| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PERUCHE, THOMAS 0638 (AR11123609) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, A RESIDENCE LOCATED 7641 WEST OTTER STREET IN HOMOSASSA IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF VICTIM, WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO-WIT: BURGLARY WITH BATTERY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 810.02(1) AND 810.02(2)A; AND 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: PUNCHED THE VICTIM SEVERAL TIMES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 111911 AT APPROXIMATELY 0535 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 7641 WEST OTTER STREET HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO A BURGLARY AND BATTERY THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR ALAN THOMPSON, WHO ADVISED THAT HE AWOKE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND SCREAMING AND AS HE RAN OUT OF THE BEDROOM A SUBJECT LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR CD MICHAEL LETTIS, PUNCHED THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, UNLOCKED THE FRONT DOOR AND THEN CHARGED HIM AND PUNCHED HIM SEVERAL TIMES PLACING HIM IN A HEADLOCK AND SLAMMING HIS HEAD INTO THE WALL. MR THOMPSON ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT STATED HE ATTACKED HIM BECAUSE HE COULD NOT HIT THE GIRL. I DID OBSERVE A SMALL LACERATION ON THE VICTIM'S FOREHEAD, AS WELL AS SEVERAL ABRASIONS ON HIS BACK AND ARMS. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE INJURIES. MR THOMPSON REFUSED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. I THEN SPOKE WITH WITNESS CRYSTAL RAMSEY, WHO ADVISED THAT SHE HAD CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT SEVERAL TIMES AS HE HAD EARLIER IN THE EVENING DROPPED OFF A SUBJECT AT THEIR HOUSE AND WAS QUESTIONING WHEN THE DEFENDANT WOULD BE RETURNING TO PICK HER UP. MS RAMSEY ADVISED THAT WHEN CD MICHAEL LETTIS RETURNED TO THE HOUSE HE WAS OBSERVED PUNCHING IN THE FRONT DOOR, REACHING IN AND UNLOCKING THE DOOR AND AS MS RAMSEY BEGAN SCREAMING HER BOYFRIEND, MR ALAN THOMPSON, CAME OUT OF THE BEDROOM AND WAS ATTACKED BY CD MICHAEL LETTIS. I THEN SPOKE WITH WITNESS BERT KORTE, WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD COME BY EARLIER IN THE EVENING AND WHEN HE LEFT HE LEFT ANOTHER FEMALE SUBJECT AT THE HOUSE AND SEVERAL HOURS LATER HE CALLED CD MICHAEL LETTIS AND QUESTIONED HIM AS TO WHEN HE WOULD RETURN TO PICK UP THE GIRL. MR KORTE ADVISED THAT DURING THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION MR LETTIS BECAME IRATE AND STATED THAT HE WOULD BE THERE SOON AND HE WAS GOING TO "KICK EVERYBODY'S ASS IN THE HOUSE." MR KORTE ADVISED THAT WHEN MR LETTIS ARRIVED HE PUNCHED OUT THE FRONT DOOR, REACHED IN AN UNLOCKED THE FRONT DOOR AND AS MR THOMPSON CAME OUT OF THE BEDROOM MR LETTIS ATTACKED MR THOMPSON. MR THOMPSON, MS RAMSEY AND MR KORTE COMPLETED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS, WHICH WILL BE FORWARDS TO RECORDS. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE FEMALE SUBJECT THAT HAD BEEN AT THE HOUSE, MS KAYLA PEARSON. SHE ADVISED ME THAT SHE LIVES NEXT DOOR TO THE DEFENDANT AND DID NOT WISH TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS AT THIS TIME BECAUSE SHE WAS VERY AFRAID OF MR LETTIS AND FEARED RETALIATION IF SHE MADE ANY STATEMENTS. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH MR LETTIS AT HIS RESIDENCE. HE WAS EXPLAINED THE SITUATION AND THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM. HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR THE ABOVE CHARGES. HIS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $25,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, WHILE AT THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE THE DEFENDANT CLAIMED THAT HE HAD BEEN AT HIS RESIDENCE FROM 2200 HOURS ON 111811 AND HAD NOT LEFT THE RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT'S TRUCK WAS CHECKED AND FOUND TO BE WARM FROM UNDER THE HOOD. "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* |
