| Probable cause affidavit: |
sUBMITTED BY serocki, ED 0322 (ar07100656) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN DWELLING OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO WIT: A STORAGE UNIT, LOCATED AT AIRPORT PLAZA STORAGE 989 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD CRYSTAL RIVER IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, AS OWNER OR CUSTODIAN THEREOF, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 810.02(1) AND 810.02(4): and DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: APPROXIMATELY 8 to 10 BOXES OF SPORTS TRADING CARDS, 8 BOXES OF ASSORTED FIRST EDITION COMIC BOOKS, ONE CONSTELLATION COIN, 26 ONE AND TWO DOLLAR BILLS RED CERTIFICATE, AND ASSORTED COLLECTIBLE COINS WITH THE VALUE OF ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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(1) 812.014(2)C3. ON 111307, THE VICTIM REPORTED TO THIS AGENCY THAT A STORAGE SHED HE WAS RENTING HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND ASSORTED COLLECTIBLE CARDS, COMICS, AND COINS HAD BEEN REMOVED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT SOME OF the PROPERTY MAY BE STORED AT the DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE. ON 120707, THIS DETECTIVE RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH the DEFENDANT'S MOTHER WHO SIGNED A permission TO SEARCH form, AT WHICH TIME ten BOXES OF ASSORTED SPORTS CARDS, RECORDS AND COMICS WERE FOUND IN PLAIN VIEW IN THE GARAGE AREA OF THE RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED the RESIDENCE AND SUBSEQUENTLY WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. the DEFENDANT AGREED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO the COastal SUBSTATION WHERE UPON HIS ARRIVAL, HE WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. the defendant STATED HE UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD BE WILLING TO GIVE ME A STATEMENT. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE AND OTHERS NOT YET IN CUSTODY HAD ON OR ABOUT 111307 TRAVELED TO THE AIRPORT PLAZA STORAGE AND PARKED IN A NO LONGER USED CEMENT FACTORY NEXT DOOR. the DEFENDANT FURTHER STATED, THAT the SUSPECTS NOT YET IN CUSTODY CLIMBED A WALL WITH A PAIR OF Bolt CUTTERS AND A SHORT TIME LATER BEGaN PASSING BOXES TO him OVER THE WALL, WHICH HE PLACED INTO THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE THEY HAD ARRIVED IN. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE $1,000.00 FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THIS CRIME, and THAT within COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER REMOVING THE PROPERTY He AND the OTHERS TRAVELED TO A COLLECTIBLE STORE KNOWN AS COLLSIEUM COMICs WHERE THE OTHER SUSPECTS SOLD TWO BOXES OF THE COMICS FOR APPROXIMATELY $60.00. the DEFENDANT STATED HE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FINANCIAL COMPENSATION AND ONLY SMOKED SOME MARIJUANA THEY HAD PURCHASED WITH THE PROCEEDS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS 17 AT THE TIME OF CRIME AND HAS SINCE TURNED 18. the DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO A STRUCTURE AND ONE CHARGE OF GRAND THEFT. DUE TO the DEFENDAnT'S COOPERATION IN THIS INVESTIGATION THE DEFENDANT IS TO BE Released On his own Recognizance. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
