| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REESE, KELLIE 0640 (AR08103865) DEFENDANT DID COMMIT THE OFFENSE OF BURGLARY TO A CONVEYANCE, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID ENTER AND REMOVE TWO GAS TANKS FROM A 15 FOOT ALUMINUM BOAT WHICH DID NOT BELONG TO HIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 810.02(4)(B) ON 062408, AT APPROXIMATELY 0315 HOURS, MYSELF AND DEPUTY PAYNE WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF FORT ISLAND TRAIL AND WATERWOOD STREET IN REFERENCE TO A SUSPICIOUS PERSON. DISPATCH ADVISED THERE WAS A GOLD OR SILVER TOYOTA TRUCK, POSSIBLY A TUNDRA, STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AT THAT LOCATION, AND A WHITE MALE CROUCHING ON THE GROUND BESIDE THE TRUCK ACTING SUSPICIOUS. WHILE EN ROUTE I PASSED A BLUE TOYOTA TUNDRA PICKUP TRUCK IN THE AREA OF FORT ISLAND TRAIL, WEST OF DIXIE SHORES. I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THIS VEHICLE, BEARING FLORIDA TAG 488KJT, AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE SOLE OCCUPANT/DRIVER, TROY CARTWRIGHT. MR CARTWRIGHT SMELLED HEAVILY OF GASOLINE AND HAD A BOAT GAS TANK IN THE BED OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK. I ALSO OBSERVED THE GAS CAP and GAS COVER TO HIS TRUCK TO BE MISSING. I ASKED MR CARTWRIGHT ABOUT THIS AND HE ADVISED HE HAD BEEN AT FORT ISLAND TRAIL BRIDGE FISHING AND RAN out of GAS. HE SAID THE BOAT GAS TANK BELONGED TO HIM AND HE ALWAYS CARRIES IT WITH HIM, AND IN ORDER TO TRANSFER THE GAS FROM THE BOAT GAS TANK INTO HIS VEHICLE GAS TANK, HE HAD TO REMOVE HIS GAS COVER. WHILE I WAS INTERVIEWING MR CARTWRIGHT, DEPUTY PAYNE RESPONDED TO THE ORIGINAL LOCATION ON FORT ISLAND TRAIL AND WATERWOOD AND DISCOVERED A SECOND BOAT GAS TANK LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITH A LARGE PUDDLE OF GASOLINE SURROUNDING IT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA, DEPUTY PAYNE OBSERVED A 2004 15 FT ALUMINUM BOAT (FL5368MM) IN THE YARD OF 2912 WEST RIVER'S EDGE COURT. THIS BOAT HAD THE GAS TANKS REMOVED AND THE CAPS LYING IN THE BOAT AN D DEPUTY PAYNE DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF GASOLINE. HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE OCCUPANTS OF THE RESIDENCE, HOWEVER, NO ONE ANSWERED THE DOOR. DEPUTY PAYNE THEN RESPONDED TO MY LOCATION AND CONFRONTED MR CARTWRIGHT WITH THIS INFORMATION. MR CARTWRIGHT AT THAT TIME ADMITTED THAT HE HAD, IN FACT, BEEN FISHING, AND RAN OUT OF GASOLINE AND WAS JUST ATTEMPTING TO GET HOME, AND STOLE THE TWO GAS TANKS FROM THE BOAT ON RIVER'S EDGE COURT, AND ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE GASOLINE INTO HIS TRUCK. HE ADVISED THE GAS TANK IN THE BED OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK WAS STOLEN AND THE BOAT ON RIVER'S EDGE COURT, AS WELL AS THE GAS TANK LYING IN THE ROADWAY NEAR FORT ISLAND TRAIL AND WATERWOOD. MR CARTWRIGHT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED, AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM A PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND WAIVED HIS RIGHTS AND GAVE ME A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT CONFESSING TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED BURGLARY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY ROTATION WRECKER (ADAMS TOWING). DEPUTY DOYLE PHOTOGRAPHED THE STOLEN BOAT GAS TANKS AND RETURNED THEM TO THE BOAT. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
