| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WILSON, JAMES 0707 (AR14-13294) THE DEFENDANT 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: THE DEFENDANT HIT AND KICKED THE VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1); ON 122714 I WAS DISPATCHED TO 3526 EAST TEEPEE LANE IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A LARGE DISTURBANCE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED FOUR INDIVIDUALS STANDING AT THE RESIDENCE AT THIS ADDRESS. THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIM, MR ANTHONY LEWIS ADCOCK, WITNESS MS AINSLIE NICOLE BARRETT, WITNESS MS RHONDA CARR BARRETT, AND WITNESS MR EDWARD LANIER BARRETT. I ALSO OBSERVED FIVE MORE INDIVIDUALS STANDING AT 3525 EAST TEEPEE LANE, WHO WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS DEFENDANT MR WILLIAM GERALDO MERRITT, DEFENDANT MR KYLE ROBERT BOUCHARD, DEFENDANT MS MEGAN ANNE EDWARDS, DEFENDANT MS ANGELA CHRISTINE CAMPBELL, AND DEFENDANT MS KAYLA ANN BOUCHARD. DURING MY INVESTIGATION, I OBSERVED THAT THE VICTIM HAD MULTIPLE INJURIES, INCLUDING A BRUISE ON THE LEFT TOP SIDE OF HIS FOREHEAD, RED MARKS AND SCRATCHES ON HIS FACE AND THROAT, AND A SCRATCH ON THE BACK OF HIS NECK. I ALSO OBSERVED INJURIES ON DEFENDANT MR WILLIAM MERRITT, WHICH INCLUDED REDNESS ON HIS FOREHEAD, RED MARKS ON HIS NECK, AND A BLEEDING BOTTOM LIP. I SPOKE WITH A NEIGHBOR, INDEPENDENT WITNESS MS DEBORAH W STRATTON, AS WELL. UPON COMPLETION OF MY INVESTIGATION, GIVEN THE FACTS OF THE OBSERVABLE INJURIES, STATEMENTS FROM ALL PARTIES AND AN INDEPENDENT WITNESS, IT APPEARED AS THOUGH THE FIVE DEFENDANTS HAD BEEN UPSET WITH THE VICTIM OVER THE FACT THAT THEY BELIEVED THE VICTIM HAD BROKEN OUT DEFENDANT MR MERRITTâS WINDSHIELD ON HIS VEHICLE. THE FIVE DEFENDANTS THEN WALKED ACROSS THE STREET AND CONFRONTED THE VICTIM AT HIS MAILBOX, LOCATED AT 3526 EAST TEEPEE LANE. THE VICTIM PICKED UP A METAL PIPE AS THE DEFENDANTS WERE APPROACHING, TO ATTEMPT TO DEFEND HIMSELF. THE DEFENDANT MR MERRITT THEN ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED THE VICTIM IN THE FACE, AND SHOVED HIM IN TO THE FENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT IT WAS THEN THAT THE ALTERCATION CAUSED HIM TO FALL TO THE GROUND, WHICH WAS WHEN THE OTHER FOUR DEFENDANTS BEGAN HITTING AND KICKING THE VICTIM AS WELL. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE FIVE DEFENDANTS WERE THE PRIMARY AGGRESSORS, AND THAT PROBABLE CAUSE DID EXIST FOR THEIR ARREST. ALL FIVE DEFENDANTS WERE SUBSEQUENTLY HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND THEIR BACKS, SECURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY IN A CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PATROL VEHICLE. EACH DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF SIMPLE BATTERY, WITH A BOND SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
