| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR11119484) UNLAWFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY THREATEN BY WORD OR ACT TO DO VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF THE VICTIM, COUPLED WITH AN APPARENT ABILITY TO CARRY OUT SAID THREAT, AND UTILIZED A DEADLY WEAPON, TO WIT: A FOLDING KNIFE WITH A THREE TO FOUR INCH BLADE, WITHOUT THE INTENT TO KILL, AND DID AN ACT OR ACTS WHICH CREATED A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR IN THE VICTIM THAT SUCH VIOLENCE WAS IMMINENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.021(1)(A). ON 022211 AT APPROXIMATELY 2155 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 7930 EAST SOUTHLAKE DRIVE IN FLORAL CITY IN REFERENCE TO A TRESPASS IN PROGRESS. WHILE EN ROUTE, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR ERIC V CHRISTIANSEN, HAD PULLED A KNIFE ON THE VICTIM, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JAMES CAREY, AND HAD FLED THE SCENE ON A MOTORCYCLE. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WHO ADVISED THAT JUST PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, HE AND HIS WIFE WERE LYING IN BED WATCHING TELEVISION WHEN THEY HEARD A LOUD BANG ON THE SIDE DOOR BY THEIR BEDROOM AND THEIR DOGS BARKING. THE VICTIM ADVISED WHEN HE HEARD THIS, HE EXITED THE FRONT DOOR TO CHECK TO SEE WHO WAS BANGING ON THE SIDE DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE. HE STATED HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS PERSONALLY KNOWN TO HIM, WALK AROUND THE SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM STATED WHEN HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT WALKED TOWARD HIM/VICTIM IN AN AGGRESSIVE AND HOSTILE MANNER. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT TOLD HIM/VICTIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO KILL HIM. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT PRODUCED A KNIFE FROM HIS REAR PANTS POCKET AND CONTINUED TO WALK TOWARD THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE WAS IN FEAR FOR HIS LIFE AND BELIEVED THE DEFENDANT WAS GOING TO STAB HIM WITH THE KNIFE. THE VICTIM STATED HE CALLED TO HIS WIFE TO GET HIS GUN. WHEN THE VICTIM DID THIS, THE DEFENDANT FLED THE SCENE, GETTING ON A MOTORCYCLE, LEAVING THE AREA. WHEN I ARRIVED ON SCENE, THE VICTIM HAD THE GUN IN HIS HAND. I TOOK THE GUN, WHICH WAS A REVOLVER, AWAY FROM THE VICTIM AND EMPTIED THE CYLINDER. THE CYLINDER HAD BEEN FULLY LOADED AND OF THE ROUNDS HAD BEEN FIRED. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM'S WIFE/WITNESS ONE, MS REGINA CAREY, WHO CORROBORATED THE STATEMENTS MADE BY THE VICTIM. SHE ALSO STATED THAT SHE SAW THE ENTIRE INCIDENT FROM THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE. SHE STATED SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT COME AFTER HER HUSBAND WITH THE KNIFE. BOTH THE VICTIM AND THE WITNESS DESCRIBED THE KNIFE AS A FOLDING KNIFE WITH A THREE TO FOUR INCH BLADE. THE VICTIM AND THE WITNESS ADVISED THEY KNOW THE DEFENDANT PERSONALLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NEIGHBORS OF THE DEFENDANT'S ESTRANGED WIFE AND ALSO WATCH THE DEFENDANT'S ELEVEN YEAR OLD SON. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT PRIOR TO THE DEFENDANT COMING TO HIS RESIDENCE ON THIS DATE, THE DEFENDANT HAD CONTACTED THEM, VIA TELEPHONE, LOOKING FOR HIS SON, AT WHICH TIME THE VICTIM TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT HIS SON WAS WITH HIS MOTHER AND THEY WERE NOT AT HIS ESTRANGED WIFE'S RESIDENCE. I OBTAINED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM THE VICTIM AND THE WITNESS. THE VICTIM'S STATEMENT WAS WRITTEN BY THE WITNESS SINCE HE WAS EXTREMELY UPSET AND ANXIOUS DUE TO THE INCIDENT. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT HIS BLOOD PRESSURE WAS TOO HIGH. THE VICTIM NARRATED HIS STATEMENT TO THE WITNESS WHO WROTE THE STATEMENT, THEN READ IT BACK TO THE VICTIM WHO AGREED WITH IT AND THEN SIGNED THE STATEMENT. NOTE: THE VICTIM WAS ON A VENTILATOR SYSTEM DUE TO A MEDICAL CONDITION. I MADE CONTACT WITH TELETYPE AND REQUESTED A WEST SIDE DEPUTY BE DISPATCHED TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE, REFERENCE MY PROBABLE CAUSE FOR HIS ARREST. A SHORT TIME LATER, DEPUTY REID CONTACTED ME, ADVISING HE HAD LOCATED THE DEFENDANT WHO HE HAD PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY ON MY PROBABLE CAUSE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND INFORMED HIM OF HIS CHARGES. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO GOING TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 2130 HOURS AFTER HE HAD GONE TO HIS ESTRANGED WIFE'S RESIDENCE TO SEE HIS SON. THE DEFENDANT STATED WHEN HE DISCOVERED HIS SON AND HIS ESTRANGED WIFE WERE NOT AT THEIR RESIDENCE, HE WENT TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE AND KNOCKED ON THE SIDE DOOR. THE DEFENDANT STATED WHEN HE KNOCKED ON THE SIDE DOOR, HE WAS CONFRONTED BY THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT STATED WHEN HE ASKED THE VICTIM IF HIS WIFE AND SON WERE AT THE VICTIM'S HOME, THE VICTIM TOLD HIM TWICE "GET THE FUCK OFF MY PROPERTY." THE DEFENDANT STATED UPON BEING TOLD TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY, HE TURNED HIS BACK TO WALK AWAY AND WHEN HE DID THIS, THE VICTIM FIRED A SHOT. THE DEFENDANT SAID HE THEN RAN TO HIS MOTORCYCLE AND FLED THE AREA. THE DEFENDANT ADAMANTLY DENIED HAVING PULLED A KNIFE ON THE VICTIM AND ALSO STATED HE NOT CONFRONTED THE VICTIM IN AN AGGRESSIVE MANNER. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE DID NOT CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AFTER THE VICTIM HAD SHOT AT HIM. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE THOUGHT THE VICTIM WAS ONLY TRYING TO SCARE HIM BUT COULD NOT ADVISE ANY OTHER REASON FOR NOT CALLING 911. IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THE VICTIM'S FIREARM WAS A LARGE CALIBER FIREARM AND NO CALLS FOR SERVICE WERE RECEIVED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER FOR SHOTS FIRED IN THE AREA OF THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. ALL WRITTEN STATEMENTS WERE LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS FOR INCLUSION WITH THIS REPORT. THE DEFENDANT WAS RETURNED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 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* |
