| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BARR, JOSHUA 1338 (AR16-95109) PERSON WHO FORCIBLY, OR BY THREAT, OR BY SECRETLY CONFINING, ABDUCTING, IMPRISONING, OR RESTRAINING ANOTHER PERSON, WITHOUT LAWFUL AUTHORITY AND AGAINST THEIR WILL, IN VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 787.02. ON 071216, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 6511 WEST CARDINAL STREET IN HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE THEFT THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR ANDREW CLINE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE RESIDED AT THIS RESIDENCE, ALONG WITH HIS ROOMMATE/WITNESS ONE, MS CHERYL STRAUCH. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT WITNESS STRAUCH AND HER GUEST/VICTIM, MS TAMMY BROOKS, HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE RESIDENCE WITH BAGS WHICH HE BELIEVED CONTAINED HIS PROPERTY AND HE BELIEVES THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL HIS PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE VICTIM HAS STOLEN FROM HIM IN THE PAST AND FOR THAT REASON HE DID NOT TRUST HER. THE DEFENDANT STATED UPON CONFRONTING THE VICTIM AND REQUESTING TO SEE WHAT WAS INSIDE THE BAGS SHE WAS CARRYING THE VICTIM ATTACKED HIM BY SCRATCHING HIM WITH HER NAILS. I OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY THREE SMALL SCRATCHES TO THE DEFENDANT'S CHEST, STOMACH AND LEFT ARM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT UPON EXITING THE RESIDENCE WITH THE BAGS THE VICTIM DROPPED THE BAGS IN THE GRASS BY THE STREET AND SHE AND WITNESS STRAUCH BEGAN WALKING WESTBOUND ON CARDINAL STREET. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE VICTIM HAD PREVIOUSLY STORED PROPERTY IN HIS RESIDENCE, BUT SHE NO LONGER HAD ANY BELONGINGS IN HIS RESIDENCE; THEREFORE, SHE SHOULD NOT BE TAKING ANYTHING OUT OF THE RESIDENCE. DEPUTY DOCTOR (1395) MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AND WITNESS STRAUCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST CARDINAL STREET AND LEWDINGAR STREET AND BROUGHT THE VICTIM BACK TO THE INCIDENT LOCATION TO SPEAK WITH ME. WHILE THE DEFENDANT REMAINED ON THE FRONT PORCH, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM BY MY VEHICLE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT IS CONTROLLING AND OBSESSIVE OVER HER AND HE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF HER DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE IS POOR AND A DRUG ADDICT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT EARLIER THIS MORNING THE DEFENDANT PICKED UP WITNESS STRAUCH AND THE VICTIM FROM HER RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 7090 WEST VILLAGE DRIVE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE AND WITNESS STRAUCH WANTED TO RETRIEVE THEIR BELONGINGS FROM THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE BECAUSE WITNESS STRAUCH WAS MOVING OUT DUE TO THE DEFENDANT'S ERRATIC AND UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR. THE VICTIM STATED THAT UPON BEING PICKED UP, SHE SAT DOWN IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE AND BEFORE WITNESS STRAUCH COULD ENTER THE VEHICLE THE DEFENDANT QUICKLY ACCELERATED DOWN THE STREET STATING THAT HE WANTED TO BE ALONE WITH THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE WAS SCREAMING AT THE DEFENDANT TO STOP THE VEHICLE; HOWEVER, HE REFUSED UNTIL THE VICTIM OPENED THE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS MOVING AND STATED THAT SHE WOULD JUMP OUT IF HE WOULD NOT STOP. THE VICTIM STATED AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO APOLOGIZE. THE DEFENDANT THEN RETURNED TO PICK UP WITNESS STRAUCH AND BROUGHT THEM BOTH TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE DID NOT LIVE WITH THE DEFENDANT; HOWEVER, HE HAD ALLOWED HER TO STORE HER BELONGINGS IN A ROOM AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE WAS PACKING HER BELONGINGS BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WISH TO RETURN TO THIS RESIDENCE AND DID NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY FURTHER CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT AS SHE WAS PACKING HER BELONGINGS THE DEFENDANT WAS YELLING AT HER THAT SHE COULD NOT LEAVE UNTIL SHE TALKED TO HIM AND BEGAN MAKING THREATS THAT IF SHE LEFT SHE WOULD REGRET IT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT AS SHE WAS PREPARING TO LEAVE THE RESIDENCE THE DEFENDANT PICKED UP ONE OF HER SNEAKERS AND TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD NOT GIVE IT TO HER AND SHE COULD NOT LEAVE BAREFOOT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXIT THE RESIDENCE WITH THE BAGS CONTAINING HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT QUICKLY SHUT THE DOOR AND STOOD IN FRONT IT, BLOCKING HER FROM EXITING. THE VICTIM STATED THAT WITNESS STRAUCH WAS ON THE FRONT PORCH WAITING FOR WHEN THIS OCCURRED AND COULD HEAR THE ALTERCATION TAKING PLACE THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE WAS PLEADING WITH THE DEFENDANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE DOOR AND ALLOW HER TO LEAVE; HOWEVER, HE REFUSED TO DO SO AND CONTINUED TO SCREAM AT HER THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING ANYWHERE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE THEN ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND MOVE PAST THE DEFENDANT, AT WHICH TIME HE PUSHED HER AND TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD NOT LEAVE. THE VICTIM STATED AT THIS POINT SHE WAS VERY FEARFUL AND CRYING AS SHE PLEAD WITH THE DEFENDANT TO PLEASE ALLOW HER TO LEAVE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT WITNESS STRAUCH WHO WAS STILL ON THE FRONT PORCH, OPENED THE FRONT DOOR AND USED HER SHOULDER TO FORCE THE DOOR OPEN. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM QUICKLY EXITED THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT FOLLOWED THEM ONTO THE FRONT PORCH AND CONTINUED SHOUTING THREATS AT HER THAT HE WOULD HAVE HER ARRESTED AND SHE WOULD BE SORRY. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE DROPPED THE BAGS OF HER BELONGINGS IN THE GRASS BY THE ROADWAY BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT WAS MAKING CLAIMS THAT SHE HAD STOLEN HIS BELONGINGS AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO GET IN ANY TROUBLE. I ASKED THE VICTIM IF SHE HAD IN FACT TAKEN ANY OF THE DEFENDANT'S BELONGINGS AND SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT AND BOTH BAGS CONTAINED HER PERSONAL BELONGINGS. THE VICTIM ALLOWED ME TO SEARCH BOTH BAGS, WHICH BOTH CONTAINED WOMEN'S CLOTHING AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER THEN TO COME TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE DUE TO HIS OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HER. HOWEVER, SHE NEEDED TO GET HER BELONGINGS OUT OF HIS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S OBSESSIVE AND CONTROLLING BEHAVIOR TOWARDS HAD BEEN ESCALATING IN RECENT MONTHS. SHE ADVISED ON 070916, THE VICTIM AND WITNESS STRAUCH WERE IN THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE IN HIS DRIVEWAY, ALONG WITH THE DEFENDANT . THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN AT THE RESIDENCE VISITING WITNESS STRAUCH AND UPON TELLING THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS GOING HOME TO HER RESIDENCE THE DEFENDANT BECAME VERY AGITATED AND ACCELERATED THE VEHICLE, CAUSING IT TO STRIKE A LARGE AIR PUMP LEANING AGAINST THE RESIDENCE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE. I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT ON THE FRONT PORCH OF HIS RESIDENCE AND ADVISED HIM THAT THE TWO BAGS THE VICTIM HAD TAKEN OUT OF HIS RESIDENCE CONTAINED ONLY HER PERSONAL PROPERTY AND SHE HAD NOT STOLEN ANYTHING. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE VICTIM DID IN FACT HAVE BELONGINGS IN HIS RESIDENCE AND HE STATED THAT SHE DID HAVE BELONGINGS STORED IN A BACK ROOM OF HIS RESIDENCE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE TOOK THE DEFENDANT'S SHOE IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT HER FROM LEAVING THE RESIDENCE AND HE STATED HE HAD TAKEN ONE OF HER SHOES, BUT DENIED THAT HE HAD DONE SO TO KEEP THE VICTIM AT HIS RESIDENCE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT OCCURRED BETWEEN HIM AND THE VICTIM WHEN THEY WERE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WITH THE DOOR SHUT WHILE WITNESS STRAUCH WAS SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE COULD NOT REMEMBER WHAT OCCURRED. I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY OF HIS VEHICLE AND OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE BUMPER TO INCLUDE DENTS AND SCRAPES AND A BROKEN HEADLIGHT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW THE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE REPLIED ''THAT CAR HAS LOTS OF DENTS AND DINGS IN IT, I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW THEY ALL GOT THERE''. THE DEFENDANT INSISTED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW HOW THE DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN CAUSED. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT THE DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE NEW AND THE VICTIM HAD MADE STATEMENTS THAT HE DROVE IT INTO AN AIR TANK LEANING AGAINST THE RESIDENCE OUT OF FRUSTRATION FROM HER LEAVING. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT DID ADMIT THAT HE DID CAUSE THAT DAMAGE BY STRIKING THE AIR TANK WITH HIS VEHICLE ON 070916, WHILE THE VICTIM AND WITNESS STRAUCH WERE PASSENGERS IN HIS VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE DID THAT AND HE STATED THAT HE COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ANSWER. BOTH THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED ME WITH SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS THAT WERE LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. UPON LEAVING THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE, I CAME IN CONTACT WITH WITNESS STRAUCH WHO WAS WALKING NORTHBOUND ON LEWDINGAR STREET. I STOPPED AND MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS STRAUSS AND ASKED HER ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE THIS MORNING. WITNESS STRAUCH CORROBORATED THE VICTIM'S STATEMENTS AND STATED THAT UPON THE VICTIM PACKING HER BELONGINGS (WHICH THE DEFENDANT HAD ALLOWED HER TO STORE AT HIS RESIDENCE) THE DEFENDANT BECAME VERY AGITATED AND BEGAN TO YELL THREATS AT HER. SHE ALSO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT TOOK ONE OF THE VICTIM'S SNEAKERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT HER FROM LEAVING THE RESIDENCE. WITNESS STRAUCH STATED THAT SHE WAS SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH WAITING FOR THE VICTIM WHEN THE DEFENDANT QUICKLY CLOSED THE DOOR, KEEPING THE VICTIM INSIDE. WITNESS STRAUCH STATED THAT SHE COULD HEAR THE DEFENDANT SHOUTING AT THE VICTIM THAT SHE WAS NOT LEAVING AND COULD HEAR THE VICTIM PLEADING AND BEGGING THE DEFENDANT TO OPEN THE DOOR. WITNESS STRAUCH STATED THAT AFTER THIS CONTINUED FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVERAL MINUTES SHE PUSHED THE FRONT DOOR OPEN AND USED HER FOOT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE DEFENDANT FROM PUSHING THE DOOR SHUT, WHICH ALLOWED THE VICTIM TO EXIT. WITNESS STRAUCH STATED THAT SHE DOES RESIDE AT THE RESIDENCE WITH THE DEFENDANT BUT IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OUT, DUE TO THE DEFENDANT'S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR AND OBSESSION WITH THE VICTIM. WITNESS STRAUCH STATED THAT WHILE SHE WAS WAITING ON THE FRONT PORCH SHE WAS TALKING ON THE PHONE WITH HER MOTHER/WITNESS TWO, MS BEATRICE MOSER, AND SHE HAD REMAINED ON THE PHONE WITH WITNESS MOSER THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE INCIDENT. I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS MOSER WHO CURRENTLY LIVES OUT OF STATE VIA PHONE AND ASKED HER IF SHE HAD HEARD THE ALTERCATION TAKING PLACE, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID. WITNESS MOSER STATED THAT SHE COULD HEAR THE VOICE OF THE DEFENDANT SCREAMING AT THE VICTIM THAT SHE WAS NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE AND SHE COULD HEAR THE VICTIM CRYING AND SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND. WITNESS MOSER DESCRIBED WHAT SHE HEARD OVER THE PHONE AS CHAOTIC AND FRIGHTENING. WITNESS STRAUCH ALSO CORROBORATED THE VICTIM'S ACCOUNTS OF THE DEFENDANT DRIVING HIS VEHICLE INTO THE AIR TANK AGAINST HIS RESIDENCE OUT OF ANGER AND HER ACCOUNT OF THE DEFENDANT DRIVING AWAY WITH HER IN THE VEHICLE EARLIER THAT MORNING. I RETURNED TO THE INCIDENT LOCATION AND AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. I ADVISED HIM THAT I HAD CORROBORATED ACCOUNTS FROM THE VICTIM AND WITNESS STRAUCH, WHO WERE BOTH INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY, AS WELL AS STATEMENTS FROM WITNESS MOSER WHO HEARD THE INCIDENT TAKE PLACE VIA PHONE. I ALSO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HIS STATEMENTS CONTAINED SEVERAL INCONSISTENCIES. PER CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS, THE DEFENDANT HAS BEEN TRESPASSED FROM THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE AS OF 022016, IN REFERENCE TO INCIDENT NUMBER 16-23593. ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM, THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN SNEAKING ONTO HER PROPERTY AND WATCHING HER THROUGH HER WINDOWS. AT THAT TIME I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF MY INVESTIGATION I HAD COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT HE DID COMMIT THE ACT OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT AGAINST THE VICTIM BY PREVENTING HER FROM LEAVING HIS RESIDENCE AGAINST HER WILL AND WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
