| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, JASON 0583 (AR12124866) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: HAD STOLEN A PLAY STATION CONSOLE BEARING SERIAL NUMBER 44649316 TWO PLAY STATION CONTROLLERS, TWO PLAY STATION MEMORY CARDS, A NET VISE DEBIT CARD, A DVD MOVIE AND CHANGE ALL ITEMS BEING VALUED AT $300.00 TOTAL OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS 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. did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANT HAD STOLEN PRIOR ON 021812 AND ON THE SAME DATE SOLD IT TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL FOR US CURRENCY knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: PLAY STATION CONSOLE BEARING SERIAL NUMBER 44649316 TWO PLAY STATION CONTROLLERS, TWO PLAY STATION MEMORY CARDS, A NET VISE DEBIT CARD, A DVD MOVIE AND CHANGE, the property of MR BRANDON RESTREPO, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). ON 02812, AT APPROXIMATELY 1912 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 5732 NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY occurred. UPON MY ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT with the VICTIMS, MR BRANDON RESTREPO AND MS ANGELA RESTREPO, WHO ADVISED THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MS TAMMY ESKRIDGE, HAD STOLEN THEIR PLAY STATION 2 CONSOLE VALUED AT $60.00, TWO PLAY STATION CONTROLLERS VALUED AT $10.00 EACH, TWO TEN MEGABYTE PLAY STATION 2 MEMORY CARDS VALUED AT $10.00 EACH, A NET VISA PREPAID DEBIT WITH $175.00 OF VALUE, A DVD MOVIE VALUED AT $5.00 AND APPROXIMATELY $20.00 IN US CURRENCY CHANGE. WHEN THE VICTIMS WERE ASKED, WHY THE DEFENDANT HAD STOLEN THESE ITEMS, THEY STATED BECAUSE THE ONLY THINGS THAT WERE MISSING WERE THE PLAY STATION ITEMS AND MS ESKRIDGE'S PLAY STATION GAMES. THEY ALSO ADVISED THAT THEIR PLAY STATION GAMES WERE STILL PRESENT RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THE ITEMS TAKEN WERE LOCATED. THEY WENT ON TO SAY THAT THIS IS ODD BECAUSE IF IT WAS ANYONE ELSE IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN ALL THE GAMES. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIMS, THEY ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS LIVED WITH THEM FOR APPROXIMATELY A MONTH AND A HALF. SHE HAD LEFT THIS MORNING, AND THAT THEY HAD TO LOCK THE DOORS WHEN THEY LEFT TO GO RUN ERRANDS, AND THAT THE DEFENDANT WOULD HAVE HAD TO USE THE UNSECURED FRONT WINDOW TO ENTER THE RESIDENCE. THIS MIGHT HAVE MADE HER MAD, AND THAT IS WHY THEY believe SHE MAY HAVE STOLEN THE ITEMS. THE VICTIMS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT VISITS THEIR NEIGHBOR'S RESIDENCE, WHO IS ALSO THE DEFENDANT'S COUSIN, AT 5772 NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY. I PROVIDED MR RESTREPO WITH A WRITTEN SWORN STATEMENT FORM WHICH HE COMPLETED AND WAS SWORN TO. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIMS I THEN RESPONDED NEXT DOOR, 5772 NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY, AND SPOKE TO WITNESS ONE AND TWO, MR TERRY HOOVER SR AND MR TERRY HOOVER JR. I FIRST ASKED THEM IF THEY KNEW WHO THE DEFENDANT WAS, AND THE BOTH STATED THAT THEY DID KNOW HER, AND THAT SHE WAS MR HOOVER SR'S COUSIN. I THEN ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD SEEN HER WITH A PLAY STATION 2 CONSOLE WITH CONTROLLERS AND MEMORY CARDS, THEY ADVISED YES AND THEY HAD IN FACT BOUGHT THOSE ITEMS FROM THE DEFENDANT EARLIER TODAY FOR $40.00. THEY ALSO ADVISED THAT ONE MEMORY CARD WAS BLACK IN COLOR AND ONE WAS GREY IN COLOR. AFTER GAINING THIS INFORMATION, I THEN ASKED THE WITNESSES IF THEY KNEW HOW I COULD GET IN CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. THEY ADVISED THAT THEY COULD CALL HER AND HAVE HER RESPOND TO THEIR RESIDENCE, WHICH THEY DID, AND ADVISED ME THAT SHE WAS ON HER WAY THERE. I THEN PROVIDED MR HOOVER SR WITH A WITNESS SWORN STATEMENT FORM WHICH HE COMPLETED AND WAS SWORN TO. WHEN THE DEFENDANT ARRIVED, I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH HER, WHERE SHE WAS READ HER MIRANDA WARNING FROM THE PREPRINTED CARD, AND SHE ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO ME. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE OWNED A PLAY STATION 2 CONSOLE, AND SHE STATED YES. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ENTERED BACK INTO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE SINCE SHE HAD LEFT THE FIRST TIME THIS MORNING, and SHE STATED NO SHE WAS LOCKED OUT. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE HAD SOLD ANY ITEMS TO MR HOOVER SR, SHE ADVISED YES SOME PLAY STATION 2 GAMES. SHE WAS THEN ASKED IF SHE HAD SOLD A PLAY STATION 2 CONSOLE WITH CONTROLLERS AND MEMORY CARDS TO MR HOOVER SR, SHE STATED NO. AT THIS TIME I CONCLUDED MY INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ADVISED HER THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT AND ONE COUNT OF DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN SEARCHED AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AFTER PLACING THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST, I THEN HAD THE VICTIM IDENTIFY THE PLAY STATION CONSOLE, AND THE ONE CONTROLLER, AND THE TWO MEMORY CARDS THAT WERE SOLD TO MR HOOVER SR. HE ADVISED ME THAT THERE WOULD BE A WHITE STICKER ON ONE OF THE CONTROLLERS THAT HE HAD PUT ON THERE. THIS STICKER WAS OBSERVED ON the CONTROLLER. THE ITEMS WERE THEN PHYSICALLY SHOWN TO THE VICTIM WHERE HE ADVISED THOSE WERE IN FACT HIS ITEMS THAT WERE STOLEN. THESE ITEMS WERE THEN DOCUMENTED ON A PROPERTY RECEIPT SIGN OVER ONE PLAY STATION 2 CONSOLE ONE PLAY STATION CONTROLLER, AND TWO PLAY STATION MEMORY CARDS OVER FROM MR HOOVER SR POSSESSION TO MY POSSESSION, AND TO MR RESTREPO'S POSSESSION. THE ITEMS WERE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED. AFTER PROVIDING THE VICTIM BACK WITH HIS PROPERTY, THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS LATER PROCESSED AND CHARGED WITH GRAND THEFT $2,000 BOND AND DEALING IN STOLEN PROPERTY $10,000 BOND. "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* |
