| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, DALE 0276 (AR12-3813) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: LKQ AUTO PARTS, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: PROPERTY TAKEN WAS FOUR 24â CHROME STEEL RIMS AND TIRES, 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). ON 120712, CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE TOOK A REPORT OF A GRAND THEFT AT 4950 WEST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY, LKQ AUTO PARTS, IN CRYSTAL RIVER. DEPUTY SETTLES SPOKE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR CASEY DAMRON, WHO ADVISED HER THAT FOUR 24â CHROME STEEL RIMS AND TIRES HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. HE ADVISED THAT IT APPEARED THAT AN INDIVIDUAL IN AN âSUVâ, BELIEVING IT TO BE A RED FORD EXPEDITION, HAD TAKEN THE RIMS AND TIRES OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND HAD SPOKEN TO THE CLEANING CREW IN PASSING. HE HAD STATED TO THEM THAT HE HAD REMOVED THE RIMS AND TIRES FROM THE DUMPSTER IN THE BACK. ON 121212, THIS DETECTIVE HAD RECEIVED THE REPORT ON ASSIGNMENT AND PROCEEDED TO LKQ AUTO PARTS AND MADE CONTACT WITH MR JERRY RUNNELS, OVER THE PARTS DEPARTMENT. MR RUNNELS STATED THAT THERE WAS VIDEO AND HE HAD POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED WHO THE SUSPECT WAS. WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM HE ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED THE SUSPECT ENTER THE BUMPER SHOP AND HAD WALKED AROUND IN THE BUMPER SHOP FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND A HALF. HE THEN COULD SEE THE INDIVIDUAL ROLL THE RIMS AND TIRES OUT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE PARTS DEPARTMENT. MR RUNNELS STATED THAT HE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED WHO THE INDIVIDUAL WAS DUE TO THE FACT OF THE DEFENDANT IS A HUSKY INDIVIDUAL, WHO IS BOW LEGGED AND PIGEON TOED. HE ADVISED THAT AS HE WATCHED THE DEFENDANT WALK ON VIDEO HE KNEW WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT IT WAS THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON. THIS DETECTIVE THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM JOHNSON, WHO WAS AT WORK AT LKQ, IN MR RUNNELS OFFICE. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE KNEW WHY I WAS THERE TO SPEAK WITH HIM, HE STATED YES AND WAS RELUCTANT AT FIRST BUT STATED THAT HE STILL HAD THE RIMS AND TIRES AND COULD BRING THEM BACK. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE WAS VERY SORRY AND KNEW IMMEDIATELY AFTER HE HAD TAKEN THE RIMS AND TIRES, THAT HE WAS WRONG. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN GOING THROUGH FINANCIAL ISSUES AND WAS UNDER A LOT OF STRESS. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT EVER DO THIS, AT ANY OTHER POINT IN HIS LIFE. HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT HE WAS THINKING. THIS DETECTIVE CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW POST MIRANDA, WHERE THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO TAKING THE RIMS AND TIRES FROM THE SHOP IN LKQ AND HAD PLANNED ON SELLING THEM AT FIRST, BUT AFTER THINKING ABOUT IT, HE ADVISED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM. THE DEFENDANT TOOK THIS DETECTIVE TO A PLACE OFF OF WEST GREENDALE DRIVE, TO A DEAD END, WOODED AREA, WHERE HE SHOWED ME THE FOUR RIMS AND TIRES. THE PROPERTY WAS TURNED OVER LKQ PERSONNEL AND WAS RETURNED BACK TO LKQ. PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS SIGNED BY LKQ STAFF, MR JONOTHAN GOMEZ, COPIES WERE TURNED OVER TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO MEET THIS DETECTIVE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TURNED OVER TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DUE TO THE COOPERATION OF THE DEFENDANT HE WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. |
