| Date of birth: | Jul 18, 1978 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: DOWLING, THOMAS 0709 (AR16-19653)(16-73105) DID UNLAWFULLY COMMIT BATTERY UPON THE VICTIM BY ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCHING OR STRIKING SAID PERSON AGAINST SAID PERSON'S WILL, OR BY INTENTIONALLY CAUSING BODILY HARM, TO WIT: PUNCHED VICTIM GIDEON IN THE JAW AND PUSHED HIM INTO A CREEK AND PUNCHED VICTIM HEATER MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE FACE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 052916 AT APPROXIMATELY 1748 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 3740 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY. WHEN I ARRIVED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH VICTIM SCOTT GIDEON WHO WAS COMPLETELY WET AND HE STATED HE AND THE DEFENDANT, MR HAROLD BUSKIRK III, GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT AND THE DEFENDANT PUNCHED HIM WITH A CLOSED FIST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS JAW AND PUSHED HIM INTO THE CREEK. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, LOCATED AT ADDRESS 3655 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, WHO STATED NOTHING HAD HAPPENED AND THE VICTIM FELL IN THE CREEK ON HIS OWN. WHILE I WAS REMAKING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, THE DEFENDANT ATTACKED VICTIM DWAYNE HEATER. I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM HEATER WHO HAD SMALL CUTS UNDER HIS CHIN AND BLOOD IN HIS RIGHT EAR. VICTIM HEATER STATED THE DEFENDANT CAME INTO THE WOODS AND STARTED CALLING HIM A SNITCH AND PUNCHED HIM MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE FACE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK. HE WAS READ I MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT STATED WHEN HE WALKED BACK INTO THE WOODS VICTIM HEATER THREW A PUNCH AT HIM AND HE "HANDLED HIS BUSINESS." THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT WHEN HE SAW ME COMING HE KNEW HE WAS WRONG WHICH WAS WHY HE TURNED AROUND AND LET ME PUT HANDCUFFS ON HIM. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR TWO COUNTS OF BATTERY. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00, PER COUNT, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $2,000.00. |
| Inmate name: | HAROLD JOSIAH BUSKIRK |
| Arrest number: | 19653 |
| Arrest date: | May 29, 2016 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 784.03(1)(A)(1) |
| Charge description: | Battery |
| Bond amount: | $2,000 |
