| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG C8858 (AR07100610) DID UNLAWFULLY, ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCH OR STRIKE THE VICTIM AGAINST HIS WILL OR INTENTIONALLY CAUSE BODILY HARM TO SAID PERSON, AND IN THE COMMISSION OF THE BATTERY THE DEFENDANT DID USE A DEADLY WEAPON, TO WIT: A 2X4 PIECE OF WOOD, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 784.045(1)(A)(2) AND 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: SCRATCHED THE VICTIM ON THE NECK AND CHEST, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03.1 AND DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE OFFICER CRAIG CALLAHAN OF THE CRYSTAL RIVER POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: ARRESTING THE DEFENDANT FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 120407 AT APPROXIMATELY 2250 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 102 VALARE LANE, APARTMENT B, IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MET WITH THE VICTIM WHO WAS SITTING IN A BLUE SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE. THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE WINDOW OF THE VEHICLE WAS BROKEN. PRIOR TO SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, I OBSERVED THAT THE VICTIM'S FACE HAD MULTIPLE SMALL LACERATIONS WHICH WERE BLEEDING. THE VICTIM SEEMED TO BE UPSET. UPON SPEAKING TO THE VICTIM, SHE STATED THAT HER BOYFRIEND, DEFENDANT MR GARY CRAIG RICHARDS, HAD BATTERED HER. THE VICTIM EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD COME TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE AFTER BEING INVITED THERE. UPON ARRIVAL IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, THE VICTIM PARKED BEHIND THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE AND THE DEFENDANT GOT OUT AND APPROACHED HER. WHEN THE DEFENDANT MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM A VERBAL ARGUMENT OCCURRED OVER ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WAS WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT BECAME MORE UPSET AND RETURNED TO THE REAR OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK WHERE HE RETRIEVED A LARGE TWO BY FOUR PIECE OF WOOD. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE THE VICTIM HAD BEEN DRIVING AND STARTED SMASHING THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WITH THE TWO BY FOUR. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE VEHICLE THE VICTIM WAS DRIVING IS OWNED BY THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM STATED THAT WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS SMASHING THE WINDOW, SHE WAS IN FEAR FOR HER LIFE AND HAD NO WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE DEFENDANT AS SHE WAS PARKED BEHIND THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. THE VICTIM STATED WHEN THE DEFENDANT SMASHED THE WINDOW, GLASS HIT HER IN THE FACE, CAUSING THE LACERATIONS ON HER FACE. SHE ALSO STATED THAT AFTER THE WINDOW WAS SMASHED, THE DEFENDANT REACHED INTO THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO GRAB HER BY THE NECK, CAUSING MULTIPLE SCRATCHES ON HER NECK AND CHEST. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, THE DEFENDANT EXITED HIS RESIDENCE AND WALKED TO MY LOCATION. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HE WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID SMASH THE WINDOW WITH THE TWO BY FOUR BECAUSE IT WAS HIS VEHICLE. HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT STATED HE NEVER STRUCK THE VICTIM. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY. I ATTEMPTED TO PLACE HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK, TO SECURE HIM IN HANDCUFFS, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT PULLED AWAY FROM OFFICER PERUCHE AND I, IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESIST OUR EFFORTS TO SECURE HIM IN THE HANDCUFFS. AFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE, OFFICER PERUCHE AND I WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE DEFENDANT IN THE HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. PRIOR TO TRANSPORTING THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, A LARGE WOODEN TWO BY FOUR WAS LOCATED IN THE BED OF THE DEFENDANT'S PICKUP TRUCK. THIS TWO BY FOUR HAD NUMEROUS GLASS SHARDS IMBEDDED IN IT. THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $6,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
