| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOWLING, THOMAS 0709 (AR16-19362)(16-61093) \t\t QUINN, STEPHEN 1241 DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A MESH BAG CONTAINING SCUBA EQUIPMENT THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL FISH AND WILDLIFE 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. did unlawfully enter or remain in a certain conveyance, to-wit: A CHEVROLET SILVERADO, the property of UNITED STATES FEDERAL FISH AND WILDLIFE, without said person's consent, with the intent to commit an offense therein, to-wit: THE DEFENDANT TOOK THE MESH BAG OUT OF THE BED OF THE VICTIM'S TRUCK , and the said conveyance was not open to the public at the time, and MR WILLIAM GRAHAM was not licensed or invited to enter or remain in said conveyance, in violation of Florida Statute 810.02; ON 050516 AT 2104 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO NEON LEONS 10350 WEST YULEE DRIVE, IN REFERENCE TO A VEHICLE BURGLARY THAT HAD ALREADY occurred. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I NOTICED THE COMPLAINANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR ADAM KAESER, STANDING NEAR A WHITE CHEVROLET SILVERADO WITH A U.S. GOVERNMENT LICENSE PLATE, I581935, AND CLEAR U.S. FEDERAL FISH AND WILDLIFE LOGOS ON THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR. I THEN made CONTACT WITH MR KAESER AND ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE ADVISED ME THAT THEY WERE IN TOWN DOING SCUBA DIVING TRAINING, AND THEY HAD RESERVATIONS TO EAT AT NEON LEONS AT 1845 HOURS. HE ADVISED THAT IN THE BED OF THEIR TRUCK WAS A BLACK MESH DIVE BAG, WITH A DIVE FLAG ON EACH END WITH THE NAME "KAESER" ON THE WHITE SECTION, CONTAINING NUMEROUS pieces OF DIVE EQUIPMENT THAT BELONGED TO THE U.S. FEDERAL FISH AND WILDLIFE. WHEN THEY WENT TO LEAVE THE RESTAURANT AT 2050 HOURS HE NOTICED THAT THE BAG AND ONE LADYHAWK BLACK SCUBAPRO BUOYANCY CONTROLLER WAS MISSING from the BED OF THE TRUCK. AT THAT TIME THEY CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE OWNER OF NEON LEONS WAS ALSO OUTSIDE AND PROVIDED US WITH the NAME OF MR WILLIAM GRAHAM, WHO THE OWNER NOTICED STANDING OUTSIDE EARLIER IN THE NIGHT WHILE THE COMPLAINANT'S WERE IN THE RESTAURANT. THE OWNER WAS FAMILIAR WITH MR GRAHAM BECAUSE MR GRAHAM'S EX-GIRLFRIEND, MS MELISSA CURRY, WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BUSINESS. DEPUTY DOWLING AND I THEN RESPONDED to the SUSPECT'S RESIDENCE AT 6440 ROSEDALE DRIVE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THAT ADDRESS DEPUTY DOWLING OBSERVED TWO SUBJECTS EXIT THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE, LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AQWF19, and WALK TOWARDS the RESIDENCE AT A FAST PACE. DEPUTY DOWLING ANNOUNCED SHERIFF'S OFFICE MULTIPLE TIMES, and the DEFENDANT LOOKED AT DEPUTY DOWLING and RAN INSIDE AND SLAMMED the DOOR, LOCKING MS CURRY OUT. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY DOWLING ASKED MS CURRY TO COME SPEAK WITH US, TO which SHE DID. DEPUTY DOWLING ADVISED HER WHY WE WERE THERE AND ASKED her IF THERE WAS ANYTHING STOLEN OR ANYTHING THAT DID NOT BELONG IN her VEHICLE, TO which SHE SAID THERE WAS NOT. AT THAT TIME I ASKED her IF SHE WOULD OPEN THE TRUNK OF HER 2016 WHITE KIA FORTE WHERE SHE STATED THAT SHE would. INSIDE THE TRUNK WAS A BLACK MESH BAG with DIVE SYMBOLS ON EACH END THAT MATCHED the DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLAINANT'S BAG. EACH DIVE SYMBOL ALSO HAD THE NAME "KAESER" WRITTEN ON THEM. I THEN ADVISED DEPUTY DOWLING THAT THE BAG WAS IN THE TRUNK. MS CURRY THEN SAID AT NO TIME DID SHE KNOW THE BAG WAS IN THERE. DEPUTY DOWLING APPROACHED the FRONT DOOR AND AGAIN ANNOUNCED SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ASKED MR GRAHAM TO COME TO THE DOOR. THE DEFENDANT'S FATHER THEN EXITED THE RESIDENCE, AND the DOOR LOCKED BEHIND HIM. the FATHER THEN UNLOCKED THE DOOR AND ALLOWED DEPUTY DOWLING AND I TO ENTER THE RESIDENCE AND found THE DEFENDANT HIDING INSIDE A BEDROOM, TO the LEFT OF THE FRONT DOOR. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND THEN BROUGHT OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA BY DEPUTY DOWLING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND THAT HE WISHED TO SPEAK TO DEPUTY DOWLING. THE DEFENDANT THEN ASKED WHY WE WERE THERE, AT WHICH TIME DEPUTY DOWLING STATED THAT HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL FISH and WILDLIFE PROPERTY and HE STATED, "youâve GOT TO BE SHITTING ME." DEPUTY DOWLING ASKED the DEFENDANT IF ALL OF the ITEMS WERE STILL IN THE BAG AND HE STATED YES and THAT HE HAD NOT TOUCHED THEM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT his FRIEND CHRIS, WHO WAS A SHRIMPER, TOLD HIM THAT SOME OF HIS SHRIMPING EQUIPMENT WAS going TO BE AT NEON LEONS IN A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK and ASKED IF HE COULD GRAB IT FOR HIM. I ADVISED THAT HE WAS going TO BE PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR VEHICLE BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT. the DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $7,000.00. BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR GRAND THEFT BOND SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR BURGLARY TO A CONVEYANCE |
