| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR10115996) A PERSON WHO INTENTIONALLY MASTURBATES, EXPOSES THE GENITALS IN A LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS MANNER OR INTENTIONALLY COMMITS ANY OTHER SEXUAL ACT THAT DOES NOT INVOLVE ACTUAL PHYSICAL OR SEXUAL CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 800.04(7)(A)(1) (AND) DID UNLAWFULLY EXPOSE/EXHIBIT HIS SEXUAL ORGANS IN PUBLIC OR ON THE PRIVATE PREMISES OF ANOTHER, AND THEREFORE DID VIOLATE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 800.03 ON 072310 I RESPONDED TO HUNTER SPRINGS PARK IN CRYSTAL RIVER LOCATED AT 1 NORTHEAST FIRST AVENUE IN REFERENCE TO A WHITE MALE SITTING ON THE GROUND MASTURBATING. UPON MY ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM ONE, A FEMALE 22 YEARS OF AGE WHO STATED SHE AND HER FRIEND VICTIM TWO, A FEMALE WHO IS 25 YEARS OF AGE, HAD COME TO THE PARK TO LET THEIR KIDS PLAY ON THE BEACH. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL, WHILE SITTING ON THE BEACH, VICTIM ONE OBSERVED AN OLDER WHITE MALE WEARING A CAMOUFLAGE HAT AND LIGHT BLUE SHIRT SITTING ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH A TREE AT THE NORTH END OF THE PARK, JUST WEST OF THE BATHROOMS. ACCORDING TO VICTIM ONE, THE SUBJECT WAS SITTING ON HIS "BUTT" AND WAS LEANING BACK SLIGHTLY, WITH HIS LEFT LEG BENT AND HIS RIGHT LEG STRAIGHT OUT. HIS LEGS WERE SPREAD AND HIS PENIS WAS HANGING OUT OF THE LEFT LEG OF HIS SHORTS AND HE WAS MASTURBATING HIS PENIS WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. THE VICTIM ALSO HELD UP HER INDEX FINGERS ON EACH HAND APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR INCHES APART AND STATED HIS PENIS WAS ABOUT THAT LONG. THE VICTIM ALSO STATED THE SUBJECT WAS STARRING AT HER, VICTIM TWO, AND THEIR CHILDREN; VICTIMS THREE, A JUVENILE MALE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD, AND VICTIM FOUR, A JUVENILE FEMALE TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD DURING THE ENTIRE TIME HE WAS MASTURBATING. THE VICTIM THEN STATED SHE TOLD HER FRIEND, VICTIM TWO, TO GET THE KIDS AND GET OUT OF THE WATER. I THEN SPOKE TO VICTIM TWO, WHO STATED SHE WAS PLAYING IN THE WATER WITH THE CHILDREN WHEN HER FRIEND, VICTIM ONE, TOLD HER TO GET THE KIDS AND GET OUT OF THE WATER. VICTIM TWO STATED THAT VICTIM ONE SEEMED UPSET AND SHE SAW HER LOOK OVER AT AN OLDER MAN SITTING ON THE GROUND WITH HIS LEGS SPREAD AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, WITH HIS PENIS OUT THE LEFT LEG OF HIS SHORTS, AND SHE FURTHER ADVISED HE WAS RUBBING HIS PENIS. VICTIM TWO STATED SHE IMMEDIATELY GRABBED THE CHILDREN AND GOT OUT OF THE WATER. VICTIMS ONE AND TWO BOTH STATED THAT THEY OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WANT THEIR CHILDREN TO SEE THIS ACTION MADE BY THE DEFENDANT, BUT BOTH STATED THAT THE CHILDREN WERE LOOKING AT THE MAN AND ALTHOUGH THE CHILDREN ARE VERY YOUNG, VICTIM ONE COULD TELL THEY HAD SEEN SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE, DUE TO THE LOOK ON THE CHILDREN'S FACES. I THEN SPOKE TO THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS SITTING ON A BENCH IN THE AREA WHERE THE INCIDENT ALLEGEDLY TOOK PLACE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT "WHAT'S GOING ON", TO which HE STATED, "NOT MUCH". I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF ANYTHING ELSE WAS GOING ON TODAY IN THE PARK, AND HE STATED, "I HAD AN ANT IN MY SHORTS THAT WAS BITING MY TESTICLES, SO I HAD TO PUT MY HAND UP MY SHORTS TO GET IT OUT. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE WOULD TELL ME SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO WHICH HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW. THE DEFENDANT THEN APPEARED TO BECOME VERY NERVOUS AND LOOKED DOWN AT THE GROUND. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED CARD AND ASKED HIM IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. HE STATED HE DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WOULD SPEAK TO ME, TO WHICH HE STATED HE WOULD. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HIS PENIS WAS OUT OF HIS SHORTS, TO WHICH HE STATED AGAIN, THERE WAS AN ANT ON HIS TESTICLES. THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT STATED HE PULLED HIS PENIS OUT, ALONG WITH HIS TESTICLES, AND BRUSHED THE ANTS OFF. THE DEFENDANT INSISTED HE NEVER MASTURBATED. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HE WAS LOOKING AT WHILE TOUCHING HIS PENIS, TO WHICH HE STATED, "NOTHING". SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE DEFENDANT DID MAKE THE STATEMENT, THAT HE DOES REMEMBER SEEING A GIRL (VICTIM ONE) WEARING A DRESS. HE THEN STATED HE SAW HER TAKE THE DRESS OFF, AND FURTHER STATED THAT A FEW MINUTES LATER HE WATCHED HER PUT THE DRESS BACK ON. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS EXHIBITION AND ALSO FOR EXPOSURE OF SEXUAL ORGANS. I THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT IN DOUBLE LOCKED HANDCUFFS BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED HIM IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN OBTAINED WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM VICTIMS ONE AND TWO. VICTIMS THREE AND FOUR WERE TOO YOUNG TO PROVIDE WRITTEN STATEMENTS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $16,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
