| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SKINNER, RODNEY 0563 (11119923) THE DEFENDANT, MR RICHARD GRUNST, DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: STORAGE SHED, LOCATED AT 1869 NORTH CROFT AVENUE, INVERNESS, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, 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); THE DEFENDANT, DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: AIRCONDITIONG UNIT 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. ON 031811, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE WITNESS, MS EVANELL CLAYBORN, WHO STATED A WHITE FOUR DOOR VEHICLE, UNKNOWN MAKE OR MODEL, MISSING THE PASSENGER SIDE HUB CAP HAD JUST LEFT STEALING TWO AIRCONDITIONING UNITS AND ATTEMPTING A THIRD. THE WITNESS STATED TWO WHITE MALES THAT APPEARED TO BE IN THEIR LATE TEENS HAD BROKEN INTO THE SHED AND REMOVED THE AIRCONDITIONING UNITS. THE WITNESS HAD GOTTEN INTO A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR RICHARD GRUNST, WHO DURING THE ARGUMENT STATED HE USED TO RESIDE AT 1869 CROFT AVENUE AND THEN SPED OFF LEAVING TWO AIRCONDITIONING UNITS AT THE SCENE, BUT TAKING ONLY ONE UNIT WITH THEM. ON 032311, DETECTIVE SHELLEY CLARK RESPONDED BACK TO THE VICTIM, MR CLIFTON CLAYBORN'S, PROPERTY AND PRESENTED PHOTOGRAPH LINE UP, NUMBER THREE, THAT DISPLAYED A DIFFERENT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DEFENDANT, MR RICHARD GRUNST. WITNESS EVANELL WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE DEFENDANT AS THE PERSON SHE CONFRONTED THAT SHE HAD AN ALTERCATION WITH DURING THE COURSE OF THE BURGLARY. ON 032411 AT 0819 HOURS, I WAS CONTACTED BY DETECTIVE SHELLEY CLARK WHO ADVISED ME SHE HAD PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE ARREST OF THE DEFENDANT ON THE CHARGES OF BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT AND INSTRUCTED ME TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT AT HIS RESIDENCE. THIS DEPUTY DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING . UPON ARRIVAL DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT DID NOT MAKE ANY RELEVANT STATEMENTS RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL CASE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $ 7,000.00 ACCORDING TO THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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* |
