| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SEFFERN, JONATHAN JR 0623 (AR08101830) DEFENDANT DID BY MEANS OF TAKING A MOTOR VEHICLE which MAY BE THE SUBJECT OF LARCENY FROM the PERSON OR CUSTODY OF ANOTHER, WITH INTENT TO EITHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY DEPRIVE the PERSON OR THE OWNER OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE, WHEN IN the COURSE OF THE TAKING THERE IS THE USE OF FORCE, VIOLENCE, ASSAULT, OR PUTTING IN FEAR, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.133(1); DID OPERATE A VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND, HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DID WILLFULLY REFUSE OR FAIL TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH DIRECTIVE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1935(2). ON 022108 AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 HOURS, THIS DEPUTY WAS DISPATCHED TO 5668 SOUTH CALDER POINT, HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL THIS DEPUTY WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD RETURNED TO THE RESIDENCE AND WOULD BE AT THE FRONT DOOR. THIS DEPUTY WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WOULD BE DRIVING A TAN IN COLOR FULL SIZE VAN. UPON THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY BLAIR'S ARRIVAL, THE TAN IN COLOR VAN WAS OBSERVED IN THE DRIVEWAY WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY THIS DEFENDANT, WHICH APPEARED AS THOUGH HE WOULD BE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE RESIDENCE. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY BLAIR ACTIVATED ALL OF HIS EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT IN EFFORT TO GAIN THIS DEFENDANT'S ATTENTION AND ADVISED HIM TO STOP, SO THAT WE COULD MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM. THE DEFENDANT DISREGARDED ALL OF DEPUTY BLAIR'S EFFORTS TO STOP HIM FROM LEAVING AND CUT THROUGH A NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD AND ON TO WEST MEADOW STREET IN EFFORTS TO GET AWAY FROM THESE DEPUTIES. AT THAT POINT THIS DEPUTY ACTIVATED ALL EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND PROCEEDED ONTO WEST MEADOW STREET IN AN EFFORT TO BLOCK THE DEFENDANT FROM LEAVING. THIS DEPUTY WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP THE DEFENDANT FROM LEAVING. SUBSEQUENTLY THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY BLAIR ENGAGED IN A VEHICLE PURSUIT. THIS DEPUTY ADVISED DISPATCH OF THIS INFORMATION TO WHICH THEY ACKNOWLEDGED. DEPUTY BLAIR WAS THE PRIMARY UNIT IN THIS VEHICLE PURSUIT AND I WAS SECONDARY. DEPUTY BLAIR ADVISED DISPATCH OF ROAD CONDITIONS, WEATHER CONDITIONS, AND APPROXIMATE SPEEDS. DEPUTY BLAIR ALSO ADVISED DISPATCH OF THE DEFENDANT'S LICENSE PLATE, TO WHICH DISPATCH ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED. DISPATCH THEN ADVISED DEPUTY BLAIR AND I TO CANCEL THIS PURSUIT AT WHICH TIME WE ACKNOWLEDGED AND SUBSEQUENTLY BACKED DOWN AND RETURNED TO THE INCIDENT LOCATION. UPON ARRIVING AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM INSIDE HER RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO HAD CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO HER SON ATTEMPTING TO GET MONEY FROM HER AND TAKING HER VEHICLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT CAME TO HER RESIDENCE TO ASK FOR TWENTY DOLLARS TO GET HIS WALLET BACK FROM AN UNKNOWN SUBJECT THAT IS A NARCOTICS DEALER. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE TWENTY DOLLARS TO GIVE TO HIM. THE VICTIM THEN ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WENT INTO HER BEDROOM AND TOOK A SET OF SPARE KEYS TO HER VEHICLE TO WHICH SHE IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO TAKE THEM BACK. THE VICTIM FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT OUTSIDE TO THE DRIVEWAY WHERE HER VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN OPENED HER VEHICLE DOOR AND GOT IN, WHICH AT THAT TIME SHE HAD SAT DOWN ON THE DEFENDANT'S LAP INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN EFFORTS TO RETRIEVE HER KEYS AND PREVENT THE DEFENDANT FROM STEALING HER VEHICLE. THE VICTIM THEN ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT STATED TO HER "TO GET OUT", TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WOULD NOT GET OUT UNTIL HE GAVE HER KEYS BACK. THE VICTIM FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED TO HER THAT "YOU BETTER GET OUT OR YOU WILL BE GOING FOR A RIDE." THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT GET OUT OF HER VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT THEN ENGAGED THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND BEGAN TO BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WITH HER HANGING HALFWAY OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN STOPPED THE VEHICLE BEFORE HE RIPPED THE VEHICLE DOOR OFF OF THE HINGES. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT ENGAGED THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE FORWARD WITH THE VICTIM STILL HANGING HALFWAY OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN SLAMMED THE VEHICLE IN PARK IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID HITTING THE GARAGE WHICH WAS LOCATED NEXT TO THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE WAS PETRIFIED WHILE THIS INCIDENT WAS OCCURRING, BUT WAS RELUCTANT TO LET THE DEFENDANT STEAL HER VEHICLE. THE VICTIM THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WOULD GIVE HIM THE MONEY IF HE WOULD LEAVE, BUT THE DEFENDANT THEN WANTED FORTY DOLLARS FROM THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE GAVE HIM THE MONEY SO THAT HE WOULD LEAVE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN LEFT THE RESIDENCE BUT SOON ARRIVED BACK AT THE RESIDENCE. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM THEN NOTIFIED DISPATCH THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS BACK AND WAS STANDING AT THE FRONT DOOR. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE A VICTIM STATEMENT WHICH WAS TURNED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY BLAIR AND I WENT OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE TO COMPLETE PAPERWORK REGARDING THIS CASE, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT RETURNED TO THE RESIDENCE. DEPUTY BLAIR HAD I THEN HAD THE DEFENDANT AT GUNPOINT AND GAVE LOUD VERBAL COMMANDS TO EXIT HIS VEHICLE AND SHOW HIS HANDS, TO WHICH HE COMPLIED. DEPUTY BLAIR WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE DEFENDANT AND PLACE HIM IN THE REAR SEAT OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE FOR HIS SAFETY AND OURS. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY BLAIR READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A CARD, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH US WITH OUT THE PRESENCE OF A LEGAL ADVISOR. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY BLAIR INTERVIEWED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THE INCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED AT THIS RESIDENCE AND THE REASONS FOR HIM FLEEING BOTH DEPUTIES. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE WAS SCARED AT WHICH TIME HE FLED FROM US. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HIMSELF, PEDESTRIANS OR THIS DEPUTY OR DEPUTY BLAIR COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED A SIMILAR STATEMENT TO THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE CAME TO THIS RESIDENCE TO ASK FOR TWENTY DOLLARS TO "SCORE SOME CRACK COCAINE", TO WHICH THE VICTIM ADVISED HIM THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE TWENTY DOLLARS TO GIVE HIM. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE WENT INTO THE VICTIM'S BEDROOM AND TOOK A SPARE SET OF KEYS TO THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE AND WENT OUTSIDE TO TAKE IT BUT SUBSEQUENTLY WAS INTERFERED WITH BY THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID TRY TO LEAVE WITH THE VICTIM IN THE VEHICLE BUT THEN PUT THE VEHICLE BACK INTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED THAT HE GOT IN HIS VEHICLE AND LEFT THE RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT HE CAME BACK TO THE RESIDENCE BUT OBSERVED THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY BLAIR ARRIVING ON SCENE AT WHICH TIME HE GOT SCARED AND SUBSEQUENTLY FLED THE SCENE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THE REASON HE RETURNED TO THE RESIDENCE AFTER HE NOTICED THAT WE TERMINATED OUR PURSUIT WAS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY BLAIR TO ALLEVIATE THE SHERIFFS OFFICE FROM LOOKING FOR HIM. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED VIA DEPUTY BLAIR'S IN CAR VIDEO CAMERA. THIS DEPUTY OBTAINED A COPY OF THE INTERVIEW WHICH WAS TURNED INTO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED BEHIND THE BACK (DOUBLE-LOCKED) AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE VICTIM WAS ISSUED AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME AND THIS CASE NUMBER. SHE WAS FURTHER ADVISED ON HOW TO CONTACT THIS AGENCY WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $15,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
