| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: FARKAS, STEVEN 0408 (AR11119363) did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: A DAISY RED RIDER BB RIFLE, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). ON 020311 IT WAS REPORTED BY THE VICTIM, MR THOMAS SUTTON, THE BURGLARY TO his 1997 FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCK and THE THEFT OF TWO GAS CANS CONTAINING GASOLINE AND A DAISY RED RIDER BB RIFLE. ON 021411 FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THIS DETECTIVE REVEALED that THE DEFENDANT, MR ANTHONY LEWIS, DID SELL A DAISY RED RIDER BB RIFLE TO ABC PAWN SHOP IN HOMOSASSA ON 020311 AT 1056 HOURS. A POLICE HOLD WAS PLACED ON THE ITEM WITH THE PAWN SHOP. ON 021511, THE VICTIM MR SUTTON AT MY REQUEST DID MEET ME AT ABC PAWN SHOP FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFYING THE BB RIFLE. PRIOR TO MEETING ME THE VICTIM DID STATE TO ME that THE BB RIFLE WAS NOT OPERATIONAL AND WAS NOT CAPABLE OF FIRING BBS. HE FURTHER DESCRIBED THE ETCHING ON THE SIDE OF THE STOCK TO ME. UPON ARRIVAL AT ABC PAWN ON 021511 AND UPON VIEWING THE BB RIFLE, THE RIFLE MATCHED EXACTLY HOW THE VICTIM DESCRIBED IT TO ME. IN ADDITION, I HAD REQUESTED THE VICTIM TO BRING BBS WITH HIM TO ASCERTAIN IF THE BB RIFLE WAS CAPABLE OF FIRING. UPON LOADING THREE BBS INTO THE RIFLE and ATTEMPTING TO FIRE THE BBS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIFLE WAS NOT CAPABLE OF FIRING ANY OF THE THREE BBS. THE VICTIM POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THIS BB RIFLE AS THE SAME ONE HE REPORTED STOLEN TO THIS AGENCY ON 020311. ON 021511, CONTACT WAS MADE with THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED OF THE REASON FOR THE CONTACT. the DEFENDANT, PRE MIRANDA, STATED THAT HE DID NOT STEAL THE BB RIFLE, BUT DID ADMIT THAT HE DID SELL IT TO THE PAWN SHOP and DID IDENTIFY THE INDIVIDUAL TO ME THAT HE received IT FROM. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD and HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK TO ME. THE DEFENDANT REITERATED HIS ORIGINAL STATEMENT THAT HE DID SELL THE BB RIFLE TO THE PAWN SHOP AND WHO HE OBTAINED IT FROM, BUT THAT HE DID NOT STEAL THE RIFLE. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD AN IDEA THAT THE BB RIFLE WAS STOLEN AND FURTHER STATED that WHEN HE SOLD IT THAT IT WAS NOT HIS TO SELL, AS HE PLACED HIS RIGHT THUMB PRINT ON THE FLORIDA PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION FORM AND PLEDGED THAT the RIFLE WAS HIS and THAT HE HAD A LAWFUL RIGHT TO SELL IT. THE DEFENDANT'S STATEMENT WAS DIGITALLY RECORDED. DUE TO THE DEFENDANT'S COOPERATION IN THIS INVESTIGATION, HE IS TO BE RELEASED ON HIS 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* |
