| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 0463 (AR11120137) did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: 22 GROUNDING CLAMPS, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1); AND Any person who knowingly gives false verification of ownership or who gives a false or altered identification and who receives money or other consideration from a secondary metals recycler, in return for regulated metals, AND THE value of the money or other consideration received MORE Than $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 538.23(3)(B). ON 040411, WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER ELECTRIC, LOCATED AT 5330 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN LECANTO, REPORTED A BURGLARY TO THEIR STORAGE YARD AND THREE VEHICLES THAT WERE LOCATED INSIDE THE YARD REFERENCE CASE NUMBER 11040131. ON 040611, THE DEFENDANT RECYCLED 22 GROUNDING CLAMPS VALUED AT $68.00 EACH TO A CITRUS COUNTY METAL RECYCLER AND RECEIVED $68.40 FOR ALL OF THEM. UPON DOING SO, A REPRESENTATIVE WITH WITHLACOOCHEE RIVER ELECTRIC COMPANY RESPONDED TO THE RECYCLER AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE GROUNDING CLAMPS AS PROPERTY STOLEN IN THE BURGLARY . AFTER THE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED, THE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1035 PROSPECT TERRACE IN INVERNESS. AFTER CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, HE WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY AND FALSE INFORMATION TO METAL RECYCLER. HE WAS THEN READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM AN AGENCY MIRANDA CARD. HE AGREED TO SPEAK TO THIS DEPUTY. DURING A POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW, HE ADMITTED HE KNEW THE PROPERTY TURNED INTO THE RECYCLER WAS NOT HIS AND HE ALSO STATED HE KNEW WHEN HE SIGNED THE TRANSACTION SHEET THAT IT WAS IN FACT A LIE. HE ADVISED THAT THE PROPERTY BELONGED TO ANOTHER SUBJECT NAMED RICHARD SHAWL, WHO WAS A CO-DEPENDENT IN THIS CASE AND THAT HE PRETTY MUCH KNEW THE STUFF WAS STOLEN. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT TAKE ANYTHING HIMSELF, BUT KNEW THERE WERE OTHER STOLEN ITEMS FROM THE BURGLARY LOCATED AT THE HOME HE WAS ARRESTED AT. SOME OF THEE ITEMS WERE THEN LOCATED IN A DUFFEL BAG LOCATED OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR. INSIDE THE BAG WAS SEVERAL POWER TOOLS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE BURGLARY. WHEN ASKED HOW HE BECAME IN POSSESSION OF THE ITEMS HE STATED THAT THEY WERE REMOVED OUT OF THE SHED ON THE PROPERTY WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT HE BELIEVED THE CO-DEFENDANT, RICHARD SHAWL, HAD POSSIBLY STOLEN THEM. HE STATED HE WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF THE TOOLS TO KEEP CO-DEFENDANT SHAWL FROM GETTING INTO TROUBLE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE-LOCKED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL FOR BOOKING. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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* |
