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approached the red light at Hwy. 19 and W. Grover Cleveland, the vehicle failed to make a meowner’s son who admitted to having downloaded images or videos depicting child por-
nography, the report stated. He told detectives that he has a problem and is aware that child
complete stop before turning right onto Highway 19.
pornography is against the law. According to the report, the youth said that he’s aroused by
When the emergency equipment and spotlight was activated for a
pre-teen children and he needs help, but he has never touched a child and would never touch
traffic stop, the deputies noticed that the front seat passenger (Elliott) was
a child because he would not allow himself to. He said he is stronger than his urges, accord-
not wearing his safety belt. The vehicle turned right onto W. Homosassa
ing to the report.
Trail, and while the vehicle rolled slowly, Elliott ducked down, several
The detective told the youth that she’d been able to browse his shared folder and
times, making movements, the deputy reported, consistent with concealing
see the files which were available for downloading. She showed him several browse lists
a weapon or contraband. The vehicle came to a stop in the parking lot of the
that he said looked like his files, the report stated. He said he had not created the files, that
State Farm Insurance office.
they were pictures of children modeling. The detective explained that she had been able to
As one of the deputies approached the passenger side of the ve-
download the files, which made him a distributor of child pornography. Concar said that
hicle, Elliott was reaching underneath the passenger seat, so the deputy
he’d forgotten, that if you leave files in the share folder, they could be uploaded by anyone
ordered him to show his hands, and he complied. As Elliott stepped out of
the vehicle, the deputy reported that he noticed a bulge in Elliott’s right front pocket that was in the peer-to-peer network.
During the interview, the youth told the detective that he had a small amount of
consistent with a weapon, so the officer asked Elliott if he could pat him down and Elliott
consented. Instead of a weapon, the deputy found a metal cannister “commonly used for marijuana in his room under the computer tower. The cannabis was located, along with a
transporting pills or narcotics,” the report stated. Inside the canister was ten 22 mg. alpra- smoking “bong” which was found beside the computer.
One of the detectives previewed the youth’s computer and found “multiple files
zolam tablets (schedule IV narcotic). Elliott was placed into handcuffs.
The report stated, that as the driver (William Roddenberry) had access to whatever depicting child sexual abuse and/or exploitation,” the report stated.
Several computers, the cannabis (approximately 7.5 grams) and several other un-
Elliott had placed under the seat, he was asked to exit the vehicle.
Under the front passenger seat where Elliott had been sitting, deputies found an specified items were taken into custody. The report stated, that as the youth had more than 23
unlabeled yellow pill bottle that contained 32 suboxone 8 mg. tablets (schedule III narcotic), images depicting child pornography, his charge can be enhanced to a second degree felony.
Concar was charged with knowingly possessing 23 photos/videos of child pornog-
along with two plastic baggies, one which contained ten oxycodone 30 mg. tablets; the other
bag contained six oxycodone 30 mg. tablets. Another unlabeled pill bottle contained twenty raphy, knowingly promoting sexual, possession of less than 20 grams of cannabis and pos-
alprazolam 2 mg. tablets and two alprazolam 1 mg. tablets. In a separate plastic baggie were session of drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $121,000.
numerous over-the counter psuedoephedrine tabets: forty 120 mg. tablets, ninety-six 30 mg.
Hernando man arrested for removing monitoring device
tables and ten 240 mg. tablets, a total weight of 10 mg., “which was more than can be sold at
An anonymous tip to the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office, May 14, ended with the
any retail store at any time,” the report stated, “a listed chemical and an essential part in the
arrest of a Hernando man for removing an electronic monitoring device. John A Muller, 38,
manufacturing of methamphetamine.”
3460 N. Ventura Village circle, Apt. A, was arrested around 8:49 p.m. on the felony charge.
Deputies also found two packages of lithium batteries on the front passenger floor-
According to the report, the device had been placed by authorities in Pinellas
board, “which Mr. Elliottjust fromthe
had purchased Walgreen’s,” report stated. The report County after Muller had been arrested for driving under the influence on April 27. The
also stated that lithium batteries are “a known component, essential to the process of manu-
ankle monotoring device had been placed on Muller on May 3, in lieu of a jail sentence, and
facturing methamphetamines.”
P.O .447 Muller was supposed to wear the device until August 29 (2010). The report also stated that
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Elliott told the deputies that he did not have prescriptions for the narcotic pills, that
them onThe reportstated that admitted Muller had absconded on May 13, which was the day he removed the device from his ankle.
the street.” also Elliott to being “familiar
he’d “got
A Citrus deputy arrived at Muller’s residence and knocked on the front door. Mull-
with the process of how to manufacture
methamphetamines.”
er stated, “I’m just going to turn myself in and get it over with,” then opened the door and
Elliott wastheFacility where he was
transported to Citrus County Detention
of possess/distribute letdeputy in. Muller said, “I know I broke the law; I cut that monitoring device off my
the
charged with possession a controlled substance and listed chemical
ankle because I just couldn’t take having it on anymore.” The report stated that Muller was,
knowing reasonable cause. His total bond was set at $10,000.
“very intoxicated and continued talking about the electronic monitoring device.” He said
According to the report, upon questioning, Roddenberry told deputies that the pseu-
he’d cut the device off, around May 13, with a pair of wire cutters and had left it in a mail-
doephedrine pills belonged to Elliott and that Elliott “did manufacture methamphetamines.”
box at 2440 E. Verde Court in Hernando.
Roddenberry told deputies that he gave Elliott a ride to Walgreen’s pharmacy so that he
Muller provided a business card for a deputy with the Pinelllas County Sheriff’s
could purchase the lithium batteries “for use in the manufacturing process of methamphet-
Office, and the Citrus deputy contacted her. She explained that she had tracked the device,
amines,” the report stated. He said that Elliott had placed the items under the seat, after the
using GPS, to the area of E. Verde Ct. and N. Fatima Ave. in Hernando and had been at-
emergency light on the patrol vehicle had been activated.
tempting to locate Muller. Muller was arrested for tampering with an electronic monitoring
device and transported to the Citrus Detention Facility where his bond was set at $2,000.
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