| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: SHARPE, COREY 0636 (AR12-819) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 338 NORTHEAST 3RD STREET, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(4); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: ONE LINCOLN MIG WELDER VALUED AT $400.00, TWO SKIL DRILLS VALUED AT $179.00, TWO POLAND CHAIN SAWS VALUED AT $400.00, ONE ECHO CHAINSAW VALUED AT $299.00, AND A SHOEMAKER BATTERY CHARGER VALUED AT $70.00. OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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 did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: AN ECHO CHAIN SAW AND A LINCOLN WELDER, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1); AND KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF AN ECHO CHAIN SAW AND A LINCOLN WELDER AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $55.00 FROM THE AMERICAN TRADING POST PAWNBROKER FOR THE ITEMS VALUED AT LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 539.001. ON 041212, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY LOCATED AT 338 NORTHEAST 3RD STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER. THE VICTIM REPORTED THAT PERSON(S) UNKNOWN DID MAKE ENTRY INTO HIS RESIDENCE BY FORCING OPEN A REAR GARAGE DOOR. ONCE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE THE SUSPECT DID REMOVE ONE LINCOLN MIG WELDER VALUED AT $400.00, TWO SKIL DRILLS VALUED AT $179.00, TWO POLAND CHAIN SAWS VALUED AT $400.00, ONE ECHO CHAINSAW VALUED AT $299.00, AND A SHOEMAKER BATTERY CHARGER VALUED AT $70.00. AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT THE VICTIM HAD NO SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE. ON 041812, WHILE REVIEWING THE DAILY PAWNS I LOCATED TWO PAWNS WHERE THE PROPERTY CLOSELY MATCHED THE REPORTED STOLEN ITEMS IN THIS CASE. THE FIRST PAWN WAS CONDUCTED ON 041412, AT THE AMERICAN TRADING POST PAWN. THE ITEM PAWNED WAS AN ECHO CHAIN SAW FROM which THE DEFENDANT RECEIVED $30.00. THE IDENTITY OF THE PERSON MAKING THE PAWN BELONGED TO A MR WILLIAM TIMOTHY KIGHT, wHITE MALE, DATE OF BIRTH 081969. AN additional PAWN WAS ALSO LOCATED AT THE AMERICAN TRADING POST PAWN ON 041412. AGAIN THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM TIMOTHY KIGHT, WAS THE PERSON WHO MADE THE PAWN. THE ITEM PAWNED WAS A LINCOLN WELDER AND MR KIGHT RECEIVED $25.00 FOR THE PAWN. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE TWO ITEMS WERE TAKEN AND SHOWN TO THE VICTIM, AT WHICH TIME, HE IDENTIFIED THESE TWO ITEMS AS TWO OF THE ITEMS STOLEN FROM HIS RESIDENCE DURING THIS BURGLARY. ON 042012, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED to the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. A TAPED SWORN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE DEFENDANT. PRIOR TO THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS WHICH HE WAIVED AND AGREED TO MAKE A STATEMENT. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT HE UNLAWFULLY ENTERED THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE AND REMOVED SAID PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION. HE ADMITTED TO PAWNING TWO OF THE ITEMS TO THE AMERICAN TRADING POST PAWN. THE OTHER REMAINING ITEMS WERE SOLD TO AN UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL. DEFENDANT KIGHT WAS EXTREMELY REMORSEFUL AND OFFERED HIS APOLOGIES TO THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANTS BOND WAS SET AT ROR (RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE). |
