| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCINTYRE, HAROLD 0128 (14-62295) (AR14-10225) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 1029 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE, IN INVERNESS, 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: PETIT THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(3)(B). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN OR USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: A BICYCLE, AN ELECTRIC WEED EATER AND AN EXTENSION CORD, SAID PROPERTY BEING OF A VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $200.00 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 STATE STATUTES 812.014(2)(E). ON 050614 I RESPONDED TO 1029 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE, IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. WITNESSES ON SCENE ADVISED THAT KNOWN SUSPECTS, MR CHRISTOPHER JONES, AND THE DEFENDANT, MR STEVEN FILINGERI, WERE SEEN BREAKING A REAR WINDOW AND ENTERING THE BROKEN WINDOW AT THE NEIGHBORING VACANT RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1029 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE. THE SUBJECTS WERE THEN SEEN EXITING THE RESIDENCE BY A REAR DOOR AND WALK TOWARDS A BLUE DODGE TRUCK PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE WITNESSES ADVISED THAT THEY WERE FAMILIAR WITH BOTH SUBJECTS. THE BLUE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN BY MR CHRISTOPHER JONES AND THE PASSENGER WAS MR STEVEN FILINGERI, WHO RESIDES AT 105 EAST HARVARD STREET, IN INVERNESS. THE SUSPECT VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AT 105 EAST HARVARD STREET, IN INVERNESS AND CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE SUSPECTS. A SHOW-UP IDENTIFICATION WAS CONDUCTED AND BOTH WITNESSES POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT AS ONE OF THE SUBJECTS THEY SAW BREAKING IN TO 1029 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE EARLIER THIS DATE. THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE TRUCK RESPONDED TO 105 EAST HARVARD STREET AND A CONSENT TO SEARCH FORM WAS SIGNED, INDICATING THAT WE HAD HIS AUTHORIZATION TO SEARCH THE TRUCK FOR EVIDENCE. UPON SEARCHING THE TRUCK, SEVERAL ITEMS WERE COLLECTED AS EVIDENCE THAT THE REGISTERED OWNER ADVISED WERE NOT HIS, NAMELY AN ELECTRIC WEED EATER (STILL IN THE BOX), A LONG EXTENSION CORD AND SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS FROM THE INTERIOR (SEE PROPERTY RECEIPT). THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY UNIFORM PATROL DEPUTIES FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON MY ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT IN THE BOOKING AREA. WE THEN RELOCATED IN AN INTERVIEW ROOM INSIDE THE COMPLEX. DURING A DIGITALLY RECORDED POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT, MR STEVEN FILINGERI, STATED THAT HE WAS NOT WILLING TO TALK TO ME ON THIS DATE BUT DID ADVISED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH DETECTIVE GATOR IN THE FUTURE IF AVAILABLE. THIS CONCLUDED THE INTERVIEW. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BURGLARY TO AN UNOCCUPIED DWELLING AND PETIT THEFT. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $3,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
