| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CUTLIP, JOSHUA 0721 (AR17-22286) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE, OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A NINTENDO 3DS GAME SYSTEM, A NINTENDO 3DS GAME, AND A KINDLE FIRE; OF A VALUE OF $300.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $5,000.00, 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/HER OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, AND THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN FROM A DWELLING OR FROM THE UNENCLOSED CURTILAGE OF A DWELLING, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)(1). ON 011817 AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 HOURS, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR ERIC ALSTON, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS CURRENTLY INCARCERATED ON UNRELATED CHARGES. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, I INFORMED HIM THAT I WOULD BE INTERVIEWING HIM AND THAT AN AUDIO RECODING OF HIS STATEMENT WOULD BE OBTAINED. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, I QUESTIONED HIM IN REGARDS TO HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE WHICH ORIGINATED ON 120916. THE ORIGINAL REPORT WAS GENERATED BY DEPUTY BEETOW 0295. THIS REPORT INVOLVED GRAND THEFT WHERE THE VICTIM, MS MORGAN BENDER, LISTED AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT âERICâ AS BEING THE ONLY ONE INSIDE OF HER RESIDENCE ON THE NIGHT THAT THE THEFT OCCURRED. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE KNEW WHO THE VICTIM WAS, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY VAGUE AND NOT FORTHCOMING WITH INFORMATION. THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT COOPERATIVE WITH THIS DETECTIVE. THE DEFENDANT ONLY STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN OVER TO THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS WITH HER AND HER BOYFRIEND. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, I ASKED IF HE WAS EVER INSIDE OF THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE, TO WHICH HE FIRST STATED NO, BUT LATER RECANTED HIS STATEMENT AND ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN INSIDE OF THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE AND INSIDE OF HER BEDROOM. THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY AGITATED AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE THEFT OF THE NINTENDO 3DS GAMING SYSTEM ($150.00), 3DS GAME ($50.00), AND KINDLE FIRE ($100.00). HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT DID STATE THAT HE NO LONGER HAD THE VICTIMâS PROPERTY. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE DID WITH THE PROPERTY, THE DEFENDANT WOULD NOT EXPOUND OR PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. THE DEFENDANT THEN REQUESTED THAT THE INTERVIEW BE CONCLUDED AND STATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO TALK TO THIS DETECTIVE ANY LONGER. THEREFORE, THE INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED AT APPROXIMATELY 1856 HOURS, PER THE DEFENDANTâS REQUEST. A PHOTOGRAPH LINE-UP WAS CONDUCTED WHERE THE VICTIM POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE DEFENDANT IN THE PHOTOGRAPH LINE-UP PACKET, WITHOUT HESITATION. THE VICTIM WAS 100 PERCENT CERTAIN THAT THE UNKNOWN SUSPECT âERICâ IN THIS CASE WAS IN FACT THE DEFENDANT, MR ERIC ALSTON. AT THIS TIME, IT IS UNKNOWN WHERE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, DUE TO THE UNCOOPERATIVE NATURE OF THE DEFENDANT. I INFORMED THE DEFENDANT, THAT HE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT FROM WITHIN A RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS CHARGES. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, NO FURTHER ACTION BY THIS DETECTIVE AT THIS TIME. |
