| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: INDORATO, THOMAS 0712 (AR11121621) 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: PUSHED A TABLE INTO THE VICTIM, HITTING HIM IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS RIBCAGE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 070711 AT APPROXIMATELY 0019 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 52 SOUTH FILLMORE STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS IN REFERENCE TO AN UNKNOWN PROBLEM. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT, MS APRIL DAWN HOFFMAN, PULLED UP TO THE RESIDENCE AT THE SAME TIME AS I ARRIVED. THE DEFENDANT WAS BELLIGERENT AND STATED THERE WERE SUBJECTS INSIDE OF HER RESIDENCE WHO SHE DID NOT WANT THERE. THE DEFENDANT ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND I FOLLOWED HER. THE DEFENDANT GRABBED A BUTTER KNIFE FROM THE KITCHEN, WHICH SHE HAD DOWN BY HER SIDE, AND STARTED TO SCREAM THAT HER DAUGHTER, MS SHELBY HOFFMAN, AND THE VICTIM, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR WILLIAM MERRITT, ENTERED HER RESIDENCE. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT TO PUT DOWN THE BUTTER KNIFE AND SHE THREW IT INTO THE KITCHEN AREA, STATING SHE NEEDED THE BUTTER KNIFE TO OPEN HER BEDROOM DOOR TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAD BEEN STOLEN. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM MS ALICIA ANDERSON, ADVISING THAT BOTH SHELBY AND THE VICTIM ENTERED HER BEDROOM BUT THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW IF THEY WERE TAKING ITEMS. SHELBY AND THE VICTIM WENT TO THE FRONT PORCH OF THE RESIDENCE AND SAT AT THE HIGH TOP TABLE ON THE PATIO WHILE THE DEFENDANT AND I ENTERED HER BEDROOM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT MONEY AND CIGARETTES WERE MISSING FROM HER BEDROOM. WHILE CONDUCTING THIS INVESTIGATION, I WENT OUT TO THE FRONT YArd TO INTERVIEW MS ANDERSON. THE DEFENDANT WAS WARNED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT SHE WAS INTERFERING WITH THIS INVESTIGATION AND THAT SHE NEEDED TO REMAIN IN THE RESIDENCE WHILE I INTERVIEWED THE OTHER PARTIES. WHILE INTERVIEWING MS ANDERSON, THE DEFENDANT SWUNG THE FRONT DOOR TO THE RESIDENCE OPEN AND ENTERED THE PATIO AND BEGAN TO SCREAM AT SHELBY AND THE VICTIM THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER WELCOME AT THE RESIDENCE. WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS SCREAMING AT THE VICTIM AND SHELBY SHE PUSHED HE HIGH TOP TABLE INTO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VICTIM'S RIBCAGE, ALMOST TIPPING OVER THE HIGH TOP TABLE. THE VICTIM HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE STOOL TO THE HIGH TOP TABLE AND WHEN THE TABLE HIT HIM, HE NEARLY FELL OFF THE STOOL. THE VICTIM IMMEDIATELY GOT OFF THE STOOL AND WALKED AWAY, HOLDING THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS RIBCAGE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK. HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPTED TO PULL AWAY AND HER ARM WAS RE-SECURED BEHIND HER BACK. SHE WAS ESCORTED TO THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND SEARCHED, INCIDENT TO ARREST, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. THE VICTIM STATED HE WISHED TO PURSUE CHARGES FOR BATTERY AND COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS SIGNED AND LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF SIMPLE BATTERY AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON A $500.00 BOND, 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* |
