| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CRISAFI, ANDRA 0464 (AR 15-17738) (15-168221) 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: PUSHING THE VICTIM IN TO A PICKUP TRUCK AND THEN PUNCHING THE VICTIM IN THE FACE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 122515, I RESPONDED TO 17 NORTH TYLER STREET, INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VICTIM, MS CHRISTINA REBECCA CAMPBELL AND HER BOYFRIEND, MR MYLES WELSCH. THE VICTIM WAS CLEARLY UPSET AND CRYING, STATING THAT MR WELSCHâS EX-MOTHER-IN-LAW AND HIS EX-WIFE, MS MEGAN WELSCH, CAME OVER TO DROP THEIR CHILD OFF WHEN A VERBAL ARGUMENT ERUPTED BETWEEN THE MOTHER-IN-LAW AND THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO LEAVE, WHICH SHE DID. HOWEVER, THAT LEFT THE VICTIM HER BOYFRIEND AND HIS EX-WIFE. SHE ADVISED THAT AFTER A FEW MINUTES A VAN PULLED UP AS THE DEFENDANT, IDENTIFIED AS MS HALEY YERK, ARRIVED AND ANOTHER ARGUMENT ERUPTED BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND THE VICTIM. DURING THIS ARGUMENT, THE DEFENDANT PUSHED THE VICTIM, WHO WAS TRYING TO TELL HER TO LEAVE THE PROPERTY, IN TO A PARKED PICKUP TRUCK AND SHE THEN PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE. I COULD CLEARLY OBSERVE RED MARKS TO THE VICTIMâS LEFT ARM AND THE LEFT SIDE OF HER FACE AS WELL AS A KNOT TO THE BACK OF HER HEAD, BUT SHE REFUSED ANY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. DURING THIS ALTERCATION, MS WELSCH AND MR WELSCH WERE TRYING TO BREAK UP THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT AND SEPARATE THEM WHICH THEY WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO DO SO. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT AND MS WELSCH LEFT THE SCENE AND THE VICTIM CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHILE I WAS GATHERING STATEMENTS FROM THE VICTIM AND MR WELSH, DEPUTY FELIX WAS ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND DID STATE TO HIM THAT SHE IN FACT DID HIT THE VICTIM. A SHORT TIME LATER, I ARRIVED AND EXPLAINED TO THE DEFENDANT WHY I WAS THERE AND THAT I NEEDED TO GET HER SIDE OF WHAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. SHE STATED THE VICTIM HAD BEEN THREATENING HER MOTHER SO SHE WENT TO DEFEND HER MOTHER WHEN SHE AND THE VICTIM GOT IN TO THE ARGUMENT. SHE THEN STATED THAT SHE SHOVED THE VICTIM IN TO THE TRUCK. AT THAT TIME, I STOPPED THE DEFENDANT AND ADVISED HER THAT I NEEDED TO READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS WHICH I DID FROM MY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE WOULD SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY FURTHER AND WAS OVERALL VERY COOPERATIVE. SHE STATED AFTER SHE SHOVED THE VICTIM, SHE DID PUNCH HER IN THE FACE BECAUSE AT THAT TIME SHE ADVISED THE VICTIM HAD SPIT ON HER. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
