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SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, AIDAN 0453 (AR12-3031 CASE: 174895) ON 092812, CO-DEFENDANT BRIAN MURPHY AND CO-DEFENDANT FELICIA BLACK WERE ARRESTED AT 7996 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 2012- 00169023. AFTER A POSITIVE K-9 ALERT ON BOTH OF THE CO-DEFENDANT’S VEHICLES, A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLES REVEALED NUMEROUS STOLEN ITEMS BELONGING TO THE VICTIMS OF SEVEN CONVEYANCE BURGLARIES AND ONE RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY. IN A POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY DETECTIVES EMRICK AND GATER, CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY IMPLICATED THE DEFENDANT MR THOMAS SMAIL IN ALL OF THE BURGLARIES COMMITTED BY THE THREE DEFENDANTS. IN A POST MIRANDA DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY DEPUTY T. HOLLOWAY AND THIS AFFIANT, CO-DEFENDANT BLACK ALSO IMPLICATED MR SMAIL IN THE COMMISSION OF EACH BURGLARY. ON 100212 I MADE CONTACT WITH MR THOMAS SMAIL IN THE FRONT YARD OF HIS RESIDENCE. I ADVISED MR SMAIL THAT HE WAS FREE TO LEAVE BUT ASKED HIM IF HE MINDED TALKING TO ME ABOUT HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE BURGLARIES HE HAD COMMITTED WITH THE TWO CO-DEFENDANTS. MR SMAIL AGREED TO TALK TO ME AND DURING A DIGITALLY RECORDED CONVERSATION, MR SMAIL ADMITTED THAT HE, ALONG WITH THE TWO CO-DEFENDANTS, WOULD STAY IN LOCAL HOTELS, SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE, AND ON THREE OR FOUR OCCASIONS LEAVE THE HOTEL AND COMMIT CONVEYANCE BURGLARIES IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. MR SMAIL ADMITTED THAT UPON ARRIVAL IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF CITRUS HILLS AND SOMETIMES HOMOSASSA, HE AND CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY WOULD ENTER UNLOCKED VEHICLES LOOKING FOR VALUABLES WHILE CO-DEFENDANT BLACK REMAINED IN THE VEHICLE AS A LOOKOUT. MR SMAIL FURTHER STATED THAT SOMETIMES CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY WOULD ACT AS A LOOKOUT WHILE MR SMAIL ENTERED VEHICLES AND VISE VERSA. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONVERSATION, I ADVISED MR SMAIL THAT EACH CASE REQUIRED FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND THAT I WOULD MEET HIM AGAIN LATER IN THE WEEK. ON 100512 I MADE CONTACT WITH MR SMAIL AT HIS HOME AND PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST. MR SMAIL WAS READ MIRANDA DURING A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO THIS DETECTIVE. POST MIRANDA, MR SMAIL REITERATED HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS AND CONFESSED TO THE FOLLOWING CRIMES: REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 2012-00174895: A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY WAS COMMITTED AT 937 KINGS BAY DRIVE IN CRYSTAL RIVER. DURING THE COURSE OF THE BURGLARY THE HOME WAS ENTERED THROUGH THE BACK SLIDING GLASS DOOR. ONCE INSIDE, MR SMAIL AND THE TWO CO-DEFENDANTS REMOVED A COOLER FROM THE BOAT IN THE GARAGE WHICH CONTAINED ITEMS SUCH AS A GPS WHICH WAS VALUED AT OVER $300. THE COOLER WAS LATER RECOVERED ON 092812 FROM MS BLACK’S VEHICLE. REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 2012-00171042: A VEHICLE BURGLARY WAS COMMITTED AT 340 SOUTH OTIS AVENUE IN LECANTO. DURING THE COURSE OF THE BURGLARY, A PAIR OF PRADA SUNGLASSES WAS REMOVED FROM THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE. ON 092812 THE VICTIM’S PRADA SUNGLASSES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY. REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 2012-00170588: A VEHICLE BURGLARY WAS COMMITTED AT 359 WEST CHASE STREET IN HERNANDO. DURING THE COURSE OF THE BURGLARY, THE VICTIM’S LOWES CREDIT CARD WAS REMOVED FROM HIS VEHICLE. ON 092812 THE VICTIM’S STOLEN CREDIT CARD WAS RECOVERED IN THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY IN THE PURSE OF CO-DEFENDANT BLACK, NEXT TO HER FLORIDA DRIVER’S LICENSE. FROM THE VIDEO OBTAINED AT LOWES, CO-DEFENDANT BLACK USED THE VICTIM’S CREDIT CARD TO PURCHASE GAS CARDS IN EXCESS OF $100. MR SMAIL IS ALSO PICTURED ON THE VIDEO WITH MS BLACK WHILE SHE COMPLETED THE FRAUDULENT TRANSACTION. REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 2012-00171077: A VEHICLE BURGLARY AND FRAUD WAS REPORTED AT 1120 NORTH CHANCE WAY IN HERNANDO. DURING THE COURSE OF THE BURGLARY, THE SUSPECTS REMOVED THE VICTIM’S CHECKBOOK FROM HER VEHICLE. ON 092812 THE CHECKBOOK WAS FOUND IN THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY. MR SMAIL ADMITTED THAT HE WROTE ONE OF THE VICTIM’S STOLEN CHECKS FOR $250 AND FORGED THE VICTIM’S SIGNATURE ON THE CHECK. MR SMAIL FURTHER STATED THAT HE USED THE STOLEN IDENTIFICATION OF MR ROBERT PAINE AND PASSED THE CHECK AT THE SUNCOAST SCHOOLS BANK IN INVERNESS. MR SMAIL ADMITTED TO PLACING HIS THUMBPRINT ON THE FORGED/STOLEN CHECK. THE THUMBPRINT ON THE CHECK WAS LATER MATCHED TO MR SMAIL BY CERTIFIED LATENT PRINT EXAMINER CANNADAY. MR SMAIL ADVISED THAT CO-DEFENDANTS BLACK AND MURPHY DROVE HIM TO THE BANK AND WERE WAITING OUTSIDE IN THEIR VEHICLE FOR HIM TO CASH THE CHECK WHICH WAS CONFIRMED BY SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 2012-00174895, THE FOLLOWING FOUR VEHICLE BURGLARIES AND A GRAND THEFT WERE REPORTED AND LINKED TO ALL OF THE DEFENDANTS: AT 5268 SOUTH RIVERVIEW CIRCLE IN HOMOSASSA, THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE WAS BURGLARIZED AND THE VICTIM’S CREDIT CARDS AND A GOLD CHAIN WORTH IN EXCESS OF $300 WERE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. ON 092812 THE VICTIM’S CREDIT CARDS WERE RECOVERED FROM CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY’S WALLET NEXT TO HIS PRISON IDENTIFICATION CARD. AT THE CORNER OF HAMLIN TERRACE AND EAST CLEVELAND STREET, THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE WAS BURGLARIZED. THE CREDIT CARDS, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, AND VOTER IDENTIFICATION OF THE VICTIM WAS RECOVERED ON 092812 FROM THE VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY AND OCCUPIED BY CO-DEFENDANT BLACK. AT 4421 SOUTH ALPINE AVENUE IN INVERNESS, THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE WAS BURGLARIZED AND THE UNIVERSAL STUDIOS SEASON PASSES AND CREDIT CARDS OF THE VICTIM WERE RECOVERED ON 092812 FROM VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY AND OCCUPIED BY CO-DEFENDANT BLACK. AT 1336 NORTH CHANCE WAY IN INVERNESS, THE VICTIM’S VEHICLE WAS BURGLARIZED AND THE VEHICLE INSURANCE CARD OF THE VICTIM WAS RECOVERED ON 092812 FROM VEHICLE CENTER CONSOLE OF THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY CO-DEFENDANT MURPHY AND OCCUPIED BY CO-DEFENDANT BLACK. THE DEFENDANT’S BOND WAS SET AT $46,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
