| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ARNOLD, RODNEY 1282 (AR14-9952) 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: STRIKE THE VICTIM WITH A CLOSED FIST IN THE HEAD AND FACE AND KICKED THE VICTIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH HER FOOT IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 041914 AT 0146 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 8560 WEST BASILICO STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, TATIANA FRENCH, AND HER MOTHER, MS GINA FRENCH. THE VICTIM ADVISED ON 041914 AT APPROXIMATELY 0030 HOURS, SHE ARRIVED AT A HOUSE PARTY LOCATED AT 5149 WEST MINT POINT IN BEVERLY HILLS. AFTER RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE SHE ARRIVED IN TO RETRIEVE SOMETHING, THE VICTIM WALKED BACK TOWARD THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED ONCE BACK INSIDE THE YARD OF THE RESIDENCE, THE DEFENDANT, MS BAILEY CREECH, APPROACHED THE VICTIM, GRABBED HER BY THE ARM, AND THREW HER TO THE GROUND. ONCE ON THE GROUND, THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TO STRIKE HER SEVERAL TIMES IN FACE AND BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A CLOSED FIST. THE VICTIM STATED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES, AN UNKNOWN MALE SUBJECT PULLED THE DEFENDANT OFF OF THE VICTIM AT WHICH TIME THE VICTIM WALKED TO THE SIDE OF THE YARD SCREAMING AT THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM STATED AFTER LOCATING HER CELLULAR TELEPHONE DURING THE ALTERCATION, SHE ENTERED THE RESIDENCE IN ATTEMPT TO LOCATE THE PERSON GIVING HER THE RIDE. AFTER HAVING NO SUCCESS FINDING A RIDE, THE VICTIM RETURNED OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT YARD WHERE SHE WAS AGAIN ATTACKED BY THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT AGAIN GRABBED HER, THROWING HER TO THE GROUND AND STRIKING HER IN THE HEAD WITH A CLOSED FIST. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT WAS AGAIN PULLED OFF BY AN UNKNOWN BYSTANDER AT WHICH TIME THE VICTIM RE ENTERED THE RESIDENCE AND WENT INTO A BATHROOM WHERE SHE CLEANED HERSELF OFF. THE VICTIM STATED SHE THEN EXITED THE RESIDENCE OUT OF THE BACK DOOR LEADING INTO THE BACKYARD WHERE SHE WAS THEN APPROACHED BY THE DEFENDANT FOR THE THIRD TIME. THE VICTIM SAID TO THE DEFENDANT THAT THEY SHOULD TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT WHERE THE VICTIM ADVISED IT WENT SMOOTHLY FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE VICTIM SAID SHE ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO LET HER TALK AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT AGAIN BECAME ANGRY AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A CLOSED FIST. AFTER STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE FACE, THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT GRABBED HER ARM AND THREW THE VICTIM INTO THE BUSHES. THE VICTIM SAID THE DEFENDANT KICKED HER IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD MULTIPLE TIMES UNTIL SHE WAS STOPPED BY AN UNKNOWN PERSON. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE THEN GOT TO HER FEET AND LOCATED THE PERSON GIVING HER A RIDE AND LEFT THE LOCATION. WHEN ASKED WHY THE CONFRONTATION STARTED, THE VICTIM STATED HER AND THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME BUT HAD RECENTLY BEEN ARGUING OVER MINOR ISSUES AND WERE NO LONGER FRIENDS. I OBSERVED THE VICTIM HAD A BRUISE IN THE SHAPE OF FOUR FINGERS ON HER LEFT FOREARM ALONG WITH A BRUISE ON HER LOWER RIGHT FOREARM. I THEN OBSERVED THE VICTIMâS LEFT EYE TO BE SWOLLEN JUST UNDER HER EYE SOCKET AND HAD STARTED BRUISING. I ALSO LOCATED LARGE SCRATCH MARKS ON THE VICTIMâS BACK WHICH SHE SAID OCCURRED WHEN SHE WAS THROWN INTO THE BUSHES. ALL INJURIES WERE LATER PHOTOGRAPHED. SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE WANTED TO PRESS CHARGES AGAINST THE DEFENDANT AND STATED SHE WAS SCARED OF THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM COULD ONLY PROVIDE ONE WITNESS NAMED KATHLYN LEMANOVIS. THE VICTIM COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ADDRESS BUT PROVIDED A TELEPHONE NUMBER OF 352-257-4173. I LATER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE WITNESS SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO SUCCESS. I WAS NOTIFIED BY DEPUTY BYRD THAT THE SUSPECT WAS POSSIBLY STAYING AT 5899 NORTH SUMMER LAKE POINT IN CRYSTAL RIVER. I THEN RESPONDED TO THAT ADDRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND QUESTIONED HER ABOUT INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT BEVERLY HILLS RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED UPON SEEING THE VICTIM AT THE PARTY, SHE IMMEDIATELY APPROACHED THE VICTIM AND STRUCK HER IN THE FACE. SHE SAID SHE BLACKED OUT DURING THE ALTERCATION AND HAD NO IDEA HOW MANY TIMES SHE HAD STRUCK THE VICTIM OR HOW BAD SHE HURT HER. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THE VICTIM FOUGHT BACK, HOWEVER, I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY VISIBLE MARKINGS ON THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT STATED MULTIPLE TIMES SHE STRUCK THE VICTIM FIRST AND FELT BAD FOR HITTING HER. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE HAD DONE THIS DUE TO RECENT ARGUMENTS WITH THE VICTIM AND SHE WAS JUST ANGRY WITH THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT CONFESSING TO STRIKING THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HER BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. ALL WRITTEN STATEMENTS WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
