| Date of birth: | Nov 13, 1981 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: CULBERTSON, CHRIS 0439 (AR12-3839) 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: GRABBED THE VICTIM AND SHOVED HIM AGAINST THE WALL, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 121512 WHILE WORKING AN OFF DUTY DETAIL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY SPEEDWAY LOCATED AT 3600 SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE IN INVERNESS, I WAS SUMMONED TO the OFFICE IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED NUMEROUS PEOPLE HOLDING BACK A WHITE MALE SUBJECT LATER IDENTIFIED AS the DEFENDANT, MR CARSON TAYLOR. MR TAYLOR APPEARED HIGHLY AGITATED. HE WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS AND DETAINED IN the REAR OF MY VEHICLE. I THEN SPOKE WITH MR DONALD CRETTY LATER IDENTIFIED AS the VICTIM. MR CRETTY ADVISED THAT MR TAYLOR WAS ASKED TO COME TO the OFFICE TO TALK TO MS REBECCA SANDERS (WITNESS). MR TAYLOR HAD ASKED WHY HE WAS NOT ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. WHEN MS SANDERS STARTED TO EXPLAIN. MR TAYLOR STARTED SCREAMING AND CUSSING AT MS SANDERS. MR CRETTY RAISED HIS VOICE TO MR TAYLOR CALLING HIS NAME, AT WHICH TIME MR TAYLOR IGNORED MR CRETTY. MR CRETTY ADVISED HE KEPT TELLING MR TAYLOR TO STOP YELLING. IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET MR TAYLORâS ATTENTION, MR CRETTY THEN GRABBED THE CENTER OF MR TAYLORâS SHIRT IN FEAR that MR TAYLOR MIGHT DO SOMETHING TO MS SANDERS. HE ADVISED AT THIS TIME MR TAYLOR GRABBED HIM BY THE THROAT. MR CRETTY ADVISED HE HAD HELD ON TO MR TAYLORâS SHIRT UNTIL SOMEONE CAME IN AND SEPARATED THE TWO. I THEN SPOKE WITH MS SANDERS, WHO ADVISED THAT MR TAYLOR HAD COME INTO THE PITT OFFICE AND WANTED TO KNOW WHY HE WAS NOT ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. SHE STATED THAT she TOLD HIM WHY LAST SATURDAY. SHE ADVISED HE STARTED YELLING AT HER AND WOULD NOT STOP. SHE STATED WHEN MR CRETTY TOUCHED MR TAYLOR AND ASKED HIM NOT TO YELL AT MS SANDERS MR TAYLOR GRABBED MR CRETTY AND PUSHED HIM HARD AGAINST the WALL. SHE ADVISED THAT WAS WHEN OTHER PEOPLE CAME INSIDE THE OFFICE AND TOOK MR TAYLOR OUTSIDE. I THEN SPOKE TO MR TAYLOR, WHO ADVISED HE WAS ASSAULTED FIRST AND MR CRETTY HAD PUT HIS HANDS ON HIM. I ASKED HIM IF MR CRETTY WAS TRYING TO CALM HIM DOWN, TO WHICH HE ADVISED NO, THAT MR CRETTY WAS CUSSING AT HIM. MR TAYLOR APPEARED INTOXICATED AND SMELLED LIKE HE HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. AFTER SPEAKING TO ALL PARTIES, I TOLD MR TAYLOR HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR SIMPLE BATTERY. I COLLECTED WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM MS SANDERS AND MR CRETTY, HOWEVER MR TAYLOR REFUSED TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT AND TOLD ME JUST TO TAKE HIM TO JAIL. MR CRETTY DID NOT COMPLAIN OF ANY INJURIES AND REFUSED MEDICAL SERVICES. MR TAYLOR HAD A SMALL LACERATION OVER HIS LEFT EYE WHICH HE ADVISED THAT MR CRETTY HAD CLAWED AT HIM LIKE A CAT, BUT ALSO REFUSED MEDICAL SERVICES. MR TAYLOR WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING. HE WAS CHARGED with ONE COUNT OF SIMPLE BATTERY WITH HIS BOND SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. MR TAYLOR WAS ALSO TRESPASSED FROM the SPEEDWAY. |
| Inmate name: | CARSON ROBERT TAYLOR |
| Arrest number: | 3839 |
| Arrest date: | Dec 15, 2012 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 784.03(1)(A)(1) |
| Charge description: | Battery |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
