| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CROSNOE, ROBERT 0234 (AR11118990) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5.000.00), TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID TAKE THE VICTIM'S WORK TRUCK WITHOUT PERMISSION, WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(2)(C)(1). ON 012511 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 1255 NORTH MAGNOLIA HILL WAY IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A GRAND THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR JEROME VANLUE. MR VANLUE ADVISED THAT HE WENT TO BED AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS, AND UPON WAKING UP AT 0800 HOURS THIS MORNING, HE NOTICED THAT HIS 1998 DODGE RAM WORK TRUCK WAS MISSING FROM THE DRIVEWAY. MR VANLUE STATED HE OBSERVED THAT HIS STEPSON, DEFENDANT WESLEY TURNER, WAS ALSO MISSING FROM THE RESIDENCE. A SHORT TIME LATER, MR VANLUE STATED HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM A FRIEND WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THEY HAD SEEN HIS TRUCK AT GREGGS COLLISION CENTER IN CRYSTAL RIVER AND IT WAS WRECKED. MR VANLUE FURTHER ADVISED THAT A SHORT TIME LATER, HE RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL STATING THAT HIS STEPSON, DEFENDANT WESLEY TURNER, WAS AT CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (CMH) BEING TREATED FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. MR VANLUE ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT TURNER HAS NEVER HAD PERMISSION TO DRIVE HIS WORK TRUCK, AND WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT PRESSING CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT FOR GRAND THEFT. AT THAT TIME I HAD MR VANLUE COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I THEN RESPONDED TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. UPON ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT TURNER, WHO WAS STANDING IN THE WAITING ROOM WEARING BLUE JEANS AND NO SHIRT. I THEN HAD THE DEFENDANT STEP OUTSIDE WHERE I READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PRE-PRINTED AGENCY CARD IN THE PRESENCE OF DEPUTY CUTLIP. THE DEFENDANT DID AGREE TO SPEAK WITH ME WITHOUT HIS ATTORNEY. I THEN ASKED DEFENDANT TURNER HIS SIDE OF THE STORY, AT WHICH TIME HE PUT HIS HEAD DOWN TOWARDS THE GROUND AND STATED, "THERE'S NOTHING TO SAY, I TOOK THE TRUCK AND WRECKED IT". AT THAT TIME DEFENDANT TURNER WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEPUTY CLAUDE DID RESPOND TO GREGG'S COLLISION CENTER AND TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGED VEHICLE, BUT WAS UNABLE TO PROCESS FOR FINGERPRINTS DUE TO A HEAVY RAIN. WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL, I DID LOOK THROUGH THE DEFENDANT'S PERSONAL BELONGINGS WHICH CONTAINED RELEASE PAPERWORK FROM CMH AS WELL AS A FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL VEHICLE CRASH REPORT, NUMBER, FHPC11OFF006911. THIS CRASH REPORT DID INDICATE THAT DEFENDANT WESLEY TURNER WAS THE DRIVER OF THE 1998 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCK. A PHOTOCOPY OF THIS PAPERWORK WAS COPIED AND A COPY WAS LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
