| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, ROY 0421 (AR11118809) DID UNLAWFULLY ENTER OR REMAIN IN A CERTAIN STRUCTURE OR CURTILAGE THEREOF, TO WIT: A RESIDENCE, LOCATED AT 204 SOUTH PLEASANT GROVE ROAD IN INVERNESS, IN THE COUNTY AND STATE AFORESAID, THE PROPERTY OF MS RACHEL ROBSON (COMPLAINANT), WITHOUT SAID PERSON'S CONSENT, WITH THE INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO WIT: BATTERY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 810.02(3)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY COMMIT BATTERY UPON THE VICTIM, MICHAEL DAGGSTINO, BY ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCHING OR STRIKING SAID PERSON AGAINST SAID PERSON'S WILL, OR BY INTENTIONALLY CAUSING BODILY HARM, TO WIT: THREW THE VICTIM ONTO THE COUCH AND PROCEEDED TO HIT THE VICTIM, A JUVENILE, IN THE HEAD WITH HIS HAND, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF 204 SOUTH PLEASANT GROVE ROAD IN REFERENCE TO A REPORTED BATTERY THAT JUST OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AND THE COMPLAINANT, MS RACHEL ROBSON, WHO ADVISED THAT A NEIGHBOR WHO HAS HAD CONFRONTATIONS WITH HER SON IN THE PAST WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF HER APARTMENT IN WHICH SHE AND HER SON WERE INSIDE. ONCE THE DOOR WAS OPENED BY THE VICTIM, THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT, MR CLEVELAND HARRIS, PUSHED HIS WAY INTO THE RESIDENCE AND THEN PUSHED THE VICTIM ONTO THE COUCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROOM APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET. AT THE COUCH, THE DEFENDANT PROCEEDED TO STRIKE THE VICTIM SEVERAL TIMES IN THE HEAD WITH AN OPEN HAND, AT WHICH POINT, THE COMPLAINANT ORDERED THE SUSPECT OUT OF THE RESIDENCE ULTIMATELY HAVING TO PUSH HIM OUT OF THE RESIDENCE. AT THAT POINT, SHE CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO). THE VICTIM SAID THAT HE AND THE DEFENDANT HAD WORDS OUTSIDE WHILE HE WAS GETTING THE GROCERIES OUT OF THE VEHICLE FOR HIS MOTHER. THE DEFENDANT THEN CHASED THE VICTIM TO HIS RESIDENCE WHERE THE PHYSICAL ALTERCATION DID OCCUR. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED SHE DID NOT INVITE THE DEFENDANT INTO THE RESIDENCE AND ORDERED HIM OUT BEFORE PHYSICALLY HAVING TO PUSH HIM OUT OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM AND THE MOTHER STATED THAT THE VICTIM DID NOT DEFEND HIMSELF PHYSICALLY DURING THIS ALTERCATION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE VICTIM AND HE REFUSED ALL MEDICAL ATTENTION. I HAD BOTH THE COMPLAINANT AND THE VICTIM WRITE WRITTEN STATEMENTS. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT TO GET HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. HE STATED HE DID HAVE A VERBAL CONFRONTATION WITH THE JUVENILE OUTSIDE. WHEN HE WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR, HE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND WHEN THE DOOR OPENED, HE ADVISED HE THREW THE JUVENILE UP ON THE COUCH WHERE HE PROCEEDED TO PAT HIM WITH HIS HANDS NOT CAUSING ANY INJURY BECAUSE HE WAS BEING DISRESPECTED. AT THIS POINT, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT I WAS PLACING HIM UNDER ARREST FOR BURGLARY AND BATTERY. I HANDCUFFED HIM BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SEARCHED HIM. THE DEFENDANT ASKED THAT WE LOCK HIS RESIDENCE UP PRIOR TO LEAVING WHICH DEPUTY PATTERSON DID DO. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $25,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
