| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: VICK, BRYAN 0684 (AR10114971) unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: A YAMAHA BEAR TRACKER FOUR WHEELER, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1) ON 052210, A BURGLARY TO A STRUCTURE AND THE GRAND THEFT OF A FOUR WHEELER WERE REPORTED. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM HIS STEP-SON, STATING HE HAD SEEN THE STOLEN FOUR WHEELER. THE VICTIM MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS ONE WHO HAD THE FOUR WHEELER IN THE BED OF HER PICKUP TRUCK. THE VICTIM ADVISED WITNESS ONE THAT HIS FOUR WHEELER HAD BEEN STOLEN RECENTLY AND THE FOUR WHEELER IN THE BED OF HER PICKUP TRUCK LOOKED LIKE HIS FOUR WHEELER. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO POINT OUT SPECIFIC PARTS THAT HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED ON THE FOUR WHEELER TO WITNESS ONE. WITNESS ONE AND THE VICTIM AGREED TO GO TO THE INGLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO REPORT THESE EVENTS. SERGEANT (SGT) BALLARD, OF THE INGLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT, SPOKE WITH BOTH PARTIES AND DETERMINED THAT ALL CRIMES HAD OCCURRED WITHIN CITRUS COUNTY. SGT BALLARD THEN CONTACTED THIS AGENCY AND I RESPONDED TO THE INGLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE CONTACT. WITNESS ONE STATED THAT SHE HAD PURCHASED THE FOUR WHEELER FOR A PRICE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN CASH ON THIS DATE AND PROVIDED ME WITH A BILL OF SALE SIGNED BY THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR TOMMY L GREEN. THE BILL OF SALE WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS FOR INCLUSION WITH THIS REPORT. WITNESS ONE ADVISED SHE HAD SEEN THE DEFENDANT WALKING THIS AFTERNOON AND THE DEFENDANT ASKED IF SHE WANTED TO BUY A FOUR WHEELER FOR A VERY CHEAP PRICE. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WITNESS ONE PAID THE DEFENDANT IN EXCHANGE FOR THE FOUR WHEELER. WITNESS ONE WAS UPSET WHEN SHE FOUND OUT THE FOUR WHEELER WAS STOLEN AND IMMEDIATELY TURNED IT OVER TO THE VICTIM. WITNESS ONE ADVISED THAT SHE NEEDED HER THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS BACK AND made CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, VIA TELEPHONE, AT HIS RESIDENCE. WITNESS ONE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT A FRIEND WOULD BE COMING TO PICK HIM UP AND TAKE HIM TO THE CRYSTAL RIVER COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICE. AT THAT POINT, THE DEFENDANT RETURNED WITNESS ONE'S THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO HER. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS AT THE COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICE OF HIS OWN VOLITION, TO WHICH HE REPLIED YES. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SUSPECT ONE CONTACTED HIM BY TELEPHONE LAST WEEK, AROUND MONDAY OR TUESDAY, AND ASKED IF HE WANTED TO BUY A FOUR WHEELER FOR A VERY CHEAP PRICE because HE NEEDED MONEY. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD KNOWN SUSPECT ONE FOR A LONG TIME, WAS AWARE THAT SUSPECT ONE WAS A THIEF AND HAD A SUSPICION THAT THE FOUR WHEELER WAS STOLEN DUE TO THE EXTREMELY LOW PRICE. THE DEFENDANT MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO LOOK AT THE FOUR WHEELER LATER THAT DAY AND ADVISED SUSPECT ONE THAT HE WOULD PURCHASE THE FOUR WHEELER. THE DEFENDANT STATED SUSPECT ONE TOLD HIM THAT THE PRICE WAS TWO HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS IN CASH AND HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER DARK, THE FOLLOWING DAY, TO DROP IT OFF AT THE DEFENDANT'S HOUSE. THE DEFENDANT STATED SUSPECT ONE TOLD HIM HE HAD GOTTEN THE FOUR WHEELER FROM PASCO COUNTY. THE DEFENDANT ADDED THAT SUSPECT ONE'S FATHER OWNED MANY ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES IN PASCO COUNTY SO IT WAS POSSIBLE IT WAS NOT STOLEN. HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT LATER ADVISED THAT HE WAS PRETTY SURE THE FOUR WHEELER HAD BEEN STOLEN WHEN HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE COMBINATION OF THE SUSPICIOUSLY LOW PRICE, THE FACT THAT SUSPECT ONE WOULD ONLY DELIVER IT AT NIGHT AND THAT SUSPECT ONE SEEMED TO BE VERY DESPERATE TO GET RID OF THE FOUR WHEELER, VERY QUICKLY. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE BELIEVED THE FOUR WHEELER HAD BEEN STOLEN OUT OF PASCO COUNTY AND HAD BEEN BROUGHT HERE BY SUSPECT ONE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE RODE THE FOUR WHEELER AROUND THE HOMOSASSA AREA FOR A FEW DAYS, THEN BECAME CONCERNED THAT HE WOULD BE STOPPED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS RUN, IT WOULD BE DISCOVERED THAT THE FOUR WHEELER HAD BEEN STOLEN. DURING MY CONVERSATION WITH THE DEFENDANT, THROUGH MULTIPLE STATEMENTS HE MADE, IT VERY CLEAR THAT HE HAD KNOWN OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THE PROPERTY (FOUR WHEELER) WAS STOLEN. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE WANTED TO GET RID OF THE FOUR WHEELER SO HE COULD PAY HIS TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND THEN HE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING IN TROUBLE FOR HAVING THE FOUR WHEELER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE made A BILL OF SALE AND SOLD THE FOUR WHEELER TO WITNESS ONE FOR THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE DEFENDANT COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED, PROCESSED AND HELD ON A BOND OF $5,000.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE DURING MY INVESTIGATION. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
