| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERRARO, ALLISON 0371 (AR09108715) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON, KNOWINGLY TO DISRUPT OR INTERFERE WITH THE LAWFUL ADMINISTRATION OR FUNCTIONS OF ANY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION, SCHOOL BOARD, OR ACTIVITY ON SCHOOL BOARD PROPERTY IN THIS STATE, TO WIT: WALKING OFF SCHOOL PROPERTY AND REFUSING COMMANDS FROM SCHOOL STAFF AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 877.13. AND DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY ALLISON FERRARO, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: REFUSING TO FOLLOWING DIRECTION, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 042209 AT APPROXIMATELY 1145 HOURS, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE CREST SCHOOL REGARDING A STUDENT WHO HAD BEEN DISRUPTIVE and WAS CURRENTLY AWOL FROM SCHOOL. I WAS ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS WALKING BEHIND LECANTO HIGH TOWARDS LECANTO BUS GARAGE BEING FOLLOWED BY SCHOOL STAFF. UPON MY ARRIVAL ON SCENE, I MADE CONTACT with the DEFENDANT (CHARLES YEARWOOD, III) AND ASKED HIM TO STOP SO I COULD ASCERTAIN WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. THE DEFENDANT LUNGED TOWARDS THIS DEPUTY AND TOLD ME TO, "FUCK OFF! I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU" AND THEN WALKED OFF IN THE opposite DIRECTION. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO DISREGARD MY VERBAL COMMANDS TO STOP AS I FOLLOWED BEHIND HIM ON FOOT. AT THAT TIME, I CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE FROM DEPUTY FASS AND ADVISED HIM OF OUR LOCATION AND RETURNED TO RETRIEVE MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN JUMPED A CHAIN LINK FENCE ONTO LECANTO SCHOOL PROPERTY AND MADE HIS WAY THROUGH THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS OF LECANTO HIGH SCHOOL. THROUGH THIS ENTIRE TIME, TWO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WERE FOLLOWING BEHIND THE DEFENDANT ON FOOT AS I KEPT CLOSE BY IN MY PATROL CAR AWAITING BACKUP. THE DEFENDANT MADE SEVERAL statements TO STAFF MEMBERS DURING THIS TIME STATING HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A REASON TO GO TO JAIL AND WAS GOING TO HURT SOMEONE. THE DEFENDANT MADE HIS WAY ONTO EDUCATIONAL PATH CROSSING OVER IT IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION HEADING INTO THE COUNTY PARK, WHICH AGAIN I GAVE HIM VERBAL COMMANDS TO STOP. THE DEFENDANT STATED, "I'LL STOMP YOU IF YOU DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE." THE DEFENDANT THEN BEGAN RUNNING THROUGH THE COUNTY PARK AND I AGAIN RE-ENTERED MY PATROL VEHICLE AND FOLLOWED BEHIND HIM AS HE MADE HIS WAY TOWARDS THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX. AS HE WAS APPROACHING THE AREA OF THE GOVERNMENT COMPLEX THE DEFENDANT WAS MOVING TOWARDS A GROUP OF COUNTY WORKERS, AT WHICH TIME, I WAS NOT SURE IF HE WOULD TRY TO ASCERTAIN ONE OF THEIR TOOLS TO USE AS A WEAPON. I EXITED MY PATROL VEHICLE AND PUT MYSELF BETWEEN HIM AND THE WORKERS, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 YARDS DISTANCE AT THAT TIME. AT THAT TIME, I UN-HOLSTERED MY AGENCY ISSUED TASER, POINTED IT IN THE DEFENDANT'S DIRECTION AND TOLD HIM IF HE DID NOT STOP HE WOULD BE TASED. THE DEFENDANT AGAIN TOOK OFF RUNNING AROUND THE BUILDING and AWAY FROM ME, AT WHICH TIME, I RE-HOLSTERED MY TASER AND CONTINUED TO FOLLOW AFTER. DEPUTY FASS AND I WERE IN CLOSE ENOUGH PROXIMATELY TO ATTEMPT TO GO HANDS ON WITH THE DEFENDANT IN AN ATTEMPT TO SECURE HIM and ARREST HIM FOR DISRUPTION OF SCHOOL. THE DEFENDANT AGAIN BEGAN TO RUN OFF AND RAN DIRECTLY TOWARDS SCHOOL STAFF KNOCKING INTO A SCHOOL STAFF MEMBER AS HE PASSED BY. A SHORT FOOT CHASE ENSUED AND WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF SCHOOL STAFF AND DEPUTY FASS, THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK WHICH WAS DOUBLE LOCKED AS the DEFENDANT WAS ESCORTED TO THE AREA OF MY PATROL CAR. HE THEN STATED TO SCHOOL STAFF THAT HE WAS GOING TO FUCK HIM UP WHEN HE GOT OUT OF JAIL. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN SECURED IN REAR OF MY PATROL CAR WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. PRIOR TO TRANSPORTING THE DEFENDANT TO JAIL, I RESPONDED BACK TO the CREST SCHOOL TO GET the DEFENDANT'S PERSONAL INFORMATION AS HE WOULD NOT cooperate and PROVIDED IT TO BE VERBALLY. DURING THIS TIME AFTER SPEAKING WITH AN ADDITIONAL SCHOOL STAFF member I WAS ADVISED OF SEVERAL OTHER DISTURBANCE INCIDENTS THAT LED UP TO THIS INCIDENT, WHICH INCLUDED LIGHTING UP AND SMOKING A CIGARETTE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, GOING AWOL FROM SCHOOL STAFF ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED AT the TIME OF the DEFENDANT'S ARREST that THERE WERE SOME SCRATCHES AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLOOD, WHICH WERE NOTICED ON THE DEFENDANT'S LOWER LEGS. IT IS ASSUMED HE RECEIVED THESE MARKS when HE JUMPED THE FENCE OR WAS RUNNING THROUGH THE WOODS. THE DEFENDANT REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS DETENTION FACILITY WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. CASE CLOSED. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
