| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WILLIAMS, MICHAEL JR 1120 (AR16-18267) DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY, MALICIOUSLY, AND REPEATEDLY FOLLOW, HARASS, OR CYBERSTALK THE VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 784.048(2). ON 021416, I WENT IN ROUTE TO 3308 EAST BUCKSKIN LANE, HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO CASE 2016-18918, AS FOLLOW UP FROM PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION BY OTHER DEPUTIES. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT, IDENTIFIED AS MR WILLIAM BIGEL, ALSO KNOWN AS "BILLY." THROUGH TALKING WITH MR BIGEL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE WAS THE SUSPECT IN THIS CASE BY CONTACTING VICTIMS, MS WANDA BELANGER AND MS ANGELA WRIGHT. MR BIGEL HAD BEEN USING MULTIPLE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THREE VICTIMS CONTINUOUSLY AFTER ALL THREE VICTIMS TOLD HIM TO STOP COMMUNICATING WITH THEM AND AFTER THEY TRIED TO BLOCK THE ACCOUNTS AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS THAT HE WAS USING TO CONTACT THEM. MR BIGEL CONTINUED TO CONTACT THE VICTIMS FROM DIFFERENT PHONE NUMBERS AND ACCOUNTS AND HAD BEEN THREATENING ALL THREE VICTIMS. ON 021015 DEPUTIES MEET WITH VICTIM ONE, MS ANGELA WRIGHT WHO STATED THE CYBER STALKING ALL STARTED WHEN "BILLY" CONTACTED HER ON A DATING WEBSITE. WHEN SHE REALIZED HIS AGE, SHE ADVISED HIM HE WAS TOO YOUNG AND HE NEEDED TO LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THE VICTIM STATED ON 020816 SHE BLOCKED THE SUSPECT FROM CONTACTING HER ON "MEETME.COM" BECAUSE HE WAS NOT COMPREHENDING THE FACT SHE DID NOT WANT TO TALK TO HIM. ON THAT SAME DATE (020816), SHE RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM 352-464-5019, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE SUSPECT'S TELEPHONE NUMBERS. THE VICTIM TOLD THE SUSPECT SHE GOT BACK WITH HER EX-BOYFRIEND AND WAS NOT LOOKING FOR ANYONE ANYMORE. ON 021016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1146 HOURS, THE VICTIM RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM 352-422-6702, WHICH WAS ANOTHER NUMBER THE SUSPECT WAS USING. THE SUSPECT ASKED THE VICTIM TO GIVE HIM HER PASSWORDS TO HER "FACEBOOK" AND "KIK", "PLENTY OF FISH" ACCOUNTS BECAUSE SHE HAD A BOYFRIEND AND WOULD NOT NEED THEM ANYMORE. THE VICTIM THEN ADVISED THE SUSPECT THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO TALK TO HIM AND TO LEAVE HER ALONE. AT 1208 HOURS, THE SUSPECT SENT A TEXT MESSAGE TO HER STATING, "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELL." AT APPROXIMATELY 1223 HOURS, THE SUSPECT SENT THE VICTIM A SNAPSHOT OF HER "FACEBOOK" PAGE AND A SHORT TIME LATER THE VICTIM REALIZED THAT A FAKE "FACEBOOK" PAGE HAD BEEN CREATED USING ALL OF HER INFORMATION, WHICH WAS DONE BY the SUSPECT. "FACEBOOK" WAS CONTACTED AND THE FAKE ACCOUNT WAS LATER DELETED. THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE SENT USING THIS TELEPHONE NUMBER WAS AT 1228 HOURS AND APPROXIMATELY 16 TEXT MESSAGES WAS SENT DURING THAT TIME. AT 1351 HOURS, THE VICTIM RECIEVED ANOTHER TEXT MESSAGE FROM 850-745-5576, WHICH WAS SENT BY THE SUSPECT. THE SUSPECT CALLED THE VICTIM A "FAT UGLY HO" AND DEMANDED SHE GIVE HIM HER PASSWORDS AGAIN. AGAIN THE VICTIM TOLD THE SUSPECT TO LEAVE HER ALONE. AT 1449 HOURS, THE VICTIM RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE STATING HE KNEW WHERE SHE LIVED AND HE WAS GOING TO COME BY LATER TONIGHT TO STAB HER TO DEATH. THE SUSPECT THEN SENT A MESSAGE THAT CONTAINED THE STREET NAME THAT THE VICTIM'S LIVED ON. THAT WAS THE LAST TEXT MESSAGE FROM THAT NUMBER AND THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 24 TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN 1351 HOURS AND 1449 HOURS. AT 1501 HOURS, THE VICTIM RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM 830-914-0368, WHICH WAS SENT BY THE SUSPECT. THE SUSPECT TOLD THE VICTIM NUMEROUS MORE TIMES THAT HE WAS GOING TO STAB HER TO DEATH AND ADDED HE WAS GOING TO SLIT HER THROAT. WHILE DEPUTIES WERE ON SCENE INVESTIGATING THE CASE, THE SUSPECT SENT HER A MESSAGE THAT HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HER HOUSE UP AND WOULD MAKE SURE SHE WAS SHOT ALSO. FROM 1501 HOURS TO 1603 HOURS, THE SUSPECT SENT A TOTAL OF 64 TEXT MESSAGES. VICTIM WRIGHT WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS WILLIAM BIGEL, AKA âBILLYâ. MS WRIGHT WAS ALSO ASKED IF THE SUSPECT SHARED ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT HIMSELF AND SHE STATED YES. THE SUSPECT TOLD HER THAT HE LIVED WITH HIS MOTHER IN HERNANDO. ALSO STATED THAT HE ADHD AND WAS ON SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DIDNâT HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE SO HE COULDNâT COME PICK HER UP. ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE SUSPECT PROVIDED WERE TRUE AND ACCURATE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT THE SUSPECT SHARED WITH ME. MS WRIGHT STATED THAT SHE IS IN FEAR OF HER SAFETY AND SHE HAS NOT HEARD FROM THE SUSPECT SINCE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIM ON 021415. THE SECOND VICTIM WAS IDENTIFIED AS MS WANDA BELANGER. SHE TOLD DEPUTIES THAT SHE MET "BILLY" ON AN ONLINE DATING SITE IN DECEMBER OF 2015. "BILLY" TOLD HER THAT HE LIVED IN CITRUS COUNTY IN HERNANDO. HE ALSO TOLD HER THAT "BILLY" WAS HIS ALIAS NAME. I ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH MS BELANGER VIA THE PHONE AND SHE PROVIDED THE SAME STATEMENTS AND SHE PROVIDED THE OTHER DEPUTIES. AFTER BEING TOLD THAT SHE DID NOT WISH TO COMMUNICATE ANYMORE WITH "BILLY," HE STARTED SENDING MESSAGES DEMANDING HER PERSONAL INFORMATION SAYING IF SHE DID NOT GIVE IT TO HIM HE WOULD SEND PEOPLE TO HER RESIDENCE TO CAUSE HARM. THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATIONS WITH âBILLYâ HE USED VARIOUS FORMS OF ELECTRONIC THREATS TOWARDS MS BELANGER. MS BELANGER TOLD DEPUTIES THAT ON 021016 âBILLYâ HAD CONTACTED HER VIA TEXT MESSAGE FROM TELEPHONE NUMBER 850-745-5576 AND ADVISED HER THAT HER SON, WHO HE NAMED, WAS GOING TO DIE BUT DID NOT ELABORATE WHEN OR HOW. MS BELANGER ADVISED THAT âBILLYâ INFORMED HER HE KNOWS WHERE SHE LIVES WHICH HAS CAUSED HER TO BECOME FEARFUL. MS BELANGER ADVISED THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW âBILLYâSâ TRUE IDENTITY AS HE STATED IN THE TEXT THAT âBILLYâ IS AN ALIAS AND SHE WILL NOT FIND OUT WHO HE IS. MS BELANGER ADVISED THAT SHE FEELS THIS âBILLYâ SUBJECT IS USING MULTIPLE TELEPHONE NUMBERS AS SHE HAS BLOCKED PREVIOUS TELEPHONE NUMBERS FROM HIM, BUT HE IS STILL ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER. MS BELANGER ADVISED THAT DURING TODAYâS TEXT MESSAGES âBILLYâ BEGAN TO DEMAND HER TO GIVE HIM HER LOG IN INFORMATION AND PASSWORD FOR HER PROFILE ON AN ONLINE DATING SIGHT. MS BELANGER ADVISED THAT âBILLYâ BEGAN TO THREATEN THAT IF SHE DID NOT COMPLY HE WAS GOING TO SEND PEOPLE TO HER HOUSE AND HE WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO HER WHEN THEY BROKE IN. MS. BELANGER TOLD ME VIA A PHONE CONSERVATION THAT âBILLYâ TOLD HER THAT HE WANTED HER TO LIVE WITH HE AND HIS MOTHER IN HERNANDO. MS BELANGER INFORMED ME THAT âBILLYâ HAD SENT HER A âDICK PICâ TO HER PHONE HOWEVER SHE HAD DELETED IT. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD ADHD AND WAS ON SOCIAL SECURITY. âBILLYâ ALSO TOLD HER THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO DRIVE AND DID NOT HAVE A DRIVERS LICENSE SO SHE WOULD NEED TO COME TO HIS RESIDENCE. MS BELANGER WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY âBILLYâ USING HIS PHOTOS THAT WERE PROVIDED ON THE VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA SITES WHICH MATCHED HIS DESCRIPTION. HE ALSO TOLD HER HE WAS FROM UP NORTH AND NOT FROM FLORIDA. ALL OF THE PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT âBILLYâ PROVIDED THE VICTIM WAS IN FACT TRUE AND ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT ONLY âBILLYâ WOULD KNOW. MS BELANGER STATED SHE IS FEAR FOR HER SAFETY AND THAT ALL COMMUNICATION HAS STOPPED SINCE WE MADE CONTACT WITH HIM ON 021415. THE THIRD VICTIM WAS IDENTIFIED AS MS LUISA ADAMS. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE MET MR BIGEL ON FACEBOOK. SHE ATTEMPTED BLOCKING HIM, NOT WISHING TO COMMUNICATE ANYMORE. HE CONTINUED TO CONTACT HER THROUGH ANOTHER ACCOUNT, SAYING THAT HE WOULD "FUCK" WITH HER FAMILY. DEPUTY DOWLING (0709) MET WITH A ROOMMATE OF MR BIGEL. SHE WAS IDENTIFIED AS MS MICHELLE PARKER. SHE STATED THAT MR BIGEL WENT BY THE ALIAS NAME OF "BILLY," AND THAT SHE HAD LIVED WITH HIM AT HIS RESIDENCE AND HE WAS VERY POSSESSIVE AND CONTROLLING. SHE ALSO SAID THAT MR BIGEL DID HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET BY SMART PHONES AND HIS RESIDENCE WAS EQUIPPED WITH WIFI. MS PARKER ALSO PROVIDED A SCREEN SHOT OF THE DEFENDANT'S PLENTY OF FISH PROFILE PAGE, WHICH SHOWED A PICTURE OF THE DEFENDANT, MR BIGEL, AND THE NAME OF "BILLY". MS PARKER PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. WHILE INTERVIEWING THE SUSPECT, MR BIGEL, AT HIS RESIDENCE HE TOLD ME THAT HE DID NOT KNOW ANY OF THE ABOVE SUBJECTS. WHILE TALKING WITH MR BIGEL, HE WOULD NOT MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH ME. HE CHANGED HIS STORY MULTIPLE TIMES. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE DIDNâT HAVE ACCESS TO A LAPTOP OR SMARTPHONE. MR BIGEL REFUSED TO COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT BUT DID ADMIT TO BEING ON FELONY PROBATION FOR SIMILAR EVENTS FROM UP NORTH. MR BIGEL WAS RAN THOUGH WARRANTS AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE WAS IN FACT ON FELONY PROBATION FOR AGGRAVATED STALKING WITH THE PROBATION TERM OF 082415 THROUGH 011618. THIS ARREST VIOLATED HIS PROBATION. MR BIGEL ALSO HAD TWO OPEN INJUNCTIONS FOR HARASSMENT WITH TWO SEPARATE UNRELATED FEMALE PARTIES. I SPOKE WITH THE SUSPECTS MOTHER, TAMMY BIGEL, WHO RESIDES WITH THE SUSPECT AT THEIR RESIDENCE IN HERNANDO, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA. AT FIRST, MS BIGEL STATED THAT SHE AND HER SON ONLY HAD OBAMA PHONES AND NO OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES. AFTER INTERVIEWING HER FURTHER SHE PROVIDED ME WITH A SMART PHONE WHICH WAS CAPABLE OF USING WIFI SERVICES AS WELL AS A LAPTOP COMPUTER. BOTH WERE COLLECTED ALONG WITH THE SUSPECTS OBAMA PHONE. MS BIGEL WAS NOT VERY COOPERATIVE DURING THIS INVESTIGATION AND ADMITTED THAT HE HAD ISSUES WITH THE SAME INCIDENTS UP NORTH. MS BIGEL WAS ASKED WHAT SHE CALLS HER SON AND SHE REPLIED, âBILLYâ. SHE ALSO DECLINED TO COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. I SPOKE WITH HIS PROBATION OFFICER, MICHELLE JOHNS, WHO STATED HE WAS CURRENTLY ON FELONY PROBATION FROM A SIMILAR CASE UP NORTH AND HAS TWO ACTIVE INJUNCTIONS. OFFICER JOHNS STATED THAT THE SUSPECT WOULD HACK INTO HIS VICTIMS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, MAKE THREATS TO THEIR PERSON OVER TEXT, AND PLACE HIS VICTIMS IN FEAR. UPON REVIEWING THE FACTS OF THE CASE, THE VICTIMS STATEMENTS TO MYSELF AND OTHER REPORTING DEPUTIES, AND THE WITNESSES STATEMENTS I PLACED THE SUSPECT UNDER ARREST FOR CYBERSTALKING AND VIOLATION OF PROBATION. MR BIGEL WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, INFORMED WHY HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WITHOUT INCIDENT. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $3,000.00 FOR THE THREE MISDEMEANOR CYBERSTALKING COUNTS AND NO BOND WAS VIOLATION OF PROBATION, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
