| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY LIOTTA, KATHLEEN 0417 (AR10116467) UPON THE FEMALE VICTIMS WHO WERE UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE AT THAT TIME AND WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS OVER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN AT THE TIME. THE DEFENDANT DID COMMIT THE LISTED OFFENSE BY TOUCHING THE VAGINAL AREAS OF BOTH FEMALE VICTIMS WITH HIS HAND, OVER THE CLOTHING ON ONE VICTIM AND UNDER THE CLOTHING ON THE OTHER VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 800.04 (5) (B). ACCORDING TO THE VICTIMS, THIS OCCURRED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. ON 080610, OUR AGENCY BECAME INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF TWO JUVENILE FEMALE VICTIMS WHO DISCLOSED SEXUAL ABUSE BY THE DEFENDANT. THE TWO JUVENILE VICTIMS, AGE 13 AND 15, DISCLOSED THAT THE DEFENDANT FONDLED THEM ON THEIR VAGINAL AREAS. THE OLDEST VICTIM DISCLOSED THAT THE DEFENDANT FONDLED HER UNDER HER CLOTHES ON HER VAGINA ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. SHE STATES THAT THIS OCCURRED WHEN SHE WAS ATTENDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE YOUNGER VICTIM ALLEGED THAT THE SAME DEFENDANT FONDLED HER OVER HER CLOTHING ON HER VAGINAL AREA. SHE STATES THAT SHE WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME. BOTH VICTIMS STATE THAT THIS OCCURRED IN CITRUS COUNTY AT THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE. BOTH VICTIMS DISCLOSED DURING A CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATOR (CPI) INTERVIEW ON 080610, AFTER THE DEFENDANT HAD SPOKEN WITH ANOTHER ADULT AND ADMITTED THAT HE HAD INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL CONTACT WITH THESE TWO VICTIMS. HE PROVIDED THEIR NAMES AND THEIR AGES TO THIS ADULT. THIS CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND THE ADULT OCCURRED ON 080310 IN CITRUS COUNTY. ON 082310, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO IS A CONVICTED SEXUAL PREDATOR AND IS REQUIRED TO REGISTER IN CITRUS COUNTY AS SUCH. HIS PREVIOUS VICTIMS WERE ALSO UNDER THE AGE OF 12 AND THAT CASE WAS INVESTIGATED IN 2009 BY HERNANDO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF MY CONTACT, THE DEFENDANT DECLINED TO SPEAK WITH ME AND REQUESTED AN ATTORNEY. THE DEFENDANT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY DIXON. BASED ON THE DEFENDANT BEING A CONVICTED SEXUAL PREDATOR, I REQUESTED THAT A NO BOND BE PLACED UPON HIM. "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* |
