| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: VIGGIANIO, PAUL 0682 (AR09110504) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: A DIAMOND PLATED PICKUP TRUCK TOOL BOX, A RED HUSKEE 21 INCH PUSH LAWN MOWER, AND SEVERAL ALUMINUM CAR RIMS, OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), 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 OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014; AND did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: SOLD THE DIAMOND PLATED PICKUP TRUCK TOOL BOX FOR $40.00, the property of THE VICTIM, in violation of Florida Statute 812.019(1). ON 081509 AT APPROXIMATELY 1020 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 7061 WEST SEDAN COURT, HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO THE VICTIM FINDING SOME OF HER STOLEN PROPERTY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WHO ADVISED ME THAT ONE OF HER NEIGHBORS, WITNESS TWO, ADVISED HER THAT HE WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT SELL HER DIAMOND PLATED PICKUP TRUCK TOOL BOX TO WITNESS ONE, ANOTHER NEIGHBOR, FOR $40.00. THE VICTIM STATED THAT WITNESS ONE BROUGHT THE TOOL BOX TO HER RESIDENCE AND SHE WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY IT. I THEN SPOKE WITH WITNESS ONE WHO ADVISED THAT HE PURCHASED THE TOOL BOX FROM the DEFENDANT APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO FOR $40.00. HE SAID THAT THE TOOL BOX WAS IN THE BACK OF THE DEFENDANT'S DODGE PICKUP TRUCK WHEN HE BOUGHT IT FROM HIM. WITNESS ONE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE CAN NOT READ OR WRITE. WITNESS ONE ALSO STATED THAT HE SAW THE DEFENDANT SELLING UNKNOWN TOOLS ON THE CORNER OF 19 AND CARDINAL STREET just A FEW DAYS AGO. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS TWO WHO STATED THAT HE WAS THERE WHEN THE DEFENDANT SOLD THE TOOL BOX TO WITNESS ONE FOR $40.00 APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO. I THEN WENT TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHERE DEPUTY PERUCHE HAD ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. DEPUTY PERUCHE SAID that THE DEFENDANT CAME TO HIS FRONT DOOR AND UPON EXITING THE RESIDENCE STATED "WE HAVE A PROBLEM HERE, DON'T WE." DEPUTY PERUCHE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF HIS RIGHTS VIA AGENCY ISSUED CARD. THE DEFENDANT WAIVED THESE RIGHTS and AGREED TO SPEAK WITH US IN REFERENCE TO THIS CASE. DEPUTY PERUCHE SAID THAT THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO TAKING THE DIAMOND PLATED PICKUP TOOLBOX, A RED HUSKEE 21 INCH PUSH LAWNMOWER AND SEVERAL ALUMINUM CAR RIMS, FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT THE VICTIM HAD MOVED OUT OF THE RESIDENCE AND ABANDONED THE PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADMITTED TO DEPUTY PERUCHE THAT HE SOLD THE TOOL BOX FOR $40.00 TO WITNESS ONE. DEPUTY PERUCHE COLLECTED A WRITTEN statement FROM THE DEFENDANT STATING THE ABOVE. THIS STATEMENT WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR THE ABOVE CHARGES, HANDCUFFED BEHIND THE BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED), AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. THE BOND AMOUNT WAS SET AT $7,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
