| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CLARK CORRY 0711 (AR11120213) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 4070 EAST SHOREWOOD DRIVE, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(3)(B); (AND) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: COPPER WIRE/TUBING, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) , TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY $300.00, 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. ON 041111, AT APPROXIMATELY 1117 HOURS, MYSELF AND DEPUTY STRICKLAND WERE DISPATCHED TO 4070 EAST SHOREWOOD DRIVE IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT IN PROGRESS. WHILE EN ROUTE, I WAS NOTIFIED BY DISPATCH THAT THE VEHICLE HAD LEFT THE RESIDENCE AND WAS LAST OBSERVED HEADING ON ORCHID TOWARD CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY. I WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS A BLUE FORD SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV), PULLING A TRAILER, WITH TAG NUMBER S583IF. I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE AT THE STOP SIGN AT ORCHID AND CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY ATTEMPTING TO TURN SOUTHBOUND ON CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY. I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE. MYSELF AND DEPUTY STRICKLAND APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, WHERE WE OBSERVED TWO WHITE MALES INSIDE THE VEHICLE, MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBJECTS WHO HAD BEEN AT THE RESIDENCE. THE DRIVER WAS SHEA WILSON AND THE PASSENGER/DEFENDANT WAS WILLIAM REED, JR. AT THAT TIME I ASKED BOTH SUBJECTS FOR IDENTIFICATION, WHICH THEY PROVIDED TO ME. DEPUTY STRICKLAND WALKED BACK TO HIS PATROL VEHICLE AND RAN BOTH SUBJECTS INFORMATION. I THEN ASKED BOTH SUBJECTS IF THEY WERE AT THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF 4070 EAST SHOREWOOD DRIVE, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED, YES, AND THEN ADVISED HE IS EMPLOYED BY FLORIDA PRESERVATION EXPERTS FROM LAWTEY, FLORIDA. HE THEN ADVISED THAT THE RESIDENCE WAS A FORECLOSURE AND HE IS A SUBCONTRACTOR FOR BANK OF AMERICA AND WAS THERE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE RESIDENCE AND PROPERTY TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN THE ACCOUNT TO CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY. I THEN ASKED MR REED IF HE HAD TAKEN ANYTHING FROM THE PROPERTY, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE HAD REMOVED COPPER WIRING WHICH WAS LYING NEXT TO THE RESIDENCE AND WAS NOT ATTACHED TO ANYTHING, AND HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY MR WHITLER WHO ADVISED HIS SISTER OWNS THE PROPERTY AND IT IS NOT IN FORECLOSURE. MR REED SHOWED MR WHITLER THE WORK ORDER FOR THE PROPERTY AND STATED HE WAS GOING TO CONTACT 9-1-1. AT THAT TIME MR REED LEFT THE RESIDENCE. I THEN HAD DISPATCH CONTACT MR WHITLER WHO THEN RESPONDED TO THE TRAFFIC STOP, WHERE HE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED BOTH SUBJECTS AS THE ONES WHO HAD BEEN ON THE PROPERTY. HE ADVISED HE OBSERVED THE BLUE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) PARKED AT THE RESIDENCE THIS MORNING AND HAD OBSERVED THE TWO SUBJECTS WALKING AROUND THE PROPERTY. HE STATED HE DID NOT OBSERVE THE SUBJECTS TO TAKE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE PROPERTY; HOWEVER, OBSERVED MR REED CRAWL UNDER THE RESIDENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AND UPON OBSERVING MR REED EXIT FROM UNDERNEATH THE RESIDENCE, HE WAS HOLDING TWO PIECES OF COPPER TUBING, EACH PIECE APPROXIMATELY 40-45 FEET LONG, WHICH HE THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PULL THE COPPER TUBING OUT FROM UNDER THE RESIDENCE. MR WHITLER ADVISED AT THAT TIME HE OBSERVED MR WILSON GO BY THE SHED LOCATED AT THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE AND START TO TAMPER WITH HIS TRANSMISSION WHICH HE HAD PLACED ON HIS SISTER'S PROPERTY. HE OBSERVED MR WILSON ATTEMPT TO DRAG THE TRANSMISSION TOWARD THE TRAILER. I THEN SPOKE WITH MR WILSON ABOUT THE INCIDENT, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID WIGGLE THE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT REMOVE ANY PROPERTY FROM THE RESIDENCE. MR WHITLER ADVISED THAT HE WAS MISSING HIS TIMING CASE COVER OFF OF THE TRANSMISSION. I THEN ASKED THE SUBJECTS IF EITHER OF THEM HAD REMOVED A TIMING CASE COVER, TO WHICH MR REED ADVISED HE HAD. IT WAS THEN RECOVERED ON THE TRAILER MR REED HAD POSSESSION OF. I THEN READ MR REED HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM A MIRANDA CARD. HE WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME MYSELF, DEPUTY STRICKLAND, AND SERGEANT LANE, ALONG WITH MR WHITLER AND MR WILSON RESPONDED BACK TO THE RESIDENCE AT 4070 EAST SHOREWOOD DRIVE WHERE I THEN OBSERVED THE COPPER TUBING IN THE BACK YARD OF THE RESIDENCE. I OBSERVED BOTH ENDS OF EACH COPPER TUBING PINCHED TOGETHER AS IF THEY HAD BEEN CUT, WHICH APPEARED TO BE A NEW CUT. I THEN OBSERVED THE TRANSMISSION LOCATED NEXT TO THE SHED WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN MOVED DUE TO THE IMPRINT AND COLOR OF THE DIRT. AT THAT TIME I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM REED, TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $4,000.00. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
