| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PRUITT, DODI 0396 (AR13-7038) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 4790 NESTER COURT, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(4); ON 081513, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE RESPONDED TO 4790 WEST NESTOR COURT IN HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY. THE COMPLAINANT, MR PATRICK ELMORE, ADVISED THE RESIDENCE BELONGS TO HIS BROTHER (VICTIM) WHO WAS CURRENTLY DOING REHAB IN BRENTWOOD IN LECANTO AND HE WAS TAKING CARE OF HIS BROTHERâS RESIDENCE WHILE HE WAS AWAY. MR ELMORE ADVISED WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE HE WENT INSIDE AND NOTICED SEVERAL ITEMS SETTING NEXT TO THE BACK DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE THAT WERE NOT THERE THE LAST TIME HE WAS AT THE RESIDENCE EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE ITEMS WERE A BOX CONTAINING A TRIPOD FOR A CAMERA, A TELEVISION, AND TWO CAMERA BAGS. HE ADVISED HE ALSO OBSERVED A PACKAGE OF FISHING LURES SETTING ON A CHAIR IN THE LIVING ROOM THAT WERE NOT NORMALLY THERE EITHER. MR ELMORE ALSO ADVISED HE NOTICED THE REAR DOOR TO HAVE BEEN PRIED OPEN BY SOME SORT OF PRY TOOL. MR ELMORE ADVISED THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ITEMS MISSING OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AS WELL SUCH AS AN AIR COMPRESSOR FROM THE GARAGE. CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN JOE STANTON LIFTED SEVERAL LATENT PRINTS FROM INSIDE THE RESIDENCE, TWO OF WHICH WERE THE BOX WITH THE TRIPOD BY THE REAR DOOR AND THE PACKAGE OF FISHING LURES ON THE CHAIR IN THE LIVING ROOM. ON 082213 I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DAVE CANNADAY IN EVIDENCE ADVISING HE IDENTIFIED THE FIVE LATENT PRINTS THAT STANTON LIFTED AND ALL FIVE CAME BACK TO THE DEFENDANT, RONALD SHRAKE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR MILLARD ROGERS, VIA TELEPHONE. HE ADVISED HE WAS STILL LIVING AT BRENTWOOD FOR REHAB. HE ADVISED HE DID NOT GIVE ANYONE PERMISSION TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM HIS RESIDENCE. HE ADVISED THAT HIS BROTHER, MR ELMORE, WAS THE ONLY PERSON AUTHORIZED TO GO INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE. I ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW A RONALD SHRAKE, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. ON 082613, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE CITGO IN HOMOSASSA ACROSS THE STREET FROM SUGARMILL WOODS IN HOMOSASSA. HE ADVISED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND LIVED NEXT DOOR TO THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE AND THAT HE WAS STAYING IN THE WOODED AREA BEHIND THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE FOR A FEW DAYS. HE ADVISED HE WAS HOMELESS AT THE TIME, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO. HE ADVISED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND PICKED HIM UP FROM HERNANDO COUNTY AND BROUGHT HIM TO THE AREA SO THAT HE COULD SEE HIS FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THEY HAD IN COMMON. HE ADVISED HE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO STAY WITH HER SO HE STAYED IN THE WOODED AREA BEHIND THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE. HE ADVISED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND ASKED HIM TO MOVE A BAG AND A BOX OVER THE FENCE AND DENIED EVER ENTERING THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE. I ASKED HIM IF HIS PRINTS WOULD BE LOCATED INSIDE THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE, TO WHICH HE STATED NO, THAT HE HAS NEVER BEEN INSIDE. AT THIS TIME, I READ HIM MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. I ADVISED HIM THAT HIS FINGERPRINTS WERE LOCATED INSIDE THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE ON MULTIPLE SURFACES. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADMITTED HE WAS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND PLANNED ON STEALING STUFF, BUT CHANGED HIS MIND. HE ADVISED ONE EVENING, APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO, HE OBSERVED THE REAR DOOR TO THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE TO BE WIDE OPEN SO HE DECIDED TO ENTER THE RESIDENCE TO SLEEP IN THERE FOR THE NIGHT. HE ADVISED THAT WHILE HE WAS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE HE BEGAN TO RUMMAGE THROUGH THE ITEMS INSIDE AND PLACED TWO NYLON BAGS CONTAINING CAMERAS AND A BOX WITH A CAMERA TRIPOD NEXT TO THE REAR DOOR. HE ADVISED HE PLACED THE ITEMS THERE BECAUSE HE PLANNED ON STEALING THEM AND LEAVING WITH THEM THE NEXT MORNING IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE SOME MONEY. HE ADVISED THAT BEFORE HE LEFT THE RESIDENCE HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND DID NOT TAKE ANYTHING. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE KNEW HE WAS NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE VICTIMSâ RESIDENCE AND HAD NO PERMISSION. HE STATED HE KNEW IT WAS WRONG TO STEAL FROM THE VICTIM AND THAT IS WHY HE DECIDED TO NOT STEAL, BUT DID ENTER WITH THE INTENT TO STEAL. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED, PATTED DOWN, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. DUE TO THE FACT THE DEFENDANT WAS COOPERATIVE AND NOW A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY, I RELEASED HIM ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE (ROR) HIM. |
