| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR12-1225) (12-74155) did unlawfully enter or remain in a certain conveyance, to-wit: A MOTOR VEHICLE, the property of THE VICTIM, MR CHRISTOPHER TUGGY, without said person's consent, with the intent to commit an offense therein, to-wit: THEFT OF A GPS, and the said conveyance was not open to the public at the time, and MR TYLER BENOIT, was not licensed or invited to enter or remain in said conveyance, in violation of Florida Statute 810.02; did unlawfully enter or remain in a certain conveyance, to-wit: A MOTOR VEHICLE, the property of THE VICTIM, MS ROBYN PATTERSON, without said person's consent, with the intent to commit an offense therein, to-wit: THEFT OF A GPS, and the said conveyance was not open to the public at the time, and MR TYLER BENOIT, was not licensed or invited to enter or remain in said conveyance, in violation of Florida Statute 810.02; ON 051712, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH A JUVENILE DEFENDANT IN REFERENCE TO AN UNRELATED BURGLARY THAT I WAS INVESTIGATING. THE JUVENILE HAD IN HIS POSSESSION, TWO GPS UNITS WHICH HE ADVISED HE HAD PURCHASED FROM THE DEFENDANT, MR TYLER BENOIT, FOR $15.00 EACH. FURTHERMORE, THE JUVENILE ADVISED ME THAT MR BENOIT HAD ADMITTED TO HIM THAT THE GPS UNITS WERE STOLEN. UPON RESEARCHING the HOME ADDRESSES FOR BOTH GPS UNITS, I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE FIRST GPS, A TOMTOM WITH SERIAL NUMBER PP3359103536, HAD AN ADDRESS OF A SUBJECT WHO WAS ABLE TO ADVISE ME OF the ORIGINAL OWNER WHOM THEY KNEW HAD A GPS UNIT STOLEN. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR CHRISTOPHER TUGGY, HE DID ADVISED ME THAT HIS TOMTOM GPS HAD BEEN STOLEN OUT OF HIS WORK TRUCK WHICH WAS PARKED AT HIS RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 3785 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE IN INVERNESS. the VICTIM STATED that HE REMEMBERS LEAVING HIS VEHICLE DOOR UNSECURED ON THE NIGHT THAT HE ASSUMED IT WAS STOLEN. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE VALUED the STOLEN PROPERTY AT APPROXIMATELY $100.00. WHILE SEARCHING THROUGH THE SECOND GPS, A MAGELLAN SERIAL NUMBER 0786100442123, I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE A HOME ADDRESS OF 3882 SOUTH GARLAND TERRACE IN INVERNESS. UPON RESPONDING TO THE RESIDENCE, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VICTIM, MS ROBYN PATTERSON, WHO ADVISED ME THAT HER GPS UNIT HAD INDEED BEEN STOLEN OUT OF HER GRANDMOTHER’S VEHICLE WHICH HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ADDRESS. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE WAS NOT EXACTLY SURE OF HOW LONG AGO THAT THE UNIT HAD BEEN STOLEN, BUT ADVISED IT WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AGO. THE VICTIM ADVISED ME THAT SHE VALUED THE GPS UNIT AT APPROXIMATELY $100.00. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE with the DEFENDANT, MR BENOIT. UPON SPEAKING WITH MR BENOIT, A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WHERE I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT YES HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. UPON SPEAKING WITH MR BENOIT, HE CONFESSED TO BREAKING INTO BOTH VEHICLES AND STEALING BOTH GPS UNITS. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY OF A CONVEYANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE FOR THESE CHARGES, HOWEVER TURNED BACK OVER TO THE CORRECTIONS STAFF DUE TO UNRELATED CHARGES HE IS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED ON. |
