| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COLEMAN, BRIAN 0247 (AR08103555) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: VARIOUS TOOLS, JEWELRY AND U.S. CURRENCY 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)(1). KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A CRAFTSMAN CHAINSAW, A SKILL CIRCULAR SAW, TWO SILVER CHAINS, A MAKITA SANDER AND A MILWAUKEE SAWZALL, AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $115.00 FROM THE PAWNBROKER FOR THE ABOVE LISTED ITEMS VALUED AT MORE THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 539.001(8)(B)(8)(B). THE DEFENDANT DID KNOWINGLY COMMIT A SCHEME TO DEFRAUD, IN WHICH HE CONDUCTED A SYSTEMATIC, ONGOING COURSE OF CONDUCT WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD ONE OR MORE PERSONS, OR WITH INTENT TO OBTAIN PROPERTY FROM ONE OR MORE PERSONS BY FALSE OR FRAUDULENT PRETENSES, REPRESENTATIONS OR PROMISES OR WILLFUL MISREPRESENTATIONS OF A FUTURE ACT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 817.034(3)(4). ON 052508, A REPORT WAS FILED WITH the VICTIM OF A THEFT CASE IN WHICH A 32 INCH TELEVISION AND APPROXIMATELY $1,000.00 IN JEWELRY WERE STOLEN. THE DEFENDANT, MR MICHAEL LONCOSKY, LIVED IN the RESIDENCE with THE VICTIM. APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED, THE DEFENDANT WHILE AT SEVEN RIVERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, WAS discovered WITH A BAG OF JEWELRY BY AN ATTENDING NURSE. THE JEWELRY WAS RETURNED TO THE OWNER AND WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AT THAT TIME. SINCE that TIME THIS DEPUTY DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD PAWNED NUMEROUS ITEMS AT THE AMERICAN TRADING POST PAWN ON THREE SEPARATE occasionS WITH ONE BEING ON 053008, WHERE A DEWALT GRINDER, MAKITA SANDER AND A MILWAUKEE SAWZALL WERE SOLD FOR $60.00. ON 060208 AT APPROXIMATELY 1014 HOURS, THE DEFENDANT ALSO PAWNED A CRAFTSMAN CHAINSAW, A SKILL CIRCULAR SAW AND TWO SILVER CHAINS FOR $30.00. THE DEFENDANT ALSO PAWNED ON 060208 AT 1534 HOURS, A RYOBI BENCH GRINDER AND A RYOBI CORDLESS DRILL FOR $25.00. THE TOTAL VALUE OF THESE ITEMS WAS IN EXCESS OF $500.00. THE VICTIM, WHO WAS ALSO THE VICTIM TO THE JEWELRY THEFT, RESPONDED TO THE AMERICAN TRADING POST AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THESE ITEMS AS BELONGING TO HER. the VICTIM FURTHER STATED THAT THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN AWARE THE ITEMS WERE STOLEN AND NEVER GAVE THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO TAKE OR SELL THE ITEMS. THREE PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION FORMS WERE RECOVERED WITH THE DEFENDANT'S INFORMATION AND SIGNATURE. A VIDEO TAPE WAS ALSO RECOVERED AND OBSERVED OF THE TRANSACTION FROM 060208 AT 1534 HOURS, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS IDENTIFIED AS BEING THE PERSON WHO PAWNED THE ITEMS. ALSO ON 060208, THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT her DEBIT CARD HAD BEEN FRAUDULENTLY USED ON TWO occasionS AT THE PUBLIX LOCATED AT 6760 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT ON EACH occasion $80.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY WAS TAKEN. THE VICTIM STATED that the DEFENDANT MUST HAVE REMOVED HER DEBIT CARD FROM HER PURSE AND USED HER CARD. the VICTIM FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE HAD NOT GIVEN THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO TAKE THE CARD OR TO USE IT AT ANY LOCATION. A VIDEO TAPE OF THE TRANSACTION WAS OBSERVED BY THIS DEPUTY AT WHICH TIME the DEFENDANT WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS USING THE CARD AND ALSO BEING THE DEFENDANT. ON 060308 AT 2300 HOURS, THE DEFENDANT WAS OBSERVED IN THE AREA OF VENABLE & WEST SEVEN RIVERS DRIVE BY DEPUTY GREATREX. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AT THE REQUEST OF this DEPUTY. the DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING and PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, this DEPUTY RECOGNIZED THE SUBJECT/DEFENDANT, AS BEING THE PERSON IN BOTH VIDEOS FROM PUBLIX AND THE AMERICAN TRADING POST. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO WEARING THE IDENTICAL CLOTHING AT THE TIME OF his ARREST AS HE WAS IN BOTH VIDEOS. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA VIA CARD, AT WHICH TIME HE REFUSED TO MAKE ANY statements. THE DEFENDANT DID ADVISE THAT HE WAS ON FELONY PROBATION FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON, AND THAT his PROBATION OFFICER WAS MR POSTA FROM INVERNESS FLORIDA. A COMPUTER CHECK ALSO REVEALED that THE DEFENDANT WAS ON PROBATION WHICH BEGAN ON 012908 AND WOULD END ON 012809. DUE TO THE NEW LAW VIOLATIONS the DEFENDANT WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF PROBATION (VOP) AND A NO BOND WAS SET. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
