| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: NEWTON, LAURA 0459 (AR11121465) 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 PUNCHED THE VICTIM IN THE FACE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 062611, I RESPONDED TO 5760 SOUTH BOBWHITE DRIVE IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. AS I TURNED ONTO WEST MCKINLEY STREET, I WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY THE VICTIM, MS AMANDA GRUBB, AND INFORMED THAT THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT, MS ANN COOK, HAD JUST PASSED MY LOCATION AND WAS HEADED TO TWO GUYS FROM ITALY. I TURNED AROUND AND FOLLOWED A GOLD CHRYSLER SEBRING INTO THE PARKING LOT OF TWO GUYS FROM ITALY. MS COOK EXITED HER VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME; I ASKED HER WHAT HAD OCCURRED AT THE RESIDENCE. MS COOK ORIGINALLY STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN NAPPING AT HER RESIDENCE, WHEN SHE WAS AWOKEN BY MS AMANDA GRUBB (VICTIM), WHO HAD ENTERED HER RESIDENCE TO TAKE SOME OF HER BELONGINGS, BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN STAYING AT THE RESIDENCE TEMPORARILY FOR A FEW DAYS. MS COOK ADVISED THAT SHE CONFRONTED AMANDA ABOUT WHY SHE WAS IN THE RESIDENCE AND ABOUT STEALING A CELLULAR TELEPHONE FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS. MS COOK ADVISED THAT AMANDA QUICKLY GATHERED HER BELONGINGS, RETURNED THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE AND LEFT THE RESIDENCE WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT, MS ANNE COOK, STATED THAT SHE DID NOT TOUCH AMANDA, BUT SHE HAD YELLED AT HER. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM, MS AMANDA GRUBB, PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT AT TWO GUYS FROM ITALY. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH HER, SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE RESIDENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF WEEKS, BUT HAD DECIDED TO MOVE OUT; DUE TO DRAMA BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND THE DEFENDANT'S BOYFRIEND AND THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO BE A PART OF. THE VICTIM, MS GRUBB, ADVISED THAT SHE HAD KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND ANNOUNCED HER PRESENCE, ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND BEGAN GATHERING THE FEW ITEMS SHE HAD MOVED INTO THE BACK BEDROOM. AS SHE WAS DOING SO, THE DEFENDANT, MS COOK, HAD COME INTO THE BEDROOM AND BEGAN YELLING AT HER ABOUT ALLEGEDLY STEALING SOMEONE'S CELLULAR TELEPHONE. THE VICTIM, MS GRUBB, ADVISED THAT SHE HAD EXPLAINED TO THE DEFENDANT THAT THE ONLY REASON SHE HAD THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE WAS BECAUSE THE OWNER WAS INTOXICATED AND HAD LEFT IT IN THE BACK OF HER VEHICLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED AT THAT POINT, SHE WAS TRYING TO WALK PAST THE DEFENDANT, MS COOK, TO GET OUT OF THE RESIDENCE AND HAD REFUSED TO TURN THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE OVER TO THE DEFENDANT, MS COOK, BECAUSE IT WAS HER INTENTION TO RETURN TO ITS OWNER SO THAT SHE COULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. THE VICTIM, MS GRUBB, STATED THAT SHE HAD A RUBBER TOTE IN HER ARMS WITH HER BELONGINGS IN IT AND THAT SHE AS SHE WALKED PAST THE DEFENDANT, MS COOK, HAD GRABBED HER HAIR WHICH WAS IN A BUN ON THE BACK OF HER HEAD, PULLED HER BACK AND PUNCHED HER WITH A CLOSED FIST TWO TIMES TO HER LEFT CHEEKBONE. AT THAT POINT, THE VICTIM, MS GRUBB, BEGAN YELLING "STOP GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME" AS THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO DEMAND THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE. I RETURNED TO SPEAK WITH MS COOK AGAIN, WHO INITIALLY MAINTAINED THAT SHE HAD NOT STRUCK THE VICTIM, MS GRUBB, BUT WHEN I BEGAN TO ASK HER WHERE THE KNOT ON THE VICTIM'S CHEEKBONE HAD COME FROM, MS COOK STATED "WELL, I MAY HAVE PUSHED HER". I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT THE INJURY WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH A PUSH, AT WHICH, TIME THE DEFENDANT REPLIED "OK, WELL I MAY HAVE STRUCK HER, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WANTED HER OUT OF MY HOUSE". I WAS ALSO SHOWN A CELLULAR TELEPHONE VIDEO BY THE VICTIM, MS GRUBB, WHERE I COULD CLEARLY HEAR THE VICTIM SCREAMING "STOP IT GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME", WHICH WAS PROCEEDED BY THE DEFENDANT YELLING AT THE VICTIM ABOUT THE CELLULAR TELEPHONE. THE VIDEO DID NOT CAPTURE THE PUNCH, BECAUSE OF THE DARKNESS IN THE HOME, BUT IT DID HOWEVER, CATCH THE DEFENDANT CHASING THE VICTIM FROM THE RESIDENCE, AT WHICH TIME, I OBSERVED THE LARGE RUBBER TOTE THAT THE VICTIM HAD IN HER ARMS PREVENTING HER FROM DEFENDING HERSELF. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) SECURED IN MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND TURNED OVER TO STAFF. ALL PARTIES PROVIDED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WERE TURNED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) RECORDS DIVISION. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VICTIM WERE ALSO TAKEN AND WERE LATER TURNED TO THE EVIDENCE DIVISION THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
