| Date of birth: | Feb 24, 1989 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: PHILLIPS, CASEY 0482 (AR08101880) PROOF OF POSSESSION OF PROPERTY RECENTLY STOLEN UNLESS SATISFACTORILY EXPLAINED, GIVES RISE TO AN INTERFERENCE THAT THE PERSON IN POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN STOLEN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 812.022(2) ON 022408 AT 2235 HOURS, WHILE DRIVING EASTBOUND ON MAIN STREET IN INVERNESS, THIS DEPUTY OBSERVED A BLUE FOUR DOOR VEHICLE WITH A PENNSYLVANIA LICENSE PLATE GWM2166, WHICH THIS DEPUTY RAN THROUGH FCIC/NCIC. THE COMPUTER INFORMATION WAS SHOWING THAT THE PERSON IN POSSESSION OF THAT VEHICLE WAS LISTED AS A MISSING PERSONS OUT OF PENNSYLVANIA. AT THIS TIME THIS DEPUTY CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN STREET AND SEMINOLE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE VEHICLE, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE MISSING PERSON WAS PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. UPON CONFIRMING THIS INFORMATION WITH TELETYPE, THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A HIT CONFIRMATION REFERENCE THE VEHICLE BEING STOLEN. THIS DEPUTY SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR THOMAS STARKEY III, ON HOW THE VEHICLE GOT FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO FLORIDA AND, POST MIRANDA BEING READ FROM CARD, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD TAKEN HIS MOTHER'S CAR APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEK AGO AFTER THEM HAVING AN ARGUMENT OVER HIM BEING GROUNDED, AND HE HAD GONE TO PICK UP HIS COUSIN, WHO WAS ALSO IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, ALSO HAVING ISSUES AT HOME, CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT ON A RANDOM NOTION, DECIDED, WHY NOT DRIVE TO FLORIDA. WITH THE OTHER TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE VEHICLE NOT KNOWING THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DEFENDANT'S MOTHER, THE THREE INDIVIDUALS TOOK TURNS DRIVING FROM THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE FACT THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND/ THE DRIVER, AND THE PASSENGER/ HIS COUSIN HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE TO THE VEHICLE BEING STOLEN. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADVISED THAT HIS MOTHER HAD THREATENED TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT PREVIOUSLY AND HE DID NOT BELIEVE SHE WOULD GO THROUGH WITH CONTACTING THEM IF HE DID TAKE THE VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE RELEASED ON SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY PRECISION TIRE. TELETYPE SENT A MESSAGE TO PENNSYLVANIA REFERENCE THE MISSING PERSON. PENNSYLVANIA ADVISED NO ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN BY THIS AGENCY REFERENCE THE MISSING PERSON. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF PROPERTY RECENTLY STOLEN, TO WIT: HE KNEW THAT THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN STOLEN, AND WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR PROCESSING: DEFENDANT'S BOND SET AT $2,000.00. A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT BY THE DEFENDANT WILL BE TURNED OVER TO RECORDS. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Feb 25, 2008 |
| Booking number: | 08101880 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 812.022(2) |
| Charge description: | EVIDENCE OF THEFT OR DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY |
| Bond amount: | $2,000 |
