| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ALEXANDER DAWN 0561 (AR13-4029) DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY ALEXANDER, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO UNLOCK THE DOOR TO THE OARHOUSE BAR, AFTER BEING INSTRUCTED TO THREE TIMES BY THIS DEPUTY, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 010613, I RESPONDED TO THE OARHOUSE BAR, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 2581 NW HIGHWAY 19, CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WHICH WAS IN PROGRESS, AND INVOLVED MULTIPLE SUBJECTS. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN THE PARKING LOT, ALONG WITH THE PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT TO ALL BE FIGHTING. THE SUBJECTS BEGAN TO DISPERSE, RUNNING BACK IN TO THE BAR, AFTER SEEING MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS. SEVERAL FEMALES RAN UP TO THIS DEPUTY, AND WERE EXPLAINING THAT A MALE SUBJECT, WHO HAD BEEN DRIVING A GOLD IN COLOR JEEP, HAD STRUCK THEIR VEHICLES. THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGERS THEN GOT IN TO A PHYSICAL FIGHT, WITH SEVERAL BLACK MALES, AND THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE HAD LAST BEEN SEEN RUNNING NORTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19. THESE FEMALES ADVISED THAT THE BLACK MALES WHICH HAD BEAT THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UP, HAD RUN BACK IN TO THE OARHOUSE BAR. I THEN WENT TO ENTER THE OARHOUSE BAR. THE BOUNCER, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR DEBROE R BAILEY, LOOKED AT ME WALKING UP TO THE GLASS FRONT DOOR, AND THEN LOCKED THE DOOR. THE DEFENDANT WOULD NOT LET THIS DEPUTY ENTER THE BAR. I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR, AND THE DEFENDANT LOOKED AT ME, AND I ADVISED HIM THAT I WAS WITH THE SHERIFFâS OFFICE, AND TO OPEN THE DOOR. THE DEFENDANT LOOKED AWAY THROUGH THE GLASS DOOR, AND SAID, âOH SHIT.â HE THEN BEGAN CALLING FOR THE BAR OWNER. I AGAIN KNOCKED, TWO MORE TIMES. AGAIN, THE DEFENDANT LOOKED STRAIGHT AT THIS DEPUTY BOTH TIMES, AND REFUSED TO OPEN THE DOOR. I THEN KNOCKED A FOURTH TIME, AND ADVISED THE DEFENDANT TO OPEN THE DOOR IMMEDIATELY, AT WHICH POINT IN TIME HE DID SO. I WAS THEN MET BY THE DEFENDANT, AND BY THE OWNER OF THE OARHOUSE BAR. I ASKED THEM BOTH IF THERE WAS ANY REASON WHY THEY HAD LOCKED THE DOOR, PREVENTING THIS DEPUTY FROM ENTERING THE BUSINESS, AND NEITHER COULD ANSWER. I THEN ENTERED THE BAR, LOOKING FOR THE BLACK MALES WHICH HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE ALTERCATION INSIDE, DUE TO THE FACT THAT I HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT A KNIFE HAD BEEN INVOLVED. WHEN I COULD NOT LOCATE THE SUPPOSED SUBJECT BY THE NAME OF âSCUMMY,â I WALKED BACK OUTSIDE, AND PLACED THE BOUNCER UNDER ARREST, FOR OBSTRUCTING THIS DEPUTYâS INVESTIGATION. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK, AND SEARCHED FOR CONTRABAND AND WEAPONS, WHICH WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. DEPUTY TAYLOR (0700) TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WERE STILL SEVERAL PATRONS WHO WERE FIGHTING AND ARGUING IN THE PARKING LOT. AT THIS TIME, I ADVISED THE OWNER OF THE BAR TO CLEAR EVERYONE FROM THE PARKING LOT AND BAR, BECAUSE HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE CROWD. THIS DEPUTY AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPUTIES ADVISED THE CROWD TO DISPERSE IMMEDIATELY. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA A PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD, AND ASKED HIM IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, AND IF HE WISHED TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH ME AT THIS TIME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD, AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HIS BOSS, WHO IS THE OWNER OF THE OARHOUSE BAR, HAD TOLD HIM TO LOCK THE DOOR, AND TO NOT LET THIS DEPUTY ENTER THE BAR. WHEN I ASKED HIM WHY THAT WAS, HE ADVISED THAT WHEN THE FIGHT HAD BROKEN OUT, HIS BOSS HAD TOLD HIM TO LOCK ALL OF THE DOORS AND NOT LET ANYONE IN OR OUT OF THE BUILDING. WHEN I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAD CLEARLY BEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT HE HAD HAD TO LET ME IN TO THE BAR, HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS SORRY, AND THAT HE HAD NOT REALIZED THAT HE HAD TO LET LAW ENFORCEMENT IN. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD ONLY BEEN FOLLOWING HIS INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE BAR OWNER. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT VIOLENCE, WITH A $500.00 BOND SET PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT DID PROVIDE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS COLLECTED BY THIS DEPUTY AND LATER TURNED IN TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. |
