| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BERGEN, JONATHAN 0519 (AR10114705) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN DWELLING THEREOF, TO-WIT: THE VICTIM, LOCATED ON WEST FERN PLACE IN HOMOSASSA, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT AND UPON DOING SO DID BECOME ARMED, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(2)(B); DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: FIREARM, CAMOUFLAGE BAG CONTAINING A PAINT BALL GUN, A SONY VIDEO CAMERA, SET OF BINOCULARS, AND VARIOUS ITEMS OF CLOTHING OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: $400.00, 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 knowingly, willfully and feloniously be in the actual or constructive possession of a controlled substance, to-wit: 20 1/2 OXYCODONE 30 MILLIGRAMS (MG), in violation of Florida Statutes 893.13(6)(B) and 893.03(C)(D) did then and there unlawfully carry a concealed FIREARM on or about HIS person, to-wit: .9 MILLIMETER HIGH POINT AUTOMATIC PISTOL in violation of Florida Statute 790.01(2); ON 050510, A BURGLARY WAS REPORTED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. DURING THE COURSE OF THE BURGLARY, TWO LAP TOP COMPUTERS, A HANDGUN, RIFLE, A .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN, AND A SONY DIGITAL CAMCORDER WERE REMOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE. THERE WERE OTHER ITEMS STOLEN FROM THE RESIDENCE; HOWEVER, THE OWNER'S AT THAT TIME WERE UNABLE TO STATE WHAT ITEMS WERE MISSING. THE REPORT STATED THAT MOST OF THE ITEMS WERE IN AN LARGE CAMOUFLAGED DUFFEL BAG. ON 050710, DEPUTY LAKATIS AND I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON ALABAMA AVENUE FOR THE VEHICLE RUNNING PAST A STOP BAR AND THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER NOT WEARING A SEATBELT. UPON THE VEHICLE STOPPING, I OBSERVED THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER APPEAR TO BE STUFFING SOMETHING UNDER THE SEAT. I ORDERED THE PASSENGER TO SHOW ME HIS HANDS AT WHICH TIME HE COMPLIED. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DEPUTY LAKATIS APPROACHED ON THE DRIVER SIDE. DEPUTY LAKATIS THEN INDICATED TO ME THAT THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WAS A WANTED SUBJECT, MR CHRISTOPHER CALLAHAN, WHO HAD THREE OUTSTANDING WARRANTS. I THEN HAD MR CALLAHAN EXIT THE VEHICLE AND DETAINED HIM. I CONFIRMED THE WARRANTS THROUGH TELETYPE. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. DURING THAT TIME, DEPUTY TACKETT HAD ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DEPLOYED HIS CANINE AROUND THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY TACKETT ADVISED THE CANINE DID MAKE A POSITIVE ALERT TO THE VEHICLE. UPON SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, I LOCATED IN THE FRONT SEAT IN THE AREA WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS REACHING, A BLACK NYLON HOLSTER CONTAINING A .9 MILLIMETER HIGH POINT SEMI-AUTOMATIC PISTOL, WHICH WAS UNDERNEATH A FOLDED PAIR OF JEANS CONCEALED FROM MY VIEW. I THEN FOUND IN-BETWEEN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND CONSOLE, A SMALL PINK TIC-TAC CASE WHICH CONTAINED A SMALL BAGGIE CONTAINING 20 1/2 30 MG OXYCODONE TABLETS. IN THE BACK SEAT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE DEFENDANT WAS A LARGE CAMOUFLAGED DUFFEL BAG. DEPUTY HUGHES WHO HAD ARRIVED ON SCENE INDICATED THAT IT APPEARED TO BE THE DUFFEL BAG THAT WAS TAKEN FROM THE PRIOR REPORTED BURGLARY CASE 10050197. DEPUTY HUGHES WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE BAG DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS THE DEPUTY THAT TOOK THE REPORT. INSIDE THE DUFFEL BAG WAS LOCATED A NYLON CASE CONTAINING A PAINT BALL GUN, A SET OF BINOCULARS IN A NYLON CASE, NUMEROUS ITEMS OF CLOTHING, AND A NYLON CASE CONTAINING A SONY DIGITAL CAMCORDER. AT THAT TIME I ASKED DEPUTY HUGHES TO CONTACT THE VICTIMS FROM HIS CASE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER THE VICTIM IN THAT CASE ARRIVED ON SCENE. SHE WAS SHOWN THE ITEMS THAT WERE IN THE BAG AS WELL AS THE FIREARM THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS CONCEALING. SHE IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE ITEMS AS BEING PROPERTY STOLEN DURING THAT BURGLARY. THE ITEMS WILL BE TAKEN INTO EVIDENCE FOR PROCESSING BEFORE BEING RETURNED TO THE OWNER. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, DETECTIVE FARKAS WHO WAS THE ON-CALL PROPERTY CRIMES DETECTIVE WAS NOTIFIED. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY HUGHES. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, DETECTIVE FARKAS MET WITH ME. WE THEN CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR CALLAHAN. HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS TO WHICH HE INDICATED HE DID UNDERSTAND EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HIS RIGHTS. DURING THE INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED ABOUT THE FIREARM AT WHICH TIME HE STATED IT WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY SOMEONE FOR PROTECTION; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT WISH TO GIVE UP THE NAME OF THE SUBJECT THAT GAVE HIM THE FIREARM. HE TOLD ME THAT UPON INITIATING THE TRAFFIC STOP HE GRABBED THE FIREARM AND BEGAN TO HIDE IT UNDERNEATH THE JEANS. HE THEN STATED "I KNOW I SHOULDN'T OF HAD A GUN, I MESSED UP". HE WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT ALL OF THE ITEMS IN THE CAMOUFLAGED BAG, AND HE STATED THAT HE FOUND THE BAG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT HE TAKES APPROXIMATELY 10 OXYCODONE PILLS PER DAY JUST TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION. APPROXIMATELY 17 MINUTES IN TO THE INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT DECIDED TO NOT ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS AND REQUESTED AN ATTORNEY. MYSELF AND DETECTIVE FARKAS BOTH PROVIDED THE DEFENDANT WITH OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN CASE HE DECIDED AT A LATER TIME TO SPEAK FURTHER WITH US. THE INTERVIEW WAS THEN CONCLUDED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN CHARGED WITH ARMED BURGLARY, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, GRAND THEFT, AND CARRYING A CONCEALED FIREARM. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $33,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
