| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CUTLIP, JOSHUA 0721 (AR12124254) 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: THE DEFENDANT RAMMED THE VICTIM WITH A SHOPPING CART IN THE CHECKOUT LINE OF PUBLIX AND WHEN THE VICTIM CONFRONTED HIM, POINTED HER FINGER AT HIM, THE DEFENDANT GRABBED A HOLD OF THE VICTIM'S FINGER AND TWISTED IT BACKWARD IN A VIOLENT MANOR AND SLAMMED HER WRIST ON THE SHOPPING CART HANDLE (NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED) IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 010512 AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO PUBLIX SHOPPING CENTER LOCATED AT 1420 NORTH US HIGHWAY 41 IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE PUBLIX PARKING LOT, I WAS APPROACHED BY THE VICTIM, MS MELINDA M PANZNER, AND THE WITNESS, MR TRAVIS LESTINSKY, WHO INFORMED ME THAT A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION OCCURRED INSIDE OF THE STORE MOMENTS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. I WAS INFORMED BY THE WITNESS THAT THE DEFENDANT LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JAN-AKE FELDT, HAD FLED THE STORE ON FOOT, WAS HEADED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TOWARDS THE POST OFFICE AND LONG JOHN SILVERS. I THEN BEGAN "BOLO"ING FOR THE DEFENDANT WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH HIM AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MONTGOMERY AVENUE AND NORTH US HIGHWAY 41 WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN QUESTIONED IN REFERENCE TO THE ALTERCATION THAT HAD OCCURRED AT PUBLIX. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE BECAME IRATE AT THE VICTIM DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VICTIM HAD NUMEROUS ITEMS AND WAS IN THE 10 ITEMS OR LESS CHECKOUT LANE. THE DEFENDANT BEGAN COUNTING THE ITEMS THAT THE VICTIM HAD IN HER SHOPPING CART, THE VICTIM ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM. THE DEFENDANT EXPRESSED HIS AGGRAVATION IN REGARDS TO THE NUMEROUS ITEMS AND PROCEEDED TO RAM THE VICTIM IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HER BODY WITH HIS SHOPPING CART. THE VICTIM POINTED HER LEFT INDEX FINGER AT THE DEFENDANT AND TOLD HIM TO BACK OFF AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO CALL THE COPS. THE DEFENDANT PROCEEDED TO GRAB THE VICTIM'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WHERE HE BENT IT BACKWARDS IN A VIOLENT MANNER AND PRECEDED TO SLAM THE VICTIM'S LEFT WRIST ON THE HANDLE OF THE SHOPPING CART. THE VICTIM THEN BEGAN YELLING FOR STORE EMPLOYEES TO CALL THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE DEFENDANT THEN ABANDONED HIS SHOPPING CART INSIDE THE STORE AND LEFT THE STORE IN A HASTY MANNER. THE WITNESS, PRODUCE MANAGER, WITNESSED THE ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND THE VICTIM AND FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT OUT INTO THE PARKING LOT OF PUBLIX WERE HE LATER ADVISED THE DEFENDANT'S DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND CLOTHING DESCRIPTION. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID. I THEN ASKED HIM IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE WOULD. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE INTENTIONALLY AND DELIBERATELY RAMMED THE VICTIM WITH HIS SHOPPING CART AND ADMITTED TO BENDING THE VICTIM'S FINGER BACK IN A VIOLENT MANNER, HOWEVER DENIED SLAMMING THE VICTIM'S WRIST INTO the SHOPPING CART. AFTER THE SPONTANEOUS STATEMENT MADE BY THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND RETURNED TO THE PUBLIX PARKING LOT. I OBTAINED THE SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM THE WITNESS AND THE VICTIM which WERE SIGNED AND COMPLETED AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. AFTER REVIEWING THE STATEMENTS AND THE STORY BY THE DEFENDANT ALL STORIES WERE CONSISTENT AND ACCURATE WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER 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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
