| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FARKAS, STEVEN 0408 (AR11121475) DID GIVE FALSE REPORT OF A CRIME TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 817.49. ON 061311 IT WAS REPORTED BY THE DEFENDANT, MS WLADYSAW STRAMA, THE THEFT OF APPROXIMATELY $5,000.00 IN JEWELRY FROM INSIDE HER RESIDENCE BY AN ACQUAINTANCE. ON 061611 CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO AT THAT TIME WAS CONSIDERED A VICTIM IN THE ORIGINAL REPORT. SHE STATED THAT THE ESTRANGED HUSBAND OF A FEMALE FRIEND OF HERS HAD BEEN OVER TO HER RESIDENCE TO BORROW MONEY ON AN UNKNOWN DATE BETWEEN 030111 AND 031611. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT ON 061311, SHE DETERMINED THAT HER JEWELRY HAD BEEN STOLEN and THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY IN TO HER RESIDENCE. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT NAMED HER FRIEND'S HUSBAND AS THE SUSPECT. ON 061611, THIS DETECTIVE DID ASK THE DEFENDANT IF SHE WAS HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAN SHE STATED HAD STOLEN HER JEWELRY, WHERE SHE ADAMANTLY STATED, NO. ON 062311, THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH THE ALLEGED SUSPECT IN SPRING HILL. THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS ADVISED OF THE REASON FOR THE CONTACT. THE MALE STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS WIFE, HE WAS HAVING AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEFENDANT. HE ADVISED UPON MOVING OUT OF HIS RELATIONSHIP, HE CONTINUED THE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE MALE WENT ON TO STATE THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD GIFTED HIM WITH ASSORTED PIECES OF JEWELRY DURING THIS RELATIONSHIP. THE ALLEGED SUSPECT CONTINUED TO STATE THAT EVENTUALLY HE LEFT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEFENDANT AND CHANGED HIS TELEPHONE NUMBER SO SHE COULD NOT CONTACT HIM. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT FILED THIS REPORT AS AN ACT OF REVENGE becAUSE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH HE ENDED THE RELATIONSHIP. THE MALE AGREED TO A CONTROLLED TELEPHONE CALL WITH THE DEFENDANT ON 062311. THE CONTROLLED TELEPHONE CALL WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND THE ALLEGED SUSPECT. TWO TELEPHONE CALLS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 23 MINUTES THEN ENSUED, IN WHICH THE ALLEGED SUSPECT ASKED THE DEFENDANT SEVERAL TIMES WHY SHE FILED A FALSE REPORT ABOUT STEALING HER JEWELRY WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. DURING THESE RECORDED CONVERSATIONS THE DEFENDANT NEVER ONCE DENIED THE REPORT WAS FABRICATED OR CONTRADICTED THE ALLEGED SUSPECT'S QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME. THE DEFENDANT WHEN ASKED A FEW TIMES WHY SHE FILED THE FALSE REPORT, RESPONDED TO THE ALLEGED SUSPECT BY STATING, "SOMEBODY HAD TO TEACH YOU A LESSON, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU STARTED THE GAME AND SOMEONE HAD TO FINISH IT, because YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO ME, YOU WRECKED MY LIFE". WHEN THE ALLEGED SUSPECT ASKED the DEFENDANT IF SHE WAS GOING TO "CLEAR THIS WITH THE COPS", THE DEFENDANT STATED TWO TIMES, "I DON'T KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT". ON 062711, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE CRYSTAL RIVER SUBSTATION AS PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON. I AGAIN INQUIRED OF THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ALLEGED SUSPECT, TO WHICH SHE TOLD ME SHE DID NOT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE GIFTED THE ALLEGED SUSPECT ANY JEWELRY, TO WHICH SHE STATED ONLY ONE RING. I THEN CONFRONTED THE DEFENDANT WITH THE CONTROLLED TELEPHONE CALL AND ADVISED HER I HAD LISTENED TO IT AND THAT SHE WAS ON THE RECORDED CALL ADMITTING TO HAVING AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ALLEGED SUSPECT and GIFTING HIM THE JEWELRY SHE REPORTED STOLEN. THE DEFENDANT EVENTUALLY ADMITTED BOTH PRE AND POST MIRANDA TO FABRICATING THIS REPORT AND HER STATEMENT WAS DIGITALLY RECORDED. WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED WHY SHE HAD FABRICATED THE REPORT, SHE RESPONDED BY STATING, "TO TEACH HIM A LESSON". THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADMITTED TO PROVIDING THE ALLEGED SUSPECT WITH THE JEWELRY SHE HAD REPORTED AS STOLEN and THAT HE HAD NOT STOLEN IT FROM HER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT IS TO BE RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
