| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WILSON, EDWARD 0457 (AR08106335) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: STORAGE LOCKERS AND RECREATION BUILDING, LOCATED AT WHISPERING PINES PARK, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF WHISPERING PINES PARK AND THE CITRUS COUNTY GARDEN CLUB, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: THEFT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(4)(A); AND UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIMS, TO-WIT: WATER FOUNTAIN VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $350.00 AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00), TO WIT: TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIMS 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 STATUTE 812.014(2)(C)(1). ON 111208, A BURGLARY AND THEFT WERE REPORTED TO THIS AGENCY. ON 111308, I WAS ASSIGNED TO THIS CASE. MY INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT ENTRY HAD BEEN GAINED INTO THE RECREATION BUILDING LOCATED IN WHISPERING PINES PARK VIA AN UNLOCKED DOOR. ONCE INSIDE, A WATER FOUNTAIN WAS STOLEN AND TWO STORAGE LOCKERS HAD BEEN BROKEN IN TO AND MISCELLANEOUS SUPPLY ITEMS HAD BEEN STOLEN. ON 111808, AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE CALLED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ADVISED THAT THE STOLEN WATER FOUNTAIN WAS CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE BACK YARD OF DEFENDANT PAVLISIN'S HOUSE. ON 111908, I WENT ONTO AN ADJACENT VACANT WOODED LOT WHERE I OBSERVED A WATER FOUNTAIN THAT FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE REPORTED STOLEN. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT PAVLISIN WHO ADVISED I COULD LOOK ON HIS PROPERTY FOR THE WATER FOUNTAIN. AFTER CONFIRMING THE WATER FOUNTAIN WAS ON HIS BACK CONCRETE PATIO, I MADE CONTACT WITH A MEMBER OF THE CITRUS COUNTY GARDEN CLUB WHO AGREED TO COME TO MY LOCATION TO SEE IF THEY COULD MAKE A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION OF THE WATER FOUNTAIN. ONCE THE GARDEN CLUB MEMBER ARRIVED AT MY LOCATION, HE DID POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE WATER FOUNTAIN AS BELONGING TO HIS CLUB. IN ADDITION, HE DID STATE THAT HE HAD OWNED THIS PARTICULAR WATER FOUNTAIN FOR TEN YEARS AND THEN HE DONATED IT TO THE GARDEN CLUB, AND THERE IS NO DOUBT IN HIS MIND THAT THE WATER FOUNTAIN IS THE ONE THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN. ONCE I CONFRONTED DEFENDANT PAVLISIN WITH THIS INFORMATION, HE DECIDED HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH ME ABOUT THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED HE DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED ME HE HAD GONE INTO THE UNLOCKED RECREATION BUILDING AT WHISPERING PINES PARK WHERE HE SAW THE WATER FOUNTAIN WHICH HE TOOK. HE FURTHER STATED HE BROKE INTO TWO OTHER STORAGE CABINETS AND TOOK MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT ONE OF THE ITEMS HE HAD STOLEN WAS AN ELECTRIC TEA POT WHICH WAS SETTING ON HIS STOVE. THE DEFENDANT'S FATHER RECOVERED THE TEA POT FROM THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHICH I TOOK POSSESSION OF AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE GARDEN CLUB TOOK POSSESSION OF THE WATER FOUNTAIN. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY AND GRAND THEFT. HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN DEPUTY JEREMY LAUGHLIN'S PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. WHILE AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHERE HE AGAIN ADMITTED TO STEALING THE WATER FOUNTAIN AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR THE BURGLARY AND HE WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE REGARDING THE GRAND THEFT CHARGE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
