| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAHERA, ANDRES 0673 (A4-2690) 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, MR CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS CANNING, SHOVED THE VICTIM, MR JOEY SHAWN FROST, CAUSING HIM TO FALL OFF OF HIS BICYCLE AND THEN STRUCK HIM WITH A CLOSED FIST TO HIS HEAD AND KICKED HIM TO HIS BODY WITH HIS FEET WHILE ON THE GROUND, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 091012, AT 1817 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO CUMBERLAND FARMS IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL ALTERATION IN PROGRESS, WHERE I MET WITH OFF DUTY DEPUTY CUTLIP. DEPUTY CUTLIP ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT COME UP TO THE VITIM BY THE CUMBERLAND FARMS PUSHING HIM OFF OF HIS BICYCLE AND THEN BEGAN TO STRIKE HIM IN THE HEAD AND KICK HIM WHILE ON THE GROUND. DEPUTY CUTLIP ADVISED THAT HE SAW THE TWO SUBJECTS COMING FROM THE PARTY STORE BEHIND CUMBERLAND FARMS AND THAT HE HAD WITNESSED THE ALTERCATION IN FRONT, WHERE HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTY AND PULING THE DEFENDANT OFF OF THE VICTIM, WHERE I SHORTLY ARRIVED ON SCENE, SEE DEPUTY CUTLIPâS SUPPLEMENT TO THIS REPORT. I THEN QUESTIONED THE VICTIM IF HE WANTED TO PROSECUTE IN REFERENCE TO BATTERY, WHERE HE STATED YES. I THEN ASKED HIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED, AND HE STATED THAT HE HAD RECENTLY GOTTEN THE DEFENDANT A JOB AND THAT THE DEFENDANT GOT FIRED FROM THE JOB FOR DOING âPILLSâ, AND THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS BEEN âMESSINGâ WITH HIM FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS, AND JUST CAME UP AND âBUM RUSHEDâ HIM, PUSHING HIM TO THE GROUND WHERE HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AND PUNCHING AND KICKING HIM. I THEN HAD THE VICTIM FILL OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT AS TO WHAT HAD OCCURRED, AND HE ADVISED THAT THE VICTIM WAS âTAUNTINGâ HIM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE VICTIM HAD BURGLARIZED HIS VEHICLE. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE âJUST GOT UPSETâ AND LOST HIS TEMPER AND HE REALIZED THAT HE DID WRONG. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY. HE WAS THEN HANDCUFFED AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN READ HIM HIS MIRANDA VIA AGENCY ISSUED CARD, WHERE THE DEFENDANT, THEN MADE THE STATEMENT THAT âJOEY IS A THIEFâ WHO HAD âRIPPEDâ HIM OFF, AND THAT HE DID LOOSE HIS TEMPER AND KNOWS THAT THIS IS HIS FAULT. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE THE DETENTION FACILITY REFUSED TO TAKE HIM ADVISING THAT THE DEFENDANT IS NOW COMPLAINING OF HIS HAND HURTING AND BEGINNING TO SWELL. I WILL NOW TRANSPORT HIM TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND WAIT FOR HIM TO BE MEDICALLY RELEASED AND TRANSPORT HIM BACK FROM THE MEDICAL FACILITY. HE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED WITH A BRUISED HAND, INSTRUCTIONS FOR CARE WERE PROVIDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
