| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, ADAM 0505 (AR10117358) DID CORRUPT THE PUBLIC MORALS, OR OUTRAGE THE SENSE OF PUBLIC DECENCY, OR AFFECT THE PEACE AND QUIET OF PERSONS WHO MAY WITNESS THEM, OR ENGAGE IN BRAWLING OR FIGHTING, OR ENGAGED IN SUCH CONDUCT AS TO CONSTITUTE A BREACH OF PEACE OR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 877.03. ON 101410, I RESPONDED TO 7956 W DUNKLIN STREET, IN REFERENCE TO A VERBAL DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY REEVES WHO WAS ALREADY ON SCENE. DEPUTY REEVES ADVISED THAT the DEFENDANT, MR DONALD HAMILTON, WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED, ACTING BELLIGERENT, HAD A LARGE KNIFE ON HIS RIGHT THIGH IN A HOLSTER AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO REACH FOR IT SEVERAL TIMES. MR HAMILTON WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MS VIOLET HAMILTON, THE MOTHER OF THE DEFENDANT, WHO ADVISED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0430 HOURS, THE DEFENDANT BEGAN BEATING ON HER BACKDOOR. SHE LET THE DEFENDANT IN, AT WHICH TIME, HE WENT TO THE GUEST BEDROOM WHERE TWO INDIVIDUALS WERE SLEEPING, KICKED IN THE DOOR, AND BEGAN YELLING, "YOU WILL LET THAT WHORE STAY IN HERE AND YOU WOULD NOT LET MY WHORE STAY WITH ME." SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN DRINKING HEAVILY FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN DAYS AND HE HAD NOT BEEN IN HIS RIGHT STATE OF MIND. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS 75 YEARS OLD, SHE HAD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE DOCTORS HAD TOLD HER NOT TO BE STRESSED OUT OR SHE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A HEART ATTACK. SHE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S ACTIONS HAD NOT ONLY BEEN DISTURBING HER SLEEP AND PEACE, BUT HAVE BEEN CAUSING HER TO BE STRESSED. THE VICTIM FILLED OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. THE OTHER TWO PARTIES AT THE RESIDENCE DID NOT WISHED TO BE NAMED IN THE REPORT. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED with BREACH OF PEACE AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00 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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
