| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEATHERFORD, DAVID 0710 (AR11122214) DID KNOWINGLY UTTER, OR PASS OR TENDER IN PAYMENT AS TRUE, ANY SUCH FALSE, ALTERED, FORGED, OR COUNTERFEIT NOTE, OR ANY BANK BILL, CHECK, DRAFT, OR PROMISSORY NOTE, PAYABLE TO THE BEARER THEREOF OR TO THE ORDER OF ANY PERSON, ISSUED AS AFORESAID, KNOWING THE SAME TO BE FALSE, ALTERED, FORGED, OR COUNTERFEIT, WITH INTENT TO INJURE OR DEFRAUD ANY PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 831.09. ON 081311, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 6231 WEST LA PRIMA COURT IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT HAD ALREADY occurred. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH MS SANDRA SELVIDIO, THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED ME THAT HER DAUGHTER, MS BRIANNA LYNCH (DEFENDANT), HAD STOLEN FIVE CHECKS FROM HER CHECKBOOK. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT ON HER BANK STATEMENT THERE WERE FOUR FRAUDULENT CHECKS. NUMBER 193 WAS MADE OUT TO BRIANNA LYNCH FOR $60.00 WITH A DATE OF 080211. THE CHECK WAS PROCESSED ON 080411, BY REGIONS BANK. ALSO CHECK NUMBER 192 WAS MADE OUT TO BRIANNA LYNCH FOR $60.00 ON 061711, AND WAS PROCESSED ON 071911. THERE WAS ALSO A CHECK WROTE OUT TO BRIANNA LYNCH FOR $75.00 ON 060811, WHICH WAS PROCESSED ON 072011, AND A CHECK WROTE OUT TO BRIANNA LYNCH ON 061711, FOR $60.00 WHICH WAS PROCESSED ON 071911. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT FILL OUT ANY OF THE FOUR CHECKS AND SHE ADVISED WHEN SHE CONFRONTED DEFENDANT LYNCH SHE ADMITTED TO FORGING HER CHECKS TO OBTAIN MONEY. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT REPORT IT AT THAT TIME, HOWEVER, ON 081011, DEFENDANT LYNCH WAS AT HER RESIDENCE WHEN SHE RETURNED TO HER HOME. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM GAVE DEFENDANT LYNCH A RIDE TO HER RESIDENCE AT 850 NORTHWEST 2ND AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT UPON CHECKING HER BANK STATEMENT TODAY (081311), SHE VIEWED CHECK 214, WHICH WAS MADE OUT ON 081011, FOR $75.00 TO RAYMOND OSTEEN, DEFENDANT LYNCH'S BOYFRIEND, FROM HER REGIONS BANK ACCOUNT. she THEN INSPECTED HER CHECKBOOK THAT WAS INSIDE HER PURSE AND NOTICED THAT CHECK NUMBER 214 WAS MISSING. SHE ALSO NOTICED THAT SHE WAS MISSING A $50.00 BP GAS GIFT CARD. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM HANDED ME AN AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIMS FROM HER REGIONS BANK ACCOUNT, NUMBER 0150533207, FOR THE FRAUDULENT CHECKS MADE OUT TO BRIANNA LYNCH AS WELL AS A COPY OF ALL FOUR FRAUDULENT CHECKS THAT WERE MADE OUT TO BRIANNA LYNCH DEBITED FROM HER REGIONS BANK ACCOUNT. I THEN RESPONDED TO 850 NORTHWEST 2ND AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT LYNCH. UPON ARRIVAL, I ADVISED DEFENDANT LYNCH THAT I WAS THERE IN REFERENCE TO THE CHECKS THAT SHE HAD TAKEN FROM HER MOTHER. AT THAT TIME, I READ DEFENDANT LYNCH MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM THE AGENCY ISSUED CARD. AT WHICH TIME, SHE ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. DEFENDANT LYNCH ADVISED ME THAT SHE DID TAKE HER MOTHER'S CHECKS AND SHE DID FILL THEM OUT AND SIGN THEM HERSELF AND CASH THEM. DEFENDANT LYNCH ADVISED THAT SHE ALSO TOOK A check ON THE DAY HER MOTHER GAVE HER A RIDE HOME, AT WHICH TIME, SHE MADE THAT CHECK OUT TO HER BOYFRIEND FOR $75.00 AND HAD HIM CASH IT. AT THAT TIME, I REQUESTED DEFENDANT LYNCH TO FILL OUT A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND SHE DID. THE WRITTEN STATEMENT ADVISED "I BRIANNA LYNCH WENT TO MY HOUSE AND TOOK MY MOM'S CHECKS BECAUSE OF MY DRUG PROBLEM. WHILE MY MOM WAS AT WORK.” AT THAT TIME, I ALLOWED DEFENDANT LYNCH TO SMOKE A CIGARETTE WHILE I ASKED DEFENDANT OSTEEN TO COME OUTSIDE. AT THAT POINT, I READ DEFENDANT OSTEEN HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM AN AGENCY CASE CARD, WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHT AND STILL WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. DEFENDANT OSTEEN ADVISED THAT HE DID CASH THE CHECK THAT DEFENDANT LYNCH HAD STOLEN FROM HER MOTHER. HE ADVISED HE KNEW THE CHECK WAS STOLEN, BUT DEFENDANT LYNCH ASSURED HIM THAT HE WOULD NOT GET INTO TROUBLE. AT THAT TIME, BOTH DEFENDANT LYNCH AS WELL AS DEFENDANT OSTEEN WERE HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT LYNCH'S BOND WAS SET AT $3,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT OSTEEN'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
