| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, DALE 0276 (AR10116876) did unlawfully enter or remain in a certain conveyance, to-wit: AN ENCLOSED TRAILER, the property of THE VICTIM, without said person's consent, with the intent to commit an offense therein, to-wit: GRAND THEFT (FIREARM), and the said conveyance was not open to the public at the time, and THE DEFENDANT was not licensed or invited to enter or remain in said conveyance, in violation of Florida Statute 810.02(4)(B) AND; DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: 29 FIREARMS, OF A VALUE GREATER THAN TWENTY-THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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(2)(C)(5); did unlawfully PLAN/FINANCE/DIRECT/MANAGE/OR SUPERVISE THE THEFT OF PROPERTY that THE DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: 29 FIREARMS, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1); ON 091510, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOOK A BURGLARY REPORT OF AN ENCLOSED UTILITY TRAILER WHICH WAS USED TO STORE SEVERAL FIREARMS FOR THE VICTIM'S BUSINESS. THIS BURGLARY OCCURRED AT 1945 NORTH BETTY POINT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT UNKNOWN PERSON(S) HAD ENTERED INTO HIS TRAILER AND REMOVED 29 HANDGUNS AND RIFFLES. THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE WORKS AT the FLEA MARKET AND SELLS THESE FIREARMS. THE VICTIM PROVIDED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WITH A DESCRIPTION OF EACH FIREARM ALONG WITH the SERIAL NUMBERS. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT A SCOPE WHICH WAS WORTH $800.00, HAD ALSO BEEN TAKEN. THIS DETECTIVE WAS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION IN THIS CASE, WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT DEFENDANT NUMBER TWO HAD STATED TO DETECTIVE CLARK THAT HE HAD INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO THIS BURGLARY. THIS DETECTIVE PROCEEDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE I SPOKE WITH DEFENDANT NUMBER TWO. I ASKED HIM WHAT HE MEANT BY THIS INFORMATION. DEFENDANT NUMBER TWO WAS VERY ELUSIVE IN HIS STATEMENTS and ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT NUMBER ONE HAD STATED TO HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO STEAL SOME FIREARMS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL THAT KEEPS HIS FIREARMS IN A TRAILER. I THEN ASKED DEFENDANT TWO HOW HE KNEW THIS INFORMATION FOR SURE, HE STATED THAT WHATEVER DEFENDANT NUMBER ONE SAYS HE IS GOING TO DO HE USUALLY DOES. I THEN ADVISED DEFENDANT TWO THAT IF HE WAS INVOLVED HE would NEED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME IN ORDER FOR ME TO HELP HIM OUT. HE ADVISED HE WAS NOT. DURING THIS INVESTIGATION this DETECTIVE LEARNED THAT DEFENDANT NUMBER TWO HAD BEEN ARRESTED ON ANOTHER CASE IN REFERENCE TO DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. I THEN BEGAN CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION ON DEFENDANT NUMBER TWO WHERE I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE THAT THE STOLEN FIREARMS FROM THIS CASE WERE AT HIS FATHER and MOTHER'S RESIDENCE WHERE HE WAS RESIDING AT THIS TIME. I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE THAT ADVISED AT this TIME HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DIRECT DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR TO GET RID OF THE FIREARMS. THIS DETECTIVE THEN MADE CONTACT with DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR AT THE RESIDENCE OF 1170 EAST AMBERJACK DRIVE, THE HOME OF THE DEFENDANT. THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT with DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR WHERE SHE ADVISED AND GAVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT SHE ALONG WITH THE OTHER TWO DEFENDANTS WENT TO THE AREA OF 1945 NORTH BETTY POINT AND SHE REMAINED WITH THE CAR WHILE DEFENDANT NUMBER ONE AND TWO WENT TO THE TRAILER AND REMOVED SEVERAL FIREARMS AND PLACED THEM IN the TRUNK OF DEFENDANT NUMBER TWO'S VEHICLE. THEY THEN DROVE THEM TO DEFENDANT NUMBER TWO'S RESIDENCE WHERE THEY WERE REMOVED AND PLACED INTO THE RESIDENCE. A PERMISSION TO SEARCH FORM WAS FILLED OUT BY the OWNER'S OF THE RESIDENCE ALONG WITH DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR. THIS DETECTIVE ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER DEPUTIES RECOVERED OVER 20 OF THE FIREARMS IN QUESTION. PRIOR TO THIS, THE DEFENDANT HAD COME TO THE RESIDENCE IN ORDER TO PURCHASE ALL OF THE FIREARMS FOR $800.00. THESE STATEMENTS WERE SWORN TO BY DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR. SEVERAL DEPUTIES WERE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE ON THIS ADDRESS AND DID OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT ARRIVE AT THE RESIDENCE IN A WHITE CAR. THEY ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR GOT INTO THE WHITE CAR. IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BASED ON DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR'S STATEMENTS AND A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS CONCERNING the PURCHASE OF THE HANDGUNS BY the DEFENDANT FROM DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR. THERE WAS NO TRANSACTION DONE AT THAT TIME. THE DEFENDANT LEFT IN the VEHICLE, WITH A RED FORD PICK-UP FOLLOWING. SEVERAL DEPUTIES THAT WERE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE AND AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE DEFENDANT FOLLOWED THE VEHICLES AND MADE A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE CORNER OF ESSEX AND ALBANY, WHERE WE MADE CONTACT with the DEFENDANT AND HE STATED HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT with TWO WITNESSES ON SCENE WHO STATED THAT THEY HAD MADE AN AGREEMENT WITH the DEFENDANT TO PURCHASE A 9 MILLIMETER HANDGUN FOR $200.00. THIS DETECTIVE MADE CONTACT WITH ANOTHER WITNESS WHO STATED THAT SHE HAS SEEN the DEFENDANT with FOUR FIREARMS. ONE WAS A BLACK RIFLE WITH A LONGER CLIP, SHE STATED LIKE A BANANA CLIP WHICH LEADS THIS DETECTIVE TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE SKS RIFLE THAT WAS TAKEN DURING THE BURGLARY ALONG WITH another LONG GUN AND TWO HANDGUNS. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THOSE FIREARMS HAVE BEEN PLACED. SHE THEN ADVISED THAT ON TODAY'S DATE, SHE WAS ASKED BY the DEFENDANT TO DRIVE OVER TO "POE'S" HOUSE TO SEE WHAT HIS BOND WAS. SHE ADVISED WHEN they ARRIVED AT THE ADDRESS OF 1170 EAST AMBERJACK DRIVE, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION IN REFERENCE TO THE PURCHASE OF THE FIREARMS BETWEEN the DEFENDANT AND DEFENDANT NUMBER FOUR. WITNESS ONE STATED THAT SHE ADVISED THEM SHE DID NOT WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. SHE ADVISED THAT AFTER SOME CONVERSATION REFERENCE THE FIREARMS THEY LEFT the AREA. THE DEFENDANT TOLD HER TO DRIVE DOWN ESSEX AND THEN TURN ON ALBANY WHERE HE THEN ADVISED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THEY WERE BEING FOLLOWED BY DEPUTIES. THIS DETECTIVE OBTAINED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THIS WITNESS WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST DURING THE TIME OF THE TRAFFIC STOP and TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $180,000.00. "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* |
