| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LIEUTENANT BREEDEN, PAT 29 (AR12-1597) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: RESIDENCE, LOCATED ON 2583 COUNTY ROAD 444 IN SUMTER COUNTY, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF MR DAVID WELCH, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(3)(B). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A LAPTOP COMPUTER, TWO CAMCORDERS, ONE DIGITAL CAMERA, COIN COLLECTIONS, LOOSE CHANGE, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHER ITEMS 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)(C)(1). ON 061512, INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED FROM A CITIZEN/COMPLAINANT THAT HE HAD GIVEN THE DEFENDANT, MR ROBERT MORRIS, A RIDE INTO CITRUS COUNTY AND DROPPED HIM OFF AT THE ARREST LOCATION WHICH WAS 323 SOUTH SCHMIDT AVENUE IN INVERNESS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE IS AN ACQUAINTANCE OF THE DEFENDANT WHO HAD SHOWN HIM ITEMS THAT HE HAD SUCH AS A LAP TOP COMPUTER AND DIGITAL CAMERAS. UPON DROPPING THE DEFENDANT OFF, THE DEFENDANT DROPPED A CHECK STUB IN THE COMPLAINANTâS VEHICLE THAT HAD THE NAME DAVID WELCH ON IT. THE COMPLAINANT CONTACTED DEPUTIES WITH THE SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE. DEPUTY MOONEYHAM LOCATED THE ADDRESS ATTACHED TO THE VICTIM AND FOUND THAT THE RESIDENCE HAD BEEN BURGLARIZED. DEPUTY MOONEYHAM APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR PRIOR TO THE LOCATION OF THE BURGLARY, HAD SPOKEN TO THE DEFENDANT AND OBSERVED HIM TO BE IN POSSESSION OF THE STOLEN ITEMS. DEPUTY MOONEYHAM WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE BURGLARIZED RESIDENCE WHEN HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. IN THE FOLLOW-UP INVESTIGATION, WE RESPONDED TO THE LOCATION THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF IN CITRUS COUNTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED AND AFTER BEING INTERVIEWED, WAS FOUND TO STILL BE IN POSSESSION OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY. THE VICTIM WAS CONTACTED VIA TELEPHONE AND DESCRIBED THE PROPERTY THE DEFENDANT HAD WHICH MATCHED THE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF A CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $7,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
