| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR14-11266) KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF A 14 KT GOLD LADY'S RING, AND THE DEFENDANT GAVE A FALSE OR ALTERED IDENTIFICATION AND WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $80.00 FROM THE BEVERLY HILLS GOLD AND DIAMOND EXCHANGE FOR PROPERTY VALUED AT LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 539.001(8)(B)(8), AND did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that THE DEFENDANT knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: LADY'S 14 KT GOLD RING, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute NUMBER 812.019(1). ON 071414, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) WAS DISPATCHED TO 21 NEW FLORIDA AVENUE IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTIES MADE CONTACT WITH the VICTIM, MS MAURA GARBY, WHO REPORTED THAT SEVERAL OF HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS HAD BEEN STOLEN FROM HER MASTER BEDROOM. THESE ITEMS INCLUDED PURSES, A WII GAMING CONSOLE, A PLAYSTATION GAMING CONSOLE, AND A CANNON CAMERA. FURTHERMORE, SHE ADVISED THAT she BELIEVED HER NEW ROOMMATES, LATER IDENTIFIED AS the DEFENDANT MR GREGORY MASSEY, AND ANOTHER LISTED SUSPECT, MS TRISHA POWELL, TO BE RESPONSIBLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SINCE MR MASSEY AND MS POWELL MOVED IN APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AGO SHE HAS BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THEFT AND BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD STOLEN ITEMS FROM HER IN the PAST. ON 072114, WHILE INVESTIGATING THIS REPORT, I CONDUCTED A PAWN TRANSACTION QUERY FOR THE DEFENDANT, MR GREGORY MASSEY. I HAD LOCATED A TRANSACTION MADE BY THE DEFENDANT ON 063014 (CONTROL NUMBER 2630) AT the BEVERLY HILLS GOLD AND DIAMOND EXCHANGE FOR A LADY'S 14 KT GOLD RING. FURTHERMORE, THE RING WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING A NAME PLATE OF "MAURA," WHICH IS THE NAME OF THE VICTIM. CONTACT WAS made WITH THE VICTIM IN PERSON. I ASKED HER IF SHE ALSO HAD ANY JEWELRY STOLEN, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE DID. THE VICTIM ADVISED ME THAT SHE WAS IN BETWEEN MOVING AND HAD NOT REALIZED THAT A GOLD RING WAS MISSING AT THE SAME TIME SHE REPORTED THE THEFT. UPON ASKING THE VICTIM TO DESCRIBE the RING, SHE ADVISED THAT IT WAS A GOLD 14 KT RING WITH HER NAME "MAURA " ON IT. FURTHERMORE, THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT the RING WAS OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE AS HER MOTHER HAD GIVEN IT TO HER ON heR 16TH BIRTHDAY. AT THAT TIME, I DROVE THE VICTIM TO BEVERLY HILLS GOLD AND DIAMOND EXCHANGE LOCATED AT 3543 NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO HAVING THE VICTIM IDENTIFY THE RING SOLD BY THE DEFENDANT. UPON ARRIVING, THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED THE RING AS BELONGING TO HER AND BECAME EMOTIONAL. SHE STARTED TO CRY AS SHE EXPLAINED THAT THE RING HAD BEEN GIVEN TO HER AS A GIFT BY HER MOTHER. UPON BEING PROVIDED THE FLORIDA PAWNBROKERS TRANSACTION FORM BY EMPLOYEE ELIZABETH HOREJSI, IT WAS DETERMINED THAt The DEFENDANT WAS PAID $80.00 FOR THE RING. FURTHERMORE, THE DEFENDANT DID PROVIDE A SIGNATURE, FINGERPRINT, AND FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION REPRESENTING THAT THE STOLEN PROPERTY SOLD BY HIM WAS IN DEED HIS AND NOT STOLEN, AND THAT HE HAD AUTHORIZATION TO SELL THE PROPERTY. PRIOR TO LEAVING, AN AFFIDAVIT OF PROPERTY OWNERSHIP FORM WAS SIGNED BY the VICTIM, WHERE SHE SWORE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE RING PAWNED BY THE DEFENDANT WAS IN DEED HERS AND AT NO TIME DID SHE GIVE THE DEFENDANT PERMISSION TO SELL THE RING. AN AFFIDAVIT OF PAWN WAS ALSO SIGNED BY MS HOREJSI SWEARING THAT THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD BY THE DEFENDANT TO BEVERLY HILLS GOLD AND DIAMOND EXCHANGE. I THEN RESPONDED TO 35 SOUTH ADAMS STREET WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE with THE DEFENDANT. UPON MAKING CONTACT with HIM, HE WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR the ABOVE LISTED CHARGES. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS TURNED OVER TO CORRECTIONS STAFF. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
