| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAMBERT, BOBBY 0480 (AR11123950) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO-WIT: UNOCCUPIED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 548 NORTH GULF AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF VICTIM, MS VIOLET POLLOCK, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: GRAND THEFT AND BECAME ARMED WITH ONE .20 GAUGE SHOTGUN AND ONE .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN, FROM THE OWNER, IN VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(2)(B). did unlawfully traffic in or endeavor to traffic in property that HE knew or should have known was stolen, to-wit: ONE NEW ENGLAND .20 GAUGE SHOTGUN, ONE MONTGOMERY BLUE .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN AND A NINTENDO DS XL, the property of THE VICTIM, MS VIOLET POLLOCK, in violation of the Florida Statute 812.019(2). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: ONE NEW ENGLAND .20 GAUGE SHOTGUN, ONE MONTGOMERY BLUE .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN AND A NINTENDO DS XL, OF THE VALUE OF $100.00 OR MORE BUT LESS THAN $300.00, 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, AND THE PROPERTY WAS TAKEN FROM A DWELLING OR FROM THE UNENCLOSED CURTILAGE OF A DWELLING, IN VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014(2)(C)(1). KNOWINGLY GAVE FALSE VERIFICATION OF OWNERSHIP OF ONE NEW ENGLAND .20 GAUGE SHOTGUN, ONE MONTGOMERY BLUE .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN AND A NINTENDO DS XL, AN WHO RECEIVED MONEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $100.00 FROM THE GOLDRUSH PAWNBROKER, VALUED AT LESS THAN $300.00, IN VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA STATUTE 539.001(8)(B)(8)(A). ON 121211, THIS AGENCY RECEIVED A REPORT OF A BURGLARY TO AN UNOCCUPIED RESIDENCE AT 548 NORTH GULF AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER. DEPUTY CLAUDE CONDUCTED THE INVESTIGATION, WHERE HE NOTED IN HIS REPORT THAT THE VICTIM, MS VIOLET POLLOCK, HAD STATED THAT BETWEEN THE DATES OF 123011 AND 121211 SHE NOTICED SEVERAL ITEMS WERE MISSING FROM AROUND HER HOUSEHOLD. SHE STATED THAT SHE KNEW FOR SURE WHEN SHE DISCOVERED HER TWO FIREARMS MISSING FROM THE BEDROOM CLOSET. THE VICTIM COULD NOT PROVIDE MUCH INFORMATION ON THE FIREARMS OR OTHER ITEMS MISSING AT THE TIME. DEPUTY CLAUDE ADVISED THAT HE WOULD INITIATE THE REPORT AND THAT SHE SHOULD CALL BACK IN AT LATER DATE AND UPDATE THE INFORMATION. ON 121411, I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE CRIME INTELLIGENCE UNIT THAT A SUBJECT NAMED MR SHAWN ALLEN THOMAS, DID PAWN TWO SHOTGUNS, ONE BEING A .20 GAUGE NEW ENGLAND WITH 25" BARREL SERIAL NUMBER NF389639, AND THE SECOND BEING A MONTGOMERY .12 GAUGE WITH 19" BARREL SERIAL NUMBER U55923, AND THAT THE SUBJECT WAS A CONVICTED FELON. SUSPECTING THAT THESE FIREARMS MAY HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN STOLEN, DETECTIVE SHARPE RAN A "KNOWN ASSOCIATES" FOR DEFENDANT THOMAS. DETECTIVE SHARPE DISCOVERED THAT VICTIM POLLOCK WAS ASSOCIATED WITH MR THOMAS. DETECTIVE SHARPE AND I RESPONDED TO GOLDRUSH PAWN, WHERE WE NOTIFIED THE EMPLOYEES THAT THE FIREARMS MAY BE POSSIBLY STOLEN. WE THEN COMPLETED A PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION PACKET, WHERE THE ORIGINAL TRANSACTION FORM WAS TAKEN IN TO EVIDENCE. THE INFORMATION ON THIS FORM WAS FILLED OUT BY DEFENDANT THOMAS, WHERE IT SHOWED THE TRANSACTION OF TWO SHOTGUNS, WHICH WERE BOUGHT BY GOLDRUSH FROM DEFENDANT THOMAS FOR $100.00 CASH. THE BOTTOM OF THE FORM WAS SIGNED BY SHAWN THOMAS AND HIS RIGHT THUMB PRINT WAS GIVEN. DEFENDANT THOMAS' IDENTITY WAS VERIFIED BY GOLDRUSH BY THE DEFENDANT PROVIDING AN OHIO DRIVER'S LICENSE, NUMBER RV480060. DETECTIVE SHARPE AND I TOOK DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS OF BOTH FIREARMS INCLUDING THEIR SERIAL NUMBERS AND ANY ADDITIONAL MARKINGS. NEXT I RESPONDED TO THE VICTIM'S ADDRESS OF 548 NORTH GULF AVENUE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MS POLLOCK. UPON ARRIVING MS POLLOCK PRESENTED ME WITH A SWORN NARRATIVE FORM, WHERE SHE ADVISED SHE HAD ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TWO FIREARMS STOLEN. PRIOR TO SHOWING HER THE PHOTOGRAPHS I HAD TAKEN, SHE DESCRIBED IN DETAIL THE TWO SHOTGUNS THAT WERE THE SAME AS THE ONES AT GOLDRUSH PAWN. THE LARGEST INDICATIVE MARKING WAS THE LETTERS "SARGE" WHICH WERE ENGRAVED IN THE HILT OF THE .12 GAUGE SHOTGUN. THE VICTIM WAS THEN SHOWN THE PHOTOGRAPHS WHERE SHE STATED THAT THOSE WERE HER FIREARMS THAT WERE TAKEN FROM HER RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ALSO INFORMED ME OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS TAKEN, TO INCLUDE A 100' ELECTRICAL CORD, BLACK AND RED JUMPER CABLES, NINTENDO DX SL AND A FOUR WHEELER MOTOR. I ASKED THE VICTIM IF SHE WAS FAMILIAR WITH DEFENDANT THOMAS. SHE STATED SHE WAS ACQUAINTED WITH HIM BECAUSE HE USE TO BE HER BROTHER-IN-LAW. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WOULD VISIT HER RESIDENCE FROM TIME TO TIME WHILE SHE WAS THERE, HOWEVER NEVER STAYED THE NIGHT. SHE ALSO STATED THAT IF SHE WAS NOT AT THE RESIDENCE, THE DEFENDANT DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO ENTER HER RESIDENCE . SHE PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHERE SHE ALSO STATED SHE DID WISH TO PRESS CHARGES FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WAS TAKEN. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEFENDANT THOMAS AT 1574 SOUTH IROQUOIS AVENUE, WHERE HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN THE BACK BY DETECTIVE RUBY. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED OF HIS CHARGES AND READ MIRANDA WARNING VIA PRE-PRINTED AGENCY CARD, HE STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT WAS SHOWN A COPY OF THE PAWN BROKER TRANSACTION FORM FROM GOLDRUSH, WHERE I ASKED IF HE COMPLETED THE FORM AND SOLD THE TWO FIREARMS TO THEM. THE DEFENDANT STATED YES THAT HE DID, BUT HE DID NOT STEAL THEM HE PURCHASED THEM. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN SEATED IN REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL AT CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I CONDUCTED A TAPED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT FIRST DENIED ALLEGATIONS OF STEALING THESE ITEMS. DURING THE COURSE OF THE INTERVIEW, I QUESTIONED DEFENDANT THOMAS ABOUT THE NINTENDO DS THAT WAS STOLEN. DEFENDANT THOMAS STATED THAT HE DOES REMEMBER SEEING THE DS AT THE RESIDENCE, HOWEVER HE NEVER TOUCHED THE DS AND DENIED REMOVING IT FROM THE RESIDENCE. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAVE HIM ON RECORD AS PAWNING A NINTENDO DS AT ABC PAWN IN HOMOSASSA ON 112911. THE DEFENDANT CHANGED HIS STORY WHERE HE STATED THAT HE HAD STAYED THE WEEKEND AT THE VICTIM RESIDENCE, WHERE HE LATER RETURNED ON TUESDAY AND ENTERED THE RESIDENCE WHILE THE VICTIM WAS NOT HOME REMOVING THE LISTED ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID SELL THE SHOTGUNS TO GOLDRUSH, AND ALSO THE NINTENDO TO ABC PAWN BROKER. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT HE DID TAKE THE ELECTRICAL CORD AND JUMPER CABLES AND SOLD THOSE ITEMS TO THE SCRAP YARD, HOWEVER HE DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT IN TAKING POLARIS FOUR WHEELER MOTOR. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL $39,000.00, 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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
