| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FARKAS, STEVEN 0408 (AR11120121) UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), TO WIT: AN XBOX GAME SYSTEM, KINECT XBOX SYSTEM, GAME CONTROLLERS AND SIX XBOX VIDEO GAMES, 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 STATUTE 812.014(2)C(1) ON 031511, IT WAS REPORTED BY THE VICTIM, MS CRYSTAL CIAMPA, THE THEFT OF AN XBOX GAME SYSTEM, A KINECT XBOX GAME SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE CONTROLLERS AND SIX XBOX VIDEO GAMES WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF $560.00. THE VICTIM STATED THESE ITEMS WERE INSIDE HER SON'S BACK PACK WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE MAIN LIVING ROOM. ON 033111 UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH AN EYE WITNESS WHOSE IDENTITY IS KNOWN TO THIS DETECTIVE. THE WITNESS WAS SWORN IN AND A DIGITALLY RECORDED STATEMENT WAS TAKEN. THE WITNESS STATED THAT HE/SHE WAS PRESENT AT THE DATE AND TIME OF THE THEFT AS WAS THE DEFENDANT. THE WITNESS WENT ON TO STATE THAT HE/SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PICK UP THE VICTIM'S BACK PACK, AS DESCRIBED BY THE VICTIM, AND WATCHED AS THE DEFENDANT EXITED THROUGH THE VICTIM'S FRONT DOOR WITH THE VICTIM'S BACK PACK. THE WITNESS WAS UNABLE TO STATE WHAT THE DEFENDANT DID WITH THE BACK PACK ONCE THE DEFENDANT EXITED THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE. ON 040511, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED ON UNRELATED CHARGES. THE DEFENDANT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS BY DEPUTY LAUGHLIN. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED OF THE REASON FOR THE CONTACT. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE AND DETECTIVE SEROCKI. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO BEING PRESENT DURING THE TIME OF THE THEFT BUT DENIED BEING INVOLVED AND TAKING THE VICTIM'S BACK PACK CONTAINING THE STOLEN PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT'S BRIEF STATEMENT WAS NOT RECORDED. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 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* |
