| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COLEMAN, BRIAN 0247 (AR09110693) DEFENDANT DID ILLEGALLY DUMP A VARIOUS TRAVEL TRAILER PARTS ONTO AN ILLEGAL DUMPSITE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 403.413(6)(C). ON 081709, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RICK PIMSON CONTACTED THIS DEPUTY AND ADVISED HE WAS WORKING AN ILLEGAL DUMPSITE CASE IN the AREA OF MANDRAKE POINT IN CRYSTAL RIVER INVOLVING A PERSON NAMED "ZACH.” OFFICER PIMSON ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF A LARGE DUMPSITE ON THE WEST SIDE OF MANDRAKE POINT AND that PERSON(S) HAD ILLEGALLY DUMPED ITEMS FROM A TRAVEL TRAILER CONSISTING OF A LARGE WOODEN DECK, TIRES, PLASTIC FENDERS AND OTHER ITEMS. A SEARCH OF THE RUBBISH HAD BEEN CONDUCTED AND ITEMS FROM THE RUBBISH WERE DISCOVERED SHOWING AN ADDRESS BELONGING TO MS DONNA DARNELL LOCATED AT 4961 NORTH WINDY GAP POINT. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ADVISED THAT HE HAD GONE AND SPOKE TO MS DARNELL, WHO PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION SHOWING SHE HAD PAID $350.00 TO THE DEFENDANT, IDENTIFIED AS MR ZECHARIAH TACKETT, FOR THE REMOVAL AND PROPER DESTRUCTION OF TWO CAMPER TRAVEL TRAILERS. ON 081909, THIS DEPUTY PROCEEDED TO THE DARNELL RESIDENCE, AT WHICH TIME MS DARNELL ADVISED THAT ON 080709 SHE HAD PAID the DEFENDANT $350.00 AND BELIEVED BOTH TRAILERS WOULD BE REMOVED AND DISPOSED OF PROPERLY AT THE LANDFILL. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HAD FAILED TO RETURN OR CONTACT HER IN REFERENCE TO THE REMOVAL OF THE SECOND TRAVEL TRAILER STILL IN HER DRIVEWAY AND, AS OF THIS DATE, THE TRAILER STILL HAD NOT BEEN REMOVED FROM HER RESIDENCE BY THE DEFENDANT. ON 082509, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AND MIRANDA WAS READ, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED HE HAD REMOVED ONE OF THE TRAILERS FROM THE VICTIM'S PROPERTY AND WHILE LEAVING THAT RESIDENCE, MADE CONTACT WITH A SUBJECT NAMED "JOE" (UNKNOWN FURTHER), AT WHICH TIME THE TRAILER WAS TURNED OVER TO HIM. THE DEFENDANT COULD NOT ADVISE A LAST NAME, TELEPHONE NUMBER, ADDRESS OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION TO VERIFY HIS STORY. AT that TIME, I DID ADVISE THE DEFENDANT THAT HE NEEDED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THIS INDIVIDUAL TO VERIFY HIS STORY. AS OF TODAY'S DATE 082709, THE DEFENDANT WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION AND, DUE TO THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE ILLEGAL DUMPSITE TO THE RESIDENCE OF MS DARNELL, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WOULD BE PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ILLEGAL COMMERCIAL DUMPING. ON 082709, ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT TO MEET IN CRYSTAL RIVER AT 0900 HOURS AND, AT 0845 HOURS, THE DEFENDANT MADE CONTACT VIA CELLULAR TELEPHONE WITH THIS DEPUTY AND ADVISED HE WAS READY TO BE ARRESTED. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY PERSONNEL. A "RELEASE ON OWN RECOGNIZANCE" (ROR) BOND WAS PLACED ON THE DEFENDANT DUE TO HIS MOTHER LIVING IN LEVY COUNTY, ALONG WITH his COOPERATION WITH THIS INVESTIGATION AND THE FACT THAT HE TURNED HIMSELF OVER TO THIS DEPUTY WITHOUT INCIDENT. *NOT-EXEMPT* . |
