| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SEFFERN, JONATHAN 0623 (AR11119119) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A ONE OUNCE SILVER BULLION/COIN, A WOMAN'S 10 KARAT GOLD RING WITH FOUR PINK ROSES, A 14 KARAT GOLD CROSS CHARM WITH A DIAMOND IN THE CENTER, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5000.00), WITH THE ACTUAL TOTAL VALUE BEING $428.00, 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 KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A 1 OUNCE SILVER BULLION/COIN, A WOMAN'S 10 KARAT GOLD RING WITH FOUR PINK ROSES, A 14 KARAT GOLD CROSS CHARM WITH A DIAMOND IN THE CENTER, AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION, AND RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 60.00 FROM THE ABC PAWN PAWNBROKER FOR ALL THREE ITEMS, IN VIOLATION OF: FSS 539.001(8)(B)(8)(A) AND did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have knOwn was stolen, to-wit: A ONE OUNCE SILVER BULLION/COIN, A WOMAN'S 10 KARAT GOLD RING WITH FOUR PINK ROSES, A 14 KARAT GOLD CROSS CHARM WITH A DIAMOND IN THE CENTER , the property of THE VICTIM , in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1) ON 020211 CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT 7809 WEST FERN PLACE IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO CASE 11011094 WHICH WAS A REPORT GENERATED IN REFERENCE TO A GRAND THEFT. ON 012911 THE VICTIM REPORTED SEVERAL ITEMS OF JEWELRY, INCLUDING A ROUND ONE OUNCE SILVER BULLION COIN, A TEN KARAT GOLD RING WITH PINK ROSES, AND A 14 KARAT GOLD CROSS CHARM WITH A DIAMOND IN THE CENTER, HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM HER RESIDENCE BY THE DEFENDANT. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMES KINCADE, HAD PAWNED THE ABOVE LISTED ITEMS AT ABC PAWN, LOCATED IN HOMOSASSA ON 120610. A FLORIDA PAWN TRANSACTION WAS COMPLETED WITH THE DEFENDANT'S INFORMATION, AS HE PROVIDED HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AND HIS THUMB PRINT AT THE TIME THE ITEMS WERE PAWNED. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE ABOVE LISTED ITEMS AT ABC PAWN, WHILE IN THIS DEPUTY'S PRESENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, DETECTIVE FARKAS RESPONDED TO CONDUCT A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PREPRINTED CARD PRIOR TO ANY QUESTIONING. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, AND STATED HE WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAD NEVER STOLEN ANYTHING FROM THE VICTIMS AND THAT THE ITEMS THAT WERE REPORTED STOLEN IN THIS CASE, BEING THE SAME ITEMS THAT HE LATER PAWNED, WERE ITEMS HE HAD FOUND APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE MILES AWAY AT ANOTHER RESIDENCE WHILE DOING A "TRASH HAUL". THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN QUESTIONED AS TO WHAT A TRASH HALL WAS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE WORKED FOR A REALTY COMPANY "OFF THE BOOKS" AND UPON A RESIDENT BEING EVICTED FROM A RESIDENCE, HE WOULD GO IN AND CLEAN OUT THE HOUSE. HE STATED THAT WHATEVER HE WANTED HE WOULD TAKE, BUT HE DID NOT WANT HE WOULD TAKE TO THE DUMP. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO DENY ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE STOLEN ITEMS LISTED IN THIS REPORT. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT WITH BOND SET AT $2,000.00. ONE COUNT OF FALSE INFORMATION TO A PAWN BROKER WITH BOND SET AT $2,000.00 AND ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY WITH BOND SET AT $5,000.00 WITH TOTAL BOND BEING $9,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
