| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR08102716) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN DWELLING OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, LOCATED IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID (CITRUS COUNTY), 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: THE DEFENDANT FORCIBLY ENTERED THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE WITHOUT PERMISSION AND REMOVED CURRENCY FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE WITHOUT THE VICTIM'S PERMISSION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 810.02(3)(B) ON 041408 AT APPROXIMATELY 1608 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 6550 SOUTH DOLPHIN DRIVE IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AT THE RESIDENCE, SHE ADVISED THAT ON 041308, SOMETIME IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS, SHE AND HER FIANCÉE HAD LEFT THE RESIDENCE TO GO OUT, AND UPON RETURNING TO THE RESIDENCE LATER THAT EVENING, DISCOVERED THE FRONT DOOR SCREEN REMOVED AND THE DOOR HAD BEEN OPENED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF MONEY HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE VICTIM'S DRESSER LOCATED IN HER BEDROOM. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, HER BROTHER, THE DEFENDANT MR ROBERT KING, HAD BEEN ENTERING THE RESIDENCE WITHOUT HER PERMISSION AND HAS BEEN TAKING MONEY AND OTHER ITEMS OF VALUE. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE WAS TIRED OF HER BROTHER STEALING FROM HER AND SHE WISHED TO TAKE SOME TYPE OF ACTION. IN SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HER BROTHER WAS AT HER MOTHER'S RESIDENCE WHERE HE LIVES, AT 11702 EAST CARDINAL PLACE, WHICH IS ONLY A FEW STREETS FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE. AT THAT TIME I RESPONDED TO 11702 EAST CARDINAL PLACE IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE CONTACT WITH MR ROBERT KING. UPON ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE I MADE CONTACT WITH ROBERT'S MOTHER, WHO IS ALSO THE VICTIM'S MOTHER. I ADVISED HER I WANTED TO SPEAK WITH ROBERT REGARDING THE INCIDENT WHICH HAD OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS DAY. I DID NOT GIVE HER ANY DETAILS OF WHAT I WAS WANTING TO SPEAK WITH ROBERT ABOUT, AND SHE VOLUNTARILY STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL ROBERT HAD ADMITTED TO HER OF BREAKING INTO HIS SISTER'S RESIDENCE AND TAKING AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF MONEY. SHE SAID ROBERT WAS TELLING HER HE WAS GOING TO JAIL, AND AT THAT TIME HE LEFT ON FOOT TO GO TO HIS GIRLFRIEND'S RESIDENCE. I RETURNED BACK TO 6550 SOUTH DOLPHIN DRIVE AND ONCE AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AND ADVISED HER OF WHAT HER MOTHER HAD ADVISED REGARDING WHAT ROBERT HAD STATED. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE WANTED TO PRESS CHARGES. SHE RETURNED TO HER MOTHER'S RESIDENCE AT11702 EAST CARDINAL PLACE WITH THIS DEPUTY. ONCE AT THE LOCATION WE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ON EAST WITHLAPOPKA TRAIL TO AN UNKNOWN NUMERICAL ON SALMON DRIVE. AS WE PASSED SOUTH DOLPHIN DRIVE ON SOUTH WITHLAPOPKA DRIVE, ROBERT WAS WALKING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND THE VICTIM AND THE VICTIM'S MOTHER PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AS I DID. I APPROACHED ROBERT AND IDENTIFIED MYSELF AS BEING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD MIND SPEAKING WITH ME, TO WHICH HE STATED; YES HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. ROBERT ADMITTED TO BREAKING INTO HIS SISTER'S RESIDENCE AND SAID HE WAS WILLING TO FILL OUT A WRITTEN STATEMENT SWEARING TO IT. ROBERT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AND HE FILLED OUT A STATEMENT WHERE HE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD REMOVED A SCREEN FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF HIS SISTER'S RESIDENCE, REACHED IN AND UNLOCKED THE FRONT DOOR TO GAIN ENTRY, AT WHICH TIME HE WENT INTO HER BEDROOM AND REMOVED $3.29 IN ORDER TO PURCHASE CIGARETTES. ALSO ON HIS WRITTEN STATEMENT ROBERT ADMITTED TO BREAKING INTO HIS SISTER'S RESIDENCE FIVE OTHER TIMES. THE STATEMENT WAS SIGNED AND WILL BE TURNED OVER TO SHERIFFS' OFFICE RECORDS. BOTH THE VICTIM AND THE MOTHER FILLED OUT WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED OVER TO RECORDS. THE VICTIM WAS GIVEN A CASE CARD WITH THE CASE NUMBER, MY NAME AND MY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. WHILE SPEAKING WITH ROBERT PRIOR TO TRANSPORT, HE OPENLY ADMITTED TO BREAKING INTO HIS SISTER'S RESIDENCE SOMETIME LAST WEEK AND STEALING HER LAPTOP COMPUTER. HE ASKED TO FILL OUT ANOTHER WRITTEN STATEMENT REGARDING THAT INCIDENT, HOWEVER, HE JUST FILLED OUT THE ONE WRITTEN STATEMENT AND THEN ADVISED HE DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME ANY FURTHER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
