| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUNTER, JEFFERY 0441 (AR10116835) 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: THROWING A CORDLESS HANDSET AT THE VICTIM STRIKING HIM IN THE ARM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1); AND DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY HUNTER, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: INVESTIGATING THE BATTERY, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 091510 AT APPROXIMATELY 0750 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE INCIDENT ADDRESS, IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, MYSELF AND DEPUTY A CANFIELD, MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WHO ADVISED THAT HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD COME TO HIS FRONT DOOR AND BEGAN POUNDING ON IT. HE ADVISED WHEN HE ANSWERED THE DOOR THE DEFENDANT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN YELLING AND SCREAMING AT HIM ACCUSING HIM OF TALKING TO HER HUSBAND. THE VICTIM ADVISED THE DEFENDANT WAS INCOHERENT AND DID NOT APPEAR TO BE BEHAVING RATIONALLY BASED OFF HIS PRIOR EXPERIENCE WITH HER. HE ADVISED HE TOLD THE DEFENDANT SEVERAL TIMES TO LEAVE AND SHE KEPT YELLING AT HIM WHILE STEADILY STRIKING HIS DOOR. HE STATED THAT HE STARTED TO CLOSE HIS FRONT DOOR AND THE DEFENDANT THREW A HANDSET FROM A CORDLESS TELEPHONE AT HIM AND STRUCK HIM IN HIS RIGHT ARM. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE THEN CLOSED AND LOCKED HIS DOOR AND CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. THE VICTIM HANDED ME THE CORDLESS TELEPHONE THAT WAS BROKEN AND WAS LATER RETURNED TO THE DEFENDANT'S HUSBAND. MYSELF AND DEPUTY CANFIELD RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANT'S ADDRESS IN ORDER TO MAKE CONTACT. DEPUTY CANFIELD ADVISED ME THAT SHE HAD MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT APPROXIMATELY 0548 HOURS ON THE MORNING OF 091510, IN REFERENCE TO A REQUEST BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) TO ASSIST THEM. SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN ERRATIC IN HER BEHAVIOR AND HAD BEEN DEMANDING TO SEE IDENTIFICATION FROM THE PARAMEDICS. WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO OPENED HER FRONT DOOR, AND STOOD IN HER DOORWAY, AND IMMEDIATELY ASKED TO SEE OUR BADGES. WE POINTED OUT TO THE DEFENDANT THAT WE WERE BOTH WEARING BADGES ON OUR UNIFORMS AND THAT SHE HAD JUST SPOKEN WITH DEPUTY CANFIELD SHORTLY BEFORE. THE DEFENDANT REPLIED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WHO WE WERE AND BEGAN TO CLOSE HER DOOR. I GRABBED A HOLD OF THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT WRIST AND ADVISED HER THAT SHE NEEDED TO STEP OUTSIDE AS SHE WAS BEING DETAINED FOR INVESTIGATION. THE DEFENDANT BRIEFLY STRUGGLED, BUT THEN COMPLIED WITH ME. DEPUTY CANFIELD STEPPED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE TO SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT'S HUSBAND. I BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT, ADVISED HER WHY I WAS THERE, AND ASKED HER WHAT HAD OCCURRED. SHE STATED THAT SOMEONE HAD BROKEN INTO HER HOME LAST WEEK AND THAT SHE BELIEVED OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA WERE STEALING MAIL AND IDENTITIES. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD OCCURRED THAT MORNING AND SHE BECAME INCREASINGLY AGITATED AND WAS INCOHERENT IN HER STATEMENTS. THE DEFENDANT THEN BEGAN TO MOVE AWAY FROM ME AND RETURN TO THE RESIDENCE. I AGAIN ADVISED HER THAT SHE WAS BEING DETAINED FOR INVESTIGATION. I PLACED MY LEFT HAND ON HER SHOULDER TO PREVENT HER FROM LEAVING. THE DEFENDANT BROKE FREE FROM ME AND BEGAN MOVING INTO THE RESIDENCE APPROACHING DEPUTY CANFIELD FROM BEHIND. I GRABBED A HOLD OF THE DEFENDANT AND ADVISED HER THAT SHE WAS UNDER ARREST AND COMMANDED HER SEVERAL TIMES TO GET ON THE GROUND. THE DEFENDANT STRUGGLED WITH MYSELF AND DEPUTY CANFIELD FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 SECOND BEFORE BEING ASSISTED TO THE GROUND. AT THAT POINT THE DEFENDANT COMPLIED AND PLACED HER HANDS BEHIND HER BACK. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE VICTIM PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BATTERY AND ONE COUNT OF RESISTING AN OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE. HER TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 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 YOU ARE HEARING OR VOICE IMPAIRED, CALL 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
