| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, ANDRA 0464 (AR10114495) DID UNLAWFULLY, WANTONLY OR MALICIOUSLY, THROW A MISSILE OR HURL OR PROJECT A STONE OR OTHER HARD SUBSTANCE TO, WIT: PELLETS AT, WITHIN OR IN A VEHICLE, TO WIT: 2006 SILVER HYUNDAI, AND SAID MISSILE, STONE, OR HARD SUBSTANCE WOULD PRODUCE DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM, IF IT STRUCK A PERSON AND THE SAID VEHICLE WAS AT THAT TIME OCCUPIED OR BEING USED BY A PERSON TO WIT: THE VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 790.19. ON 042510, I RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE ON EAST BLUEBIRD COURT, IN REFERENCE TO A SHOOTING. UPON ARRIVAL, I WAS MET BY the VICTIM WHO ADVISED THAT WHILE ON HER WAY HOME, A SUBJECT DRIVING A GREEN SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) HAD SHOT THREE TIMES IN TO HER VEHICLE AS SHE PASSED THEM ON COUNTY ROAD 491. SHE ADVISED AT THAT TIME SHE IMMEDIATELY TURNED AROUND and BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE DEFENDANT. SHE STATED AT THAT TIME ONCE HE REALIZED SHE WAS BEHIND HIM, HE TOOK FLIGHT AND SHE CHASED HIM THROUGH THE CITRUS SPRINGS AREA BEFORE LOSING TRACK OF HIM. she STATED THAT PRIOR TO LOSING SIGHT OF HIM she WAS ABLE TO GET A TAG NUMBER AND VEHICLE DESCRIPTION. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT the VEHICLE WAS BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER G046ZA AND WAS A GREEN EXPLORER. SHE WAS ONLY ABLE TO DESCRIBE THE DRIVER AS A YOUNG WHITE MALE. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE THEN GOT SCARED AND WENT HOME AND ADVISED HER HUSBAND, AT which TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS CONTACTED. THE VICTIM SHOWED THIS DEPUTY WHAT APPEARED TO BE THREE SMALL BULLET HOLES IN THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD. she COMPLETED A SWORN STATEMENT and PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF the VEHICLE. THE VICTIM WAS PROVIDED WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING THE CASE NUMBER AND MY NAME. LIEUTENANT VICK WAS CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT AND THIS DEPUTY WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THAT VEHICLE. THE REGISTERED OWNER ADVISED THAT HE HAD LOANED the VEHICLE TO HIS SON'S FRIENDS AND AT THAT TIME HE DID NOT know WHERE the VEHICLE WAS. HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIS SON VIA TELEPHONE WHO ADVISED THAT HIS FRIEND/DEFENDANT, MR SPENCER LEFKE, HAD RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO HIS PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. HOWEVER, HE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOCATION WHERE WE COULD CONTACT THE DEFENDANT. MYSELF AND LIEUTENANT VICK MADE CONTACT WITH the DEFENDANT and THREE WITNESSES AT 55 SOUTH LUCILLE STREET. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS IDENTIFIED BY ONE OF THE WITNESSES AS THE DRIVER, and WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE LIEUTENANT VICK WITH A STATEMENT. HIS STATEMENT ADVISED THAT HE WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT THROW SEVERAL LARGE PELLETS AT AN ONCOMING VEHICLE WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING ON COUNTY ROAD 491. AT THAT TIME, MYSELF AND LIEUTENANT VICK MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND HE WAS READ MIRANDA VIA OUR PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK TO US. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID IN FACT THROW THE PELLETS AT THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, HE STATED HE WAS NOT TRYING TO HURT ANYONE. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN THROWING the PELLETS INSIDE THEIR VEHICLE AT EACH OTHER. the DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST and the WITNESSES PROVIDED SWORN STATEMENTS, AND WERE ALSO ISSUED AGENCY CASE CARDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED ONCE HE REALIZED THE VICTIM HAD BEEN FOLLOWING HIM HE TOOK FLIGHT. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
