| Date of birth: | Jul 22, 1946 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, AIDAN ON 7-18-11, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT #1 WAS ARRESTED BY THIS DETECTIVE IN REFERENCE TO A GRAND THEFT OF JEWELRY. DURING AN INTERVIEW, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT #1 ADMITTED THAT HE/SHE HAD SOLD ALL OF THE STOLEN JEWELRY TO WALTER BALDWIN AT AFFORDABLE COINS AND JEWELRY LOCATED AT 101 W MAIN STREET IN INVERNESS. HE/SHE STATED THAT MR BALDWIN DID NOT COMPLETE ANY PAPERWORK, DID NOT REQUEST ANY IDENTIFICATION AND DID NOT HAVE HE/SHE SIGN ANY PAPERWORK. ON 7-18-11 I MADE CONTACT WITH CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT # 2 WHO STATED THAT HE/SHE HAD SOLD JEWELRY IN THE PAST TO MR. BALDWIN AND THAT HE HAD NOT COMPLETED ANY PAPERWORK OR REQUESTED A GOVERNMENT IDENTIFICATION. ON 7-26-11 DEPUTY CRUZ AND I CONDUCTED A CONTROLLED SALE OF JEWELRY AT AFFORDABLE COINS AND JEWELRY. DURING THE CONTROLLED SALE, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT # 1 AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT # 2 WERE PROVIDED JEWELRY OWNED BY THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. INFORMANT # 2 WAS OUTFITTED WITH AN AUDIO/VIDEO DEVICE IN ORDER TO CAPTURE THE TRANSACTION. BOTH INFORMANTS WERE OBSERVED TO ENTER AFFORDABLE COINS AND JEWELRY AND WERE IMMEDIATELY PICKED UP AFTER LEAVING THE STORE. ONCE INSIDE MY AGENCY VEHICLE, EACH INFORMANT WAS DEBRIEFED AS TO THEIR ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE INSIDE THE STORE. INFORMANT #1 SOLD THE JEWELRY GIVEN TO HIM/HER BY THIS DETECTIVE AND RECEIVED $67.00 FROM MR BALDWIN. HE/SHE STATED THAT MR BALDWIN DID NOT REQUEST IDENTIFICATION AND DID NOT COMPLETE ANY PAPERWORK. INFORMANT #2 SOLD THE JEWELRY GIVEN TO HIM/HER BY THIS DETECTIVE AND RECEIVED $52.00 FROM MR BALDWIN. HE/SHE STATED THAT MR BALDWIN DID NOT REQUEST IDENTIFICATION AND DID NOT COMPLETE ANY PAPERWORK. DURING THE TRANSACTION, INFORMANT #2 INQUIRED AS TO IF A PIECE OF JEWELRY WAS REAL TO WHICH MR. BALDWIN STATED NO. AT WHICH TIME THE INFORMANT STATED "WELL I TOOK IT ANYWAY," INDICATING THAT THE JEWELRY DID NOT BELONG TO THE INFORMANT. INFORMANT # 2 STATED THAT HE/SHE MADE OTHER REFERENCES THAT THE JEWELRY DID NOT BELONG TO HIM/HER AND THE HE/SHE HAD TAKEN THE JEWELRY FROM ANOTHER PERSON. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT ON 7-14-11 I WARNED MR BALDWIN THAT I HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT HE HAD BEEN BUYING STOLEN JEWELRY AND NOT COMPLETING THE PROPER PAPERWORK. MR BALDWIN DENIED BUYING ANY JEWELRY, ALTHOUGH ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED PREVIOUSLY FOR SECOND HAND DEALER FRAUD. MR BALDWIN WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT BY NOT PROPERLY DOCUMENTING TRANSACTIONS, HE WAS CREATING AN AVENUE FOR CRIMINALS TO FENCE STOLEN PROPERTY. DEPUTY CRUZ AND I MADE CONTACT WITH MR BALDWIN IN HIS STORE AND I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD BOUGHT ANY JEWELRY RECENTLY TO WHICH HE REPLIED "NO." I ASKED MR BALDWIN IF HE HAD PURCHASED JEWELRY TODAY TO WHICH HE AGAIN REPLIED "NO." I THEN PRESENTED A PICTURE OF THE JEWELRY SOLD TO HIM BY THE INFORMANTS AND REQUESTED HE RETURN THE JEWELRY TO ME. AT THIS TIME, MR BALDWIN RETRIEVED ALL OF THE ITEMS PURCHASED AND RETURNED THEM TO MY CUSTODY. I ASKED MR BALDWIN IF HE HAD COMPLETED ANY PAPERWORK TO WHICH HE ADVISED NO AND THEN MADE A SPONTANEOUS STATEMENT SAYING "WHY WOULD THEY DO THIS TO ME?" THE $119.00 AND A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE JEWELRY WAS PLACED IN CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. MR BALDWIN WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED IN THE FRONT, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,500 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Jul 26, 2011 |
| Booking number: | 11121923 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Arrest date: | Oct 1, 2010 |
| Booking number: | 10117170 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 812.019(1) |
| Charge description: | TRAFFIC OR ENDEAVOR TO TRAFFIC IN STOLEN PROPERTY |
| Bond amount: | $5,000 |
| Code: | 538.04(4)a |
| Charge description: | SECONDHAND DEALER FRAUD |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 538.04(4)A |
| Charge description: | SECONDHAND DEALER FRAUD |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
