| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, W. TODD 0463 (AR08101967) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A U-HAUL TRAILER OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: A 1996 U-HAUL TRAILER, 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 AND 812.014(2)(C)(1). ON 022908, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON DELTONA BOULEVARD JUST SOUTH OF NORTH CITRUS SPRINGS BOULEVARD ON A TRUCK WITH A TRAILER ATTACHED WHICH HAD NO TRAILER LIGHTS. UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT THE TRAILER APPEARED TO BE A U-HAUL TRAILER WHICH HAD BEEN PAINTED OVER WITH BLACK PAINT. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM COLLINGE. I ASKED FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THE REGISTRATION FOR HIS TRUCK AS WELL AS THE REGISTRATION FOR THE TRAILER. HE PRODUCED THE REGISTRATION FOR THE TRUCK, HOWEVER, HE DID NOT PRODUCE THE REGISTRATION FOR THE TRAILER. THE DRIVER STATED HE BELIEVED THE TRAILER REGISTRATION WAS AT HOME. I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND RAN THE DRIVER AND THE TRAILER TAG THROUGH FCIC/NCIC. THE TAG TO THE TRAILER CAME BACK TO A 1991 HOMEMADE TRAILER. AFTER OBTAINING THIS INFORMATION, I RETURNED TO THE DRIVER AND ASKED WHERE HE HAD OBTAINED THE TRAILER BECAUSE THE REGISTRATION STATED IT WAS A HOMEMADE TRAILER BUT THE TRAILER APPEARED TO BE A U-HAUL TRAILER. THE DRIVER STATED HE HAD BOUGHT IT FROM HIS STEP-FATHER FOR $750.00. THE DRIVER STATED HE ALSO BELIEVED THE TRAILER WAS A U-HAUL TRAILER. I EXAMINED THE FRONT OF THE TRAILER WHERE THE TOP WAS STAMPED 'U-HAUL' AND BELOW THAT WAS 'PROPERTY OF U-HAUL, NEVER SOLD.' I CONTACTED U-HAUL VIA TELEPHONE WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR MICHAEL JOKINEN, THE AREA FIELD MANAGER FOR U-HAUL. HE STATED THEY NEVER SELL THE TRAILERS AND IF THE DRIVER WAS IN POSSESSION OF IT, IT MUST BE STOLEN. MR JOKINEN RESPONDED TO MY LOCATION AND UPON HIS ARRIVAL, HE CONFIRMED THAT TRAILER WAS STOLEN FROM A U-HAUL DEALER IN 2004. MR JOKINEN ALSO CONTACTED U-HAUL EQUIPMENT RECOVERY CENTER IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA WHO ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE TRAILER WAS STOLEN. AFTER OBTAINING THIS INFORMATION, I CONTACTED ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY RICH BUXMAN WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR ARREST ON A CHARGE OF GRAND THEFT. AT THAT TIME, I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE TRAILER WAS TURNED OVER TO MR JOKINEN. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 9048-FIQ, FOR NO TRAILER LIGHTS. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
