVEALED THE DEFENDANT HAD SOLD AN A/C COIL AND COPPER TO THAT BUSINESS AND RECEIVED $56.78. ON 032411, CONTACT WAS MADE with the DEFENDANT AT the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED ON UNRELATED CHARGES. THE DEFENDANT DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE. the DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH BURGLARY, GRAND THEFT AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY with HIS TOTAL BOND SET AT $12,000.00. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
