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SUBMITTED BY: TACKETT, MIKEL 0383 (AR07004356) ON 080707 AT APPROXIMATELY 2145 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 1001 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO THE COMPLAINANT ADVISING THAT HE HAD WITNESSED A WHITE FEMALE HANGING HALF IN AND HALF OUT A WHITE FORD CONVERTIBLE MUSTANG DRIVEN BY A WHITE MALE AND OCCUPIED BY A BLACK MALE PASSENGER WHO WAS WEARING A WHITE AND BLACK BASEBALL CAP. THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS LAST SEEN TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY FROM THE INCIDENT ADDRESS OF 3275 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY WHICH IS THE CIRCLE K CONVENIENCE STORE. WHILE EN ROUTE TO BOLO FOR THE VEHICLE CRYSTAL RIVER POLICE DEPARTMENT SERGEANT DECARLIS CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ONE GIVEN BY THE COMPLAINANT OCCUPIED BY TWO MALES MATCHING THE SAME DESCRIPTION AT 1001 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY. UPON ARRIVAL, SERGEANT DECARLIS ADVISED THAT THE TWO MALES IDENTIFIED AS MR STEVEN COYLE AND MR EMMANUELLE SANCHEZ STATED THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY SUCH INCIDENT AND HAD RECENTLY COME FROM THE AREA OF NORTH TURKEY OAK DRIVE. UPON DISPATCH MAKING CONTACT VIA TELEPHONE WITH COMPLAINANT, MR RONALD WHITMAN HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD PICKED UP THE FEMALE WHICH HE OBSERVED HANGING OUT OF THE VEHICLE BECAUSE SHE HAD FALLEN FROM THE VEHICLE SUSTAINING INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTING HER TO SEVEN RIVERS HOSPITAL. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HE WOULD RESPOND TO MY LOCATION AT MS ROBIN RICKETT'S REQUEST TO IDENTIFY THE SUBJECTS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MR SANCHEZ AND MR COYLE WERE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT AT THAT TIME AND AT THE TIME OF MR WHITMAN AND MS RICKETT'S ARRIVAL. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL MS RICKETT STATED THAT MR SANCHEZ AND MR COYLE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR DRAGGING HER WITH A VEHICLE AND CAUSING HER INJURIES. AT THAT TIME, I OBSERVED LARGE ABRASIONS ON MS RICKETT'S RIGHT ARM SHOULDER AREA AND VARIOUS ABRASION AND SCRAPES ON HER LEGS. MS RICKETT ADVISED THAT SHE HAD SORENESS IN HER RIBS AND A HEADACHE DUE TO HER HITTING HER HEAD ON CEMENT. AT THAT TIME, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WAS NOTIFIED AND DISPATCHED TO MY LOCATION. MS RICKETT FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE HAD WALKED TO CIRCLE K AT 3275 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY WITH AN EMPTY GAS CAN TO OBTAIN GASOLINE. MS RICKETT STATED THAT SHE ENTERED THE STORE AND WITHDREW $100.00 FROM THE ATM. SHE STATED THAT UPON EXITING THE STORE MR SANCHEZ APPROACHED HER MAKING A COMMENT WHICH SHE COULD NOT HEAR. SHE STATED THAT WHILE WALKING TO THE GAS PUMP TO OBTAIN GASOLINE MR SANCHEZ "SNATCHED" HER WALLET WITH HER MONEY AND ENTERED THE WHITE FORD MUSTANG IN AN ATTEMPT TO FLEE THE SCENE AS IT WAS DRIVEN BY MR COYLE. SHE STATED THAT SHE TRIED TO STOP MR SANCHEZ AND RECLAIM HER MONEY, AT WHICH TIME, SHE WAS DRAGGED BY THE VEHICLE. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MS RICKETT SHE COULD NOT ADVISE WHERE SHE HAD WALKED TO THE GAS STATION FROM STATING SHE HAD WALKED FROM A FRIEND'S RESIDENCE, HOWEVER AT THE TIME COULD NOT RECALL THE FRIEND'S NAME. UPON ASKING MS RICKETT'S ADDRESS SHE ASKED THE COMPLAINANT HER ADDRESS WHICH HE WAS HESITANT TO PROVIDE. AT THAT TIME, SHE ADVISED THAT SHE LIVED IN PORT SAINT LUCY AND COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION DUE TO HER SORENESS AND INJURIES. UPON ARRIVAL OF EMS THEY ADVISED THAT MS RICKETT HAD SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS AND WOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO SEVEN RIVES HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. AT THAT TIME, BOTH MR SANCHEZ AND MR COYLE WERE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE NOT UNDER ARREST, HOWEVER WERE BEING DETAINED REFERENCE THE ALLEGATIONS MAKING THEM SUSPECTS IN A ROBBERY BY SUDDEN SNATCHING AND AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A VEHICLE. BOTH MR SANCHEZ AND MY COYLE WERE THEN SEPARATED. MR SANCHEZ WAS PLACED IN THE REAR OF SERGEANT DECARLIS' PATROL VEHICLE AND MR COYLE WAS PLACED WITH SERGEANT DECARLIS. I THEN SPOKE WITH MR WHITMAN, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN A WITNESS TO THE INCIDENT. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE PARKING LOT WHEN HE WITNESSED A WHITE CONVERTIBLE MUSTANG LEAVING THE GAS PUMPS WITH A WHITE FEMALE DRAGGING FROM THE PASSENGER WINDOW. HE ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED THE FEMALE FALL TO THE GROUND, AT WHICH TIME, HE HELPED HER TO HIS TRUCK, GATHERED HER BELONGINGS AND PROCEEDED TO TRANSPORT HER TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE NOTIFYING 9-1-1 VIA HIS CELLULAR TELEPHONE. MR WHITMAN COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT ADVISING THE SAME WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MR WHITMAN PROVIDED AN ADDRESS IN HOMOSASSA AND WAS REPEATEDLY ASKED IF HE KNEW MS RICKETT, TO WHICH HE CONTINUED TO STATE THAT HE ONLY MET HER IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT. AT THAT TIME, MR WHITMAN WAS RELEASED FROM THE SCENE ADVISING HE WISH TO RESPOND TO THE HOSPITAL TO CHECK ON MS RICKETT. DEPUTY RUBY AND DEPUTY SETTLES THEN RESPONDED TO MY LOCATION TO ASSIST IN SEPARATING MR SANCHEZ AND MY COYLE IN REFERENCE TO THE INVESTIGATION. ON CALL MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVE ATCHISON WAS NOTIFIED, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE WOULD RESPOND TO THE SCENE. DEPUTY O'MELIAN RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT ADDRESS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ANY VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. AT THAT TIME, SERGEANT DECARLIS MADE CONTACT WITH THIS DEPUTY AND ADVISED ME THAT MR COYLE MADE A SPONTANEOUS UTTERANCE STATING THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE WITH MR SANCHEZ AS A PASSENGER. HE STATED THAT MR SANCHEZ WAS APPROACHED BY MS RICKETT, WHO OBSERVED MR SANCHEZ HOLDING HIS MONEY, AT WHICH TIME, MS RICKETT ATTEMPTED TO SNATCH MR SANCHEZ' MONEY. MR COYLE STATED THAT HE BECAME SCARED AND DROVE AWAY FROM THE SCENE. ALL FOUR SUBJECTS WERE RAN THROUGH FCIC/NCIC WHICH REVEALED AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR MR SANCHEZ AND REVEALED THAT MR WHITMAN AND MS RICKETT DID IN FACT KNOW EACH OTHER AS THEY BOTH SHOWED THE SAME NUMERICAL AND STREET ADDRESS ON THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES OUT OF PORT SAINT LUCY. DETECTIVE ATCHISON THEN ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WAS ADVISED OF STATEMENTS MADE BY MS RICKETT AND MR WHITMAN, AS WELL AS, THE FALSE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE STRANGERS. HE WAS ALSO ADVISED OF WHAT MR COYLE HAD STATED TO SERGEANT DECARLIS. DETECTIVE ATCHISON THEN INTERVIEWED MR COYLE AND MR SANCHEZ, WHO PROVIDED CONFLICTING STATEMENTS IN REFERENCE TO THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS. UPON FURTHER INTERVIEWING BOTH SUBJECTS IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT MR COYLE AND MR SANCHEZ RESPONDED TO THE INCIDENT ADDRESS TO PURCHASE THREE QUARTS OF ENGLISH MALT LIQUOR. HE HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT UPON MR SANCHEZ EXITING THE STORE HE WAS APPROACHED BY MS RICKETT, WHO ASKED HIM IF HE HAD COCAINE FOR SALE. MR SANCHEZ STATED HE DID NOT BUT ADVISED THAT HE COULD GET SOME. MS RICKETT WAS TOLD BY MR SANCHEZ TO WAIT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR THEIR RETURN. DETECTIVE ATCHISON WAS TOLD BY MR SANCHEZ AND MR COYLE THAT THEY WENT HOME TO DROP OFF THE MALT LIQUOR AND PLANNED TO SELL MS RICKETT BAKING SODA IN THE PLACE OF COCAINE FOR THE AMOUNT OF $100.00. UPON THEIR RETURN TO THE STORE MS RICKETT WALKED OVER TO THEIR VEHICLE, PAID MR SANCHEZ $100.00 AND MR SANCHEZ PROVIDING HER THE SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE OF A WHITE POWDERED SUBSTANCE. BOTH ADVISED THAT UPON MS RICKETT ATTEMPTING TO TEST THE COCAINE BY BITING INTO THE BAG THEY ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE THE SCENE. THEY STATED THAT MS RICKETT JUMPED ONTO THE VEHICLE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE BACK HER MONEY CAUSING HER TO BE DRAGGED. AT THAT TIME, MR COYLE STOPPED THE VEHICLE ALLOWING MR SANCHEZ TO PUSH MS RICKETT OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THEY ADVISED THAT THEY THEN LEFT THE SCENE AND WERE LATER STOPPED BY SERGEANT DECARLIS. DEPUTY O'MELIAN THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THIS DEPUTY VIA CELLULAR TELEPHONE ADVISING THAT VIDEO SURVEILLANCE WAS UNATTAINABLE, HOWEVER HE SPOKE WITH THE STORE CLERK WHO HAD BEEN SMOKING CIGARETTES OUTSIDE. HE ADVISED THAT THE CLERK TOLD HIM THAT AT NO POINT DID MS RICKETT ENTER THE STORE, HOWEVER A MAN IN A LARGE WHITE FORD PICK-UP TRUCK DID AND RETRIEVED MONEY FROM THE ATM. THE MALE SUBJECT WAS DETERMINED TO BE MR WHITMAN. THIS INFORMATION WAS RELATED TO DETECTIVE ATCHISON. DETECTIVE ATCHISON THEN RESPONDED TO SEVEN RIVER HOSPITAL AND MADE CONTACT WITH MS RICKETT AND MR WHITMAN IN REFERENCE TO FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT. UPON VISUALLY INSPECTING MR COYLE'S WHITE FORD MUSTANG A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WAS OBSERVED ON THE SIDE OF THE PASSENGER'S SEAT THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW. AT THAT TIME, MR COYLE AND MR SANCHEZ WERE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A IMITATION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. BOTH MR SANCHEZ AND MR COYLE PROVIDED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. UPON SEARCHING BOTH DEFENDANTS A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE WITH A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WAS RETRIEVED FROM MR SANCHEZ' RIGHT SHOE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE HAD A TEAR IN IT WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH A SMALL BITE MARK. A SEARCH OF MR COYLE'S VEHICLE INCIDENT TO ARREST REVEALED ANOTHER SMALL AMOUNT OF THE WHITE POWDERED SUBSTANCE LOCATED ON THE RUNNING BOARD NEXT TO WHERE MR SANCHEZ WAS SITTING. AT THAT TIME, A VEHICLE STORAGE RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND THE VEHICLE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED, AS WELL AS, THE SMALL AMOUNT OF WHITE POWDER OBSERVED. THE SMALL AMOUNT OF THE POWDERED SUBSTANCE WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE COLLECTED BUT WAS UNATTAINABLE, HOWEVER THE PLASTIC BAGGIE WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. BOTH MR SANCHEZ AND MR COYLE WERE THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. MR WHITMAN AND MS RICKETT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED BY DETECTIVE ATCHISON IN REFERENCE TO FILING FALSE POLICE REPORT. BOTH MR SANCHEZ AND MR COYLE'S BONDS WERE SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY SUNCOAST AUTO MART. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
