| Date of birth: | Aug 20, 1981 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: CAREY, LEE 0753 (AR16-19294) did unlawfully take from the person or custody of the victim, certain property of value, to-wit: 200 cash, with the intent to temporarily or permanently deprive the vicTIm of a right to the property or a benefit thereof, by force, violence, assault or putting the said victim in fear, and in the course thereof there was carried a deadly weapon, to-wit: a silver pocket knife, in violation of Florida Statute 812.13(2)(a). ON 043016 THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF S COLLEGE ROAD AND EAST ALOHA STREET INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A ROBBERY WITH WEAPON. RESPONDING DEPUTIES SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM WHO SAID THAT HE MET A MAN, LATER IDENTIFIED AS DEFENDANT TODD CHRISTOPHER MARTIN, AT THE KANGAROO EXPRESS LOCATED AT 743 US HIGHWAY 41, INVERNESS. THE VICTIM SAID THAT HE AND THE DEFENDANT TALKED TO EACH OTHER IN FRONT OF THE STORE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, AND THE DEFENDANT IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS TODD. THE VICTIM SAID THAT THE DEFENDANT INVITED HIM OVER TO HIS HOUSE TO DRINK A FEW BEERS. THE VICTIM SAID THAT HE GOT INTO THE DEFENDANTâS GOLD FORD TAURUS BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER I181SZ, AND THE DEFENDANT DROVE HIM TO A ROAD WITH LITTLE TO NO LIGHTS. THE VICTIM SAID THAT ONCE HE WAS DROVE TO THIS ROAD, LATER DETERMINED TO BE ALOHA STREET, THE DEFENDANT STOPPED THE CAR AND PULLED OUT A SMALL SILVER POCKET KNIFE FROM HIS RIGHT POCKET AND POINTED IT, OPEN BLADE, AT HIM. THE VICTIM SAID THAT THE DEFENDANT DEMANDED ALL HIS MONEY AT WHICH TIME THE VICTIM PULLED ALL THE MONEY HE HAD FROM HIS POCKET AND GAVE IT TO THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM SAID HE WAS UNSURE HOW MUCH MONEY HE HAD IN HIS POSSESSION BUT SAID HE BELIEVED IT TO BE BETWEEN 200 TO 300 DOLLARS. THE VICTIM SAID THAT HE WAS THEN PUSHED OUT OF THE VEHICLE AS THE DEFENDANT DROVE AWAY. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE DEPUTIES WITH FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER I181SZ AND A VEHICLE DESCRIPTION. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE WAS IN FEAR FOR HIS LIFE AND SAFETY AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK AND WISHED TO PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES. PATROL DEPUTIES CONDUCTED AN AGENCY DATABASE SEARCH OF THE LICENSE PLATE I181SZ AND LOCATED A TRAFFIC STOP THAT OCCURRED ON 102810 WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I WAS THE ON CALL MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVE AND NOTIFIED OF THIS CASE. I RESPONDED TO THE KANGAROO EXPRESS AND SPOKE WITH A WITNESS WHO SAID THAT SHE DID SEE THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT TALKING TOGETHER OUTSIDE OF THE GAS STATION FOR A LONG TIME. THE WITNESS SAID THAT SHE KNOWS THE DEFENDANT AS TODD AND SAID HE REGULARLY COMES TO THE STORE. THE WITNESS SAID THAT SHE KNOWS THAT TODD DRIVES A GOLD FORD TAURUS AND PROVIDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE DEFENDANT THAT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE VICTIM. AS I WAS ON SCENE INTERVIEWING THE WITNESS, I WAS NOTIFIED THAT DEPUTIES HAD LOCATED THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE IN A NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD. I REQUESTED THAT THEY WATCH THE CAR AND ASKED THAT THEY NOTIFY ME OF ANY MOVEMENT AT THE RESIDENCE. I THEN MET WITH THE VICTIM AND CONDUCTED A SWORN, DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW. THE VICTIM PROVIDED THE SAME INFORMATION HE GAVE TO DEPUTIES AND AGAIN STATED THAT HE WAS AFRAID FOR HIS LIFE AND WISHED TO PURSUE CHARGES. I RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE WHERE PATROL DEPUTIES HAD LOCATED THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. I BEGAN A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT FIRST BEGAN BY DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT BUT AFTER FURTHER QUESTIONING, THE DEFENDANT TOLD ME THAT HE DID MET THE VICTIM AT THE KANGAROO EXPRESS GAS STATION. THE DEFENDANT SAID THAT THE VICTIM FORCED HIS WAY INTO HIS VEHICLE SO THAT THE DEFENDANT COULD GO BUY DRUGS WITH HIM. THE DEFENDANT SAID THAT HE DROVE THE VICTIM TO THE AREA OF S COLLEGE AVE AND E ALOHA STREET AND TOLD THE VICTIM THAT HE WOULD NOT GO TO THE DRUG DEALERâS HOUSE WITH HIM IN THE CAR. THE DEFENDANT SAID THAT THE VICTIM GAVE HIM $80.00 CASH TO GO BUY DRUGS AND THE DEFENDANT THEN DROVE AROUND THE BLOCK AND DECIDED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BUY THE DRUGS AND WENT TO GO GIVE THE VICTIM BACK HIS MONEY. THE DEFENDANT SAID THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE VICTIM SO HE DROVE HOME. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE THE CASH THE VICTIM GAVE HIM WAS AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS IN HIS WALLET. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE REGULARLY CARRIED A POCKET KNIFE AND HE SAID THAT HE DID. THE DEFENDANT SAID THAT HE WAS CARRYING HIS POCKET KNIFE DURING THE ALLEGED INCIDENT AND SAID THAT HE CARRIED IT IN HIS RIGHT POCKET. I ASKED THE VICTIM IF I COULD HAVE COLLECT THE CASH AND KNIFE FOR EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE AND HE SAID THAT I COULD. THE DEFENDANT THEN WENT INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE AND LOCATED HIS WALLET WITH THE $80.00 CASH AND THE SILVER POCKET KNIFE. AFTER BEING PROVIDED WITH A MATCHING KNIFE AND CASH BELONGING TO THE VICTIM, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. THE DEFENDANT SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREE TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH ME ABOUT THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT DID NOT CHANGE HIS STATEMENT AND SAID THAT HE NEVER PULLED A KNIFE ON THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID LET THE VICTIM GET INTO HIS CAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUYING DRUGS AND THAT THE VICTIM DID NOT THREATEN OR INTIMIDATE HIM IN ANY WAY. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ROBBERY WITH A WEAPON AND HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT ROBBERY WITH A WEAPON WITH A $20,000 BOND. NARRATIVE TYPED BY DETECTIVE LEE CAREY (0753). |
| Inmate name: | TODD CHRISTOPHER MARTIN |
| Arrest number: | 19294 |
| Arrest date: | May 1, 2016 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 812.13(2)(B) |
| Charge description: | Robbery where offender carried a weapon |
| Bond amount: | $20,000 |
