| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR09111616) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: STOLEN CHECKS CASHED FOR A TOTAL OF $632.00 BEING OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), TO WIT: ACTUAL VALUE OF $632.00, 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(2)C(1) DID THEN AND THERE UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY UTTER AND PUBLISH AS TRUE CERTAIN FALSE, ALTERED OR FORGED WRITTEN ORDERS FOR MONEY, TO WIT: FORGED THE VICTIM'S SIGNATURE ON SIX CHECKS TOTALING $632.00 WHICH THE DEFENDANT DID CASH AND DID RECEIVE THE MONEY, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT SAID WRITTEN ORDERS FOR MONEY WERE FALSE, ALTERED OR FORGED, SAID CHECKS BEING PASSED WITH THE INTENT THEN AND THERE TO INJURE AND DEFRAUD THE VICTIM, AND DIVERSE OTHER PERSONS TO THE STATE ATTORNEY UNKNOWN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 831.09 ON 102009 THE VICTIM REPORTED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE THAT SOMEONE HAD FRAUDULENTLY CASHED CHECKS UNDER HER BANK OF AMERICA CHECKING ACCOUNT. ON 102109 DEPUTY HAYNES HAD RECEIVED CORRESPONDENCE FROM BANK OF AMERICA WITH PHOTOGRAPHS FROM VARIOUS BANK OF AMERICA SECURITY CAMERAS, IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT WAS PHOTOGRAPHED CASHING THE STOLEN CHECKS FROM THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM DID RESPOND TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OPERATION'S CENTER AND PROVIDED DEPUTY HAYNES WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT AND ALSO A DIGITAL RECORDED STATEMENT. THE VICTIM ADVISED AT NO POINT IN TIME DID THE DEFENDANT, MR IAN CLIFTON, OR THE OTHER FEMALE SUSPECT, EVER HAVE PERMISSION TO USE ANY OF HER CHECKS NOR DID SHE EVER WRITE ANY CHECKS TO THE FEMALE SUSPECT OR THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE DEFENDANT IN THE BANK OF AMERICA SECURITY PHOTOGRAPHS AS THAT OF MR IAN CLIFTON. ALL THE COPIES OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE ALONG WITH THE COPIES OF THE STOLEN CHECKS WERE TURNED OVER TO EVIDENCE AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE DEFENDANT; HE DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THIS DEPUTY. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHOSE IDENTIFICATION WAS VERIFIED THROUGH HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS THAT OF MR IAN CLIFTON, HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. IN SPEAKING WITH MR CLIFTON, HE WAS PROVIDED WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN EVIDENCE WHICH BANK OF AMERICA HAD PROVIDED TO THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY HAYNES. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT HE AND THE FEMALE SUSPECT HAD STOLEN THE CHECKS FROM THE VICTIM AND THAT THE FEMALE SUSPECT HAD FORGED THE VICTIM'S NAME AND THAT HE AND THE FEMALE SUSPECT HAD USED A THIRD PARTY TO DEPOSIT THE CHECKS DUE TO THE FACT THEY DID NOT HAVE A CHECKING ACCOUNT. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE FEMALE SUSPECT DID KNOW THE CHECKS WERE STOLEN AND SHE HAD SIGNED ALL OF THE CHECKS. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO FILL OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, HOWEVER, AND THEN RECANTED HIS STATEMENTS, STATING THAT THE FEMALE SUSPECT DID NOT KNOW THE CHECKS WERE STOLEN. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF GRAND THEFT $2,000.00 BOND AND SIX COUNTS OF UTTERING FORGED BILL, CHECK, DRAFT OR DOCUMENT WITH BOND SET AT $6,000.00. ALL EVIDENCE AND DEFENDANT'S SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WILL BE TURNED OVER TO EVIDENCE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
