| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TAYLOR, TROY 0700 (AR13-4179) 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: THE DEFENDANT DID STRIKE THE VICTIM IN THE FACE AND HEAD, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 011813, I WAS DISPATCHED TO JAKEâS BAR AND GRILL, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 8501 WEST MISS MAGGIE DRIVE, HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A FIGHT WHICH WAS IN PROGRESS. WHILE EN ROUTE, I WAS NOTIFIED BY DISPATCH THAT THE TWO SUBJECTS WHO HAD BEEN INVOLVED, HAD FLED THE SCENE, AND WERE LAST SEEN ON MISS MAGGIE DRIVE. WHILE PULLING UP TO THE SCENE, I OBSERVED TWO WHITE MALES, WHO MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION PROVIDED BY DISPATCH, TO BE APPROACHING THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE BAR, AND WERE BOTH SCREAMING AT A WHITE FEMALE. ONE OF THE MALES, LATER IDENTIFIED AS DEFENDANT MR CHRISTOPHER EVAN BROWN, WAS ATTEMPTING TO SWING AT A WHITE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIM, MR WILLIAM BURCH. THE SECOND SUBJECT, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED THE SECOND DEFENDANT, MR RANDALL FITZGERALD BROWN, WAS TRYING TO PULL THE FIRST DEFENDANT FROM THE BAR. UPON EXITING MY VEHICLE AND MAKING CONTACT WITH THE SUBJECTS, BOTH DEFENDANTS INSISTED THAT THEY HAD JUST BEEN TRYING TO HAVE A DRINK, BUT THAT THE BARTENDER HAD THROWN THEM OUT FOR NO REASON. I ASKED THE DEFENDANTS WHO HAD BEEN FIGHTING, TO WHICH DEFENDANT MR RANDALL FITZGERALD BROWN STATED, âTHEY WERE GOING AFTER MY BROTHER, SO I PUNCHED HIM IN THE FACE AND KNOCKED HIM OUT.â WITNESS MS MELISSA SUNDERMANN, WHO IS A BARTENDER AT THE ESTABLISHMENT, AND VICTIM MR BURCH, BEGAN APPROACHING AND YELLING AT THE DEFENDANTS, DEMANDING THAT THEY BE ARRESTED. THE VICTIM HAD VISIBLE INJURIES TO HIS LEFT EYE, AND HIS NOSE. AFTER SEPARATING BOTH PARTIES, VICTIM MR BURCH STATED THAT WHILE IN THE BAR, THE TWO DEFENDANTS HAD ENTERED, CARRYING BEER BOTTLES. THE BARTENDER, WITNESS MS SUNDERMANN, HAD INFORMED THE DEFENDANTS THAT THEY COULD NOT BRING OUTSIDE ALCOHOL IN THE BAR, AND WERE ASKED TO LEAVE. THE TWO DEFENDANTS BOTH THEN TOOK THEIR BEER BOTTLES OUTSIDE, ONLY TO RETURN WITH THE BOTTLES CONCEALED IN THEIR JACKETS. THE DEFENDANTS THEN APPROACHED THE BAR, AND ASKED TO PURCHASE BEER. WHEN REQUESTED TO SHOW THEIR IDENTIFICATIONS, BY THE WITNESS MS ROBIN BAUER, WHO IS ALSO A BARTENDER, THE DEFENDANTS BEGAN TO CURSE AT WITNESS MS BAUER, AS WELL AS A CUSTOMER WHO WAS SEATED AT THE EDGE OF THE BAR. WITNESS MS SUNDERMANN THEN INTERVENED, AND WAS ABLE TO COAX BOTH DEFENDANTS OUT OF THE BAR. HOWEVER, THEY BOTH CONTINUED TO YELL AND CURSE. WITNESS MS SUNDERMANN ADVISED THAT SHE HAD FELT THREATENED BY THE TWO DEFENDANTS, AS THEY GOT CLOSE TO HER FACE WHILE THEY YELLED AT HER. VICTIM MR BURCH, WHO IS MS SUNDERMANNâS BOYFRIEND, THEN EXITED THE BAR, AND ATTEMPTED TO CALM THE DEFENDANTS DOWN, AND ASKED THEM BOTH TO LEAVE. DEFENDANT MR CHRISTOPHER EVAN BROWN THEN BEGAN TALKING TO THE VICTIM, AND DEFENDANT MR RANDALL FITZGERALD BROWN STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE FACE, KNOCKING HIM TO THE GROUND. WITNESS MS SUNDERMANN ADVISED THAT BOTH DEFENDANTS THEN BEGAN STRIKING AND KICKING THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANTS BOTH THEN FLED, HEADING DOWN MISS MAGGIE DRIVE OUT OF SIGHT. SHE ADVISED THAT A FEW MOMENTS LATER, BOTH RETURNED, AND CONTINUED TO YELL AND CURSE OUTSIDE OF THE BAR, AT WHICH TIME THIS DEPUTY ARRIVED ON SCENE. VICTIM MR BURCH DID RECEIVE VISIBLE INJURIES TO HIS FACE, WHICH WAS PHOTOGRAPHS FOR A CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) REPORT BY DEPUTY JAKOB, WHO HAD ALSO ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE VICTIM WAS THEN TRANSPORTED BY MEDIC UNIT 0101 TO OAK HILL HOSPITAL. WITNESS MS BAUER ADVISED THAT THE TWO DEFENDANTS HAD ENTERED THE BAR, AND HAD STARTED TO HARASS OTHER CUSTOMERS. WHEN SHE ATTEMPTED TO INTERVENE, THEY BEGAN YELLING AND CURSING AT HER, AS SHE HAD REQUESTED THAT THEY LEAVE. THE OTHER BARTENDER, WITNESS MS SUNDERMANN, THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONVINCE THE TWO DEFENDANTS TO LEAVE, YELLING AND BEING VERBALLY ANTAGONISTIC TOWARDS OTHER CUSTOMERS, AND WITNESS MS SUNDERMANN. THE VICTIM, MR BURCH, THEN TRIED TO INTERVENE, AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE TWO DEFENDANTS TO GO OUT OF THE DOOR; HOWEVER, WHEN HE REQUESTED THEM TO WALK DOWN THE ROAD, THEY BOTH BEGAN TO STRIKE AND KICK THE VICTIM. WITNESS MS BAUER ADVISED THAT AT THAT POINT, SHE CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. VICTIM MR BURCH, WITNESS MS SUNDERMANN AND WITNESS MS BAUER., ALL COMPLETED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS, WHICH WERE COLLECTED AND LATER TURNED IN TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DIVISION. THE VICTIM WAS PROVIDED WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD, BEARING MY NAME, IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND THIS CASE NUMBER, AND WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT THIS AGENCY WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR INFORMATION. I ADVISED BOTH DEFENDANTS THAT THEY WERE BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTER. THEY WERE BOTH HANDCUFFED AND DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND THEIR BACKS, AND THEN READ THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA A PRE PRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CASE CARD. BOTH DEFENDANTS ADVISED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS, AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. DEFENDANT MR RANDALL FITZGERALD BROWN ONCE AGAIN STATED THAT HE HAD PUNCHED THE VICTIM, MR BURCH, IN THE FACE, BUT REFUSED TO NEITHER MAKE ANY FURTHER STATEMENTS NOR COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT IN REGARDS TO TONIGHTâS EVENTS. DEFENDANT MR CHRISTOPHER EVEN BROWN AVDISED THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO MAKE ANY STATEMENTS AT THIS TIME; HOWEVER, DURING THE DRIVE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, HE CONSTANTLY TRIED TO JUSTIFY HIS PUNCHING THE VICTIM, STATING THAT THE VICTIM HAD STEPPED OUT OF THE BAR, AND MOVED AGGRESSIVELY TOWARDS HIM, AND THAT HE AND HIS BROTHER HAD HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO DEFENDANT THEMSELVES. DEPUTY JAKOB CONVEYED DEFENDANT RANDALL FITZGERALD BROWN, AND THIS DEPUTY CONVEYED DEFENDANT MR CHRISTOPHER EVAN BROWN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THEY WERE RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
