| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR12-3251) (12-187938) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: SINGLE FAMILY BLOCK HOME, LOCATED AT 11704 NORTH ACADEMY DRIVE IN DUNNELLON, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF MR ALAN BRUCE, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: DEFENDANT ATTEMPTED TO BREAK REAR WINDOW OF THE RESIDENCE TO GAIN ENTRY WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(3)(A); ON 102412 AT APPROXIMATELY 0142 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 11074 NORTH ACADEMY DRIVE IN DUNNELLON, IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, THE EXTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE WAS SECURED AND CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VICTIM, MR ALAN BRUCE, AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0122 HOURS, HE WAS WOKEN BY HIS DOORBELL RINGING. HE ADVISED THAT HE CHECKED THE FRONT PORCH AREA, BUT DID NOT SEE ANYONE. HE THEN ADVISED THAT APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER HIS DOORBELL RANG FOR A SECOND TIME, AND HE DID NOT SEE ANYONE AGAIN. APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES LATER, HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING SOUND, AT HIS REAR BEDROOM WINDOW AND COULD HEAR THE SCREEN BEING TAKEN OUT OF THE FRAME OF HIS WINDOW. I THEN CANVASSED THE AREA AND OBSERVED THAT THE REAR WINDOW SCREEN HAD BEEN REMOVED AND BROKEN FROM THAT WINDOW. I ALSO OBSERVED SEVERAL LARGE PIECES OF ROAD ASPHALT LYING UNDERNEATH THE WINDOW. THERE WAS ALSO A LARGE DUST MARK ON THAT WINDOW, WHERE IT APPEARED THAT THE ASPHALT STRUCK THE WINDOW. K9 DEPUTY PRICE ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DEPLOYED HIS K9. SEE K9 SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. AS I BEGAN TO PROCESS THE SCENE, I WAS ADVISED THAT DEPUTY WILSON, WHO WAS A PERIMETER UNIT, HAD LOCATED THE DEFENDANT WALKING OUT OF A WOODED AREA NEAR THE SUNOCO GAS STATION AT NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND WITHLACOOCHEE TRAIL. DEPUTY WILSON ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TO APPROACH HIM WITH HIS HANDS IN THE AIR, AND STATED “DAMN YOU GUYS GOT HERE TO FUCKING FAST”. DEPUTY WILSON THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO MY LOCATION. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, AT WHICH TIME I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS AND HE WOULD TALK TO ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE WAS JUST TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF, AND THAT THE RESIDENCE THAT HE WAS LIVING IN, AT 7 HOOVER STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS, DID NOT HAVE ANY POWER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD WALKED FROM 7 HOOVER STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS, TO THIS LOCATION. HE ADVISED THAT HE SAW THAT THERE WERE NO LIGHTS ON IN THE RESIDENCE, NO VEHICLE OUT FRONT AND NO MOVEMENT INSIDE. HE ADVISED THAT HE RANG THE DOORBELL AND THEN RAN INTO THE WOODS, TO WATCH AND SEE IF ANYONE CAME TO THE DOOR. HE THEN RANG THE DOORBELL FOR A SECOND TIME AND DID NOT SEE ANY MOVEMENT AND ASSUMED THAT NO ONE WAS HOME. THIS IS WHEN HE PICKED UP A LARGE PIECE OF ASPHALT AND THREW IT AT THE REAR WINDOW, ATTEMPTING TO BREAK IT, SO THAT HE COULD GET INSIDE. DEPUTY PRICE ADVISED THAT WHILE HE WAS TRACKING, HE FOUND A WHITE SOCK LYING ON THE GROUND AND AFTER FURTHER QUESTIONING OF THE DEFENDANT; HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD REMOVED HIS SOCKS AND PLACED THEM ON HIS HANDS, AS HE WAS REMOVING THE SCREEN FROM THE WINDOW. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HIS INTENT WAS TO BREAK INTO THE RESIDENCE AND STEAL ITEMS, AND HE STATED “YES”. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED IF HE HAD BURGLARIZED ANY OTHER RESIDENCES THIS EVENING AND HE ADVISED NO. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED WHY HE CHOSE THIS RESIDENCE AND HE STATED “BECAUSE IT WAS IN A VERY DARK AREA AND IT APPEARED THAT NO ONE WAS HOME”. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY WILSON’S PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $15,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
