| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DEARDEN, CHRIS 0363 (AR09109585) 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: PUSHED, HIT AND CHOKED THE VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1) AND UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: GLASS/PORCELAIN COFFEE MUGS , SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $200.00 OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 806.13(1)(B)(1.) ON 061609, I RESPONDED TO A RESIDENCE ON EAST MURRAY STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. ONCE ON SCENE, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, MS DARCY REED. MS REED ADVISED SHE DID NOT CALL BUT THAT SHE AND THE COMPLAINANT HAD A VERBAL ARGUMENT IN THE RESIDENCE. MS REED WOULD NOT STATE AS TO WHAT THE ARGUMENT WAS ABOUT BUT DID ADVISE THAT SHE BELIEVED THE COMPLAINANT WAS AT THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE, NEXT DOOR. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, WHO WAS SITTING ON THE BACK PORCH OF THE NEIGHBOR'S RESIDENCE. I BEGAN SPEAKING WITH THE COMPLAINANT, ASKING HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED. the COMPLAINANT APPEARED VERY UPSET, BUT WOULD NOT ADVISE AS TO WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND ONLY STATED SHE WANTED THE DEFENDANT TO LEAVE HER RESIDENCE. I CONTINUED TO ASK THE COMPLAINANT WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT THE COMPLAINANT WOULD NOT ADVISE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AGAIN AND ASKED HER WHERE SHE LIVED. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE LIVED WITH HER PARENTS AT 50 SOUTH LUCILLE STREET. DEPUTY HUNTER ARRIVED ON SCENE AND TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT BACK TO HER RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED NOT TO RETURN TO THE COMPLAINANT'S RESIDENCE. A SHORT TIME LATER, ANOTHER DISTURBANCE CALL WAS RECEIVED FROM THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINANT'S RESIDENCE. ONCE ON SCENE, CONTACT WAS AGAIN MADE WITH THE COMPLAINANT. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HAD RETURNED TO HER (COMPLAINANT'S) RESIDENCE AND WHILE SHE WAS THERE, THE DEFENDANT THREW A SET OF KEYS AT THE COMPLAINANT, STRIKING THE COMPLAINANT IN THE CHEST. THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER STATED THE DEFENDANT ALSO THREW SEVERAL COFFEE MUGS IN THE KITCHEN, ALL OF WHICH BROKE. THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT EARLIER, THE DEFENDANT PINNED HER DOWN BY HER ARMS AND PUSHED AND SHOVED HER ALL OVER THE RESIDENCE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DEFENDANT ALSO BEGAN HITTING AND CHOKING HER AND TOLD THE COMPLAINANT THAT IF 9-1-1 WAS CALLED, THEN SHE WOULD GET HER. THE COMPLAINANT STATED SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY INJURIES AND DID NOT REQUIRE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS.) I DID OBSERVE THE COMPLAINANTS ARMS, NECK AND FACIAL AREAS WITH NO SIGNS OF INJURY BEING OBSERVED. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED SHE WANTED THE DEFENDANT TO BE ARRESTED AND ALSO WANTED TO HAVE THE DEFENDANT NOT COME BACK TO HER RESIDENCE. I ASKED THE COMPLAINANT IF SHE MEANT SHE WANTED THE DEFENDANT TRESPASSED AND SHE SAID YES. THE COMPLAINANT PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT AT 15 EAST MURRAY STREET. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE HAD NOT TOUCHED THE COMPLAINANT. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADVISED SHE ONLY WENT BACK TO THE COMPLAINANT'S RESIDENCE TO GET HER CELLULAR TELEPHONE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN FRONT OF HER PERSON AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF DEPUTY A CANFIELD'S PATROL. DEPUTY CANFIELD TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF SIMPLE BATTERY AND ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, DAMAGE OF $200.00 OR LESS. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $750.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
