| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, TRAVIS 0358 (AR11122517) Any person who knowingly gives false verification of ownership or who gives a false or altered identification and who receives money or other consideration from a secondary metals recycler, in return for regulated metals, AND THE value of the money or other consideration received is less than $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 538.23(3)(A). ON 083011, DEPUTY HOLLOWAY (0463) AND MYSELF MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR RODNEY LEFFEW, AT 3840 NORTH CALUMET TERRACE IN HERNANDO IN REFERENCE TO SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS HE MADE AT INTER-COUNTY RECYCLING. UPON OUR ARRIVAL, WE INFORMED THE DEFENDANT WHY WE WERE THERE AND WHAT WE WERE INVESTIGATING. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED FOR IDENTIFICATION. HE PROVIDED ME WITH AN EXPIRED FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS CURRENTLY RESIDING AT THE LISTED ADDRESS ON HIS LICENSE TO WHICH HE STATED HE WAS NOT. I ASKED HIM HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN SINCE HE LIVED AT THE LISTED ADDRESS ON his LICENSE AND HE ADVISED AT LEAST A YEAR. I SHOWED HIM FLORIDA SECONDARY METALS RECYCLERS PURCHASE TRANSACTION FORM NUMBER 120139 HE HAD COMPLETED ON 042011 AND WHERE HE HAD PROVIDED HIS OLD ADDRESS TO THE BUSINESS FOR THAT TRANSACTION FORM. HE STATED HE USED HIS OLD DRIVER'S LICENSE BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO GET A NEW LICENSE AND HAVE HIS ADDRESS CHANGED TO HIS CURRENT ADDRESS. I ASKED HIM WHY HE DID NOT INFORM THE EMPLOYEE AT THE BUSINESS THAT HE HAD CHANGED HIS ADDRESS AND HE ADVISED HE DID NOT THINK THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE HE OBTAINED THE ITEMS HE TURNED IN TO INTER-COUNTY RECYCLING. HE ADVISED HE WAS NOT SURE. I SHOWED HIM TRANSACTION FORM NUMBER 123440, WHICH CONTAINED A PICTURE FROM THE RECYCLERS DATED 051911. THE PICTURE SHOWED A PILE OF ALUMINUM COILS FROM A TRANE AIR-CONDITIONER AND A COMPRESSOR. HE STATED HE HAD TURNED IT IN BUT HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE IT HAD COME FROM. I SHOWED HM SEVERAL OTHER PICTURES FROM THE TRANSACTIONS HE HAD MADE AND HE COULD NOT ADVISE WHERE ANY OF THE ITEMS HAD COME FROM. THE TRANSACTIONS HE COMPLETED, FORM NUMBER 120139, 122680, 123057, 122981, 123440, AND 125389 CONTAINED AIR-CONDITIONER PARTS INCLUDING EIGHT AIR-CONDITIONER COMPRESSORS. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE DOES NOT WORK FOR AN AIR-CONDITIONER COMPANY AND HE DOES NOT KNOW ANYONE WHO WORKS FOR AN AIR-CONDITIONER COMPANY. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED FOR PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO A METAL RECYCLER, HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT the DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT STATED THE SAME AS HE DID DURING THE PREMIRANDA INTERVIEW EXCEPT THAT SOME OF THE ITEMS MAY HAVE COME FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO HE ONLY KNOWS AS BRIAN. HE ADVISED OF THE AIR-CONDITIONER PARTS HAD COME FROM BRIAN. COPIES OF THE TRANSACTION FORMS WERE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THIS INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND MORE CHARGES COULD FOLLOW. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $12,000.00 PER 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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
