| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CREEL, JUSTIN 0661 (AR11121215) 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: PUNCHED THE VICTIM IN THE FACE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 061211 AT APPROXIMATELY 1550 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO WALLACE BROOKS PARK IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY STRICKLAND, WHO WAS ALREADY ON SCENE. DEPUTY STRICKLAND ADVISED ME THAT THE DEFENDANT, MS ELIZABETH SEXTON, HAD GRABBED THE VICTIM BY THE HAIR AND THEN STARTED PUNCHING HER. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH SEVERAL THIRD PARTY WITNESSES, WHO ALL PROVIDED ME WITH STATEMENTS WHICH ALL CORROBORATED WITH THE VICTIM'S STATEMENT THAT THE DEFENDANT DID GRAB THE VICTIM BY THE HAIR AND WAS PUNCHING HER IN THE FACE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO STATED SHE NEVER PUNCHED THE VICTIM; HOWEVER, SHE DID STATE THAT SHE PUSHED THE VICTIM AWAY FROM HER SON. AT THAT TIME, I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR SIMPLE BATTERY. SHE WAS SECURED IN THE BACK OF MY PATROL CAR AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HER BOND WAS SET AT $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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *not-exempt* |
