| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: YERBURY, CHAD 1244 (AR16-21100) 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: MS BRANDY MAULDEN (DEFENDANT) KICKED THE VICTIM IN THE LEG AND THEN PUNCHED THE VICTIM CONTINUOUSLY WHILE MR AARON MAULDEN HELD THE VICTIM UNDER WATER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 092516 AT 1504 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO HERNANDO BEACH LOCATED AT 3673 EAST ORANGE DRIVE, IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO AN ASSAULT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR MICHAEL DECAVA, WHO STATED THAT WHILE HIS GIRLFRIEND/WITNESS, MS SHAWNA VADAS, AND HE WERE IN THE WATER AT HERNANDO BEACH, A VERBAL ARGUMENT ENSUED BETWEEN HIM AND MR AARON MAULDEN AND MS BRANDY MAULDEN (DEFENDANTS). THE VICTIM STATED THE ARGUMENT WAS OVER THE DEFENDANTâS CHILDREN SPLASHING WATER IN THE AREA. THE VICTIM STATED THE VERBAL ARGUMENT ESCALATED WHEN MS BRANDY MAULDEN KICKED HIM IN THE LEG AND PUNCHED HIM. AT THE SAME TIME, MR AARON MAULDEN ALSO PUNCHED THE VICTIM AND THEN HELD THE VICTIM UNDER WATER, AS MS BRANDY MAULDEN CONTINUED TO PUNCH HIM. THE ALTERCATION CONTINUED UNTIL WITNESSES WERE ABLE TO SEPARATE THE PARTIES. THE VICTIM STATED HE WAS STRUCK IN HIS LEFT TEMPLE, LEFT CHEEK AND LEFT JAW. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, I OBSERVED REDNESS ON HIS FACE AND MILD SWELLING TO HIS LEFT CHEEK BONE. THE DEFENDANTS FLED THE SCENE, BUT WITNESSES WERE ABLE TO GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF THEIR VEHICLE AND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. I SPOKE TO THREE WITNESSES ON SCENE AND THEIR STATEMENTS CORROBORATE THAT OF THE VICTIMâS STATEMENT. I ALSO OBSERVED A VIDEO FROM A FORTH WITNESS, WHICH SHOWED THE DEFENDANTS STRIKING THE VICTIM FIRST, HOLDING THE VICTIM UNDER WATER, AND CONTINUOUSLY STRIKING THE VICTIM UNTIL WITNESSES SEPARATED THEM. WHILE I WAS ON SCENE WITH THE VICTIM, DEPUTY GERENA (1361) AND DEPUTY WATTS (1299) MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANTS AT 1510 NORTH PAULETTE TERRACE, IN INVERNESS. THE DEFENDANTS COMPLETED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS AND WERE DETAINED UNTIL I ARRIVED ON SCENE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I READ THE DEFENDANTS THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANTS THAT THEY WERE BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR SIMPLE BATTERY. THE DEFENDANTS WERE SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WITH A BOND SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
