| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ALEXANDER, DAWN 0561 (AR12124678) DID UNLAWFULLY FIGHT WITH ONE OR MORE PERSONS, TO WIT: KAREN REGISTER, IN A PUBLIC PLACE, TO WIT: APPLEBEES IN CRYSTAL RIVER AT 200 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, TO THE TERROR OF THE PEOPLE IN VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 870.01.1. ON 020412, I RESPONDED TO A DISPATCHED CALL IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL FIGHT IN PROGRESS AT APPLEBEE'S LOCATED AT 200 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN CRYSTAL RIVER FLORIDA. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I WAS MET BY APPLEBEES MANAGER, WHO POINTED OUT A WHITE FEMALE WEARING JEANS AND A YELLOW SHIRT. HE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS THE SUBJECT WHO HAD STARTED THE FIGHT. HE STATED THAT SHE WAS FIGHTING WITH A BLACK FEMALE THAT WAS STANDING NEXT TO HER. I THEN STOPPED BOTH THE WHITE FEMALE IN THE YELLOW TOP AND THE BLACK FEMALE IN A BLACK DRESS, AND ASKED BOTH FEMALES FOR THEIR IDENTIFICATIONS AND AS THEY WERE GETTING THEIR IDENTIFICATIONS, I ASKED THEM WHAT THE FIGHT WAS ABOUT. THE DEFENDANT WHO PRODUCED A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH THE NAME OF MS JANEL HEINZ ON IT, ADVISED THAT SHE HAD GONE TO APPLEBEES WITH FRIEND S TO CELEBRATE HER BIRTHDAY. SHE STATED THAT THE BLACK FEMALE IDENTIFIED BY HER FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS MS KAREN REGISTER, HAD CALLED HER A "PUSSY" IN FRONT OF SEVERAL PEOPLE. SHE STATED THAT WHEN KAREN WENT TO WALK BY HER THE DEFENDANT LIFTED HER DRESS UP PAST HER WAIST EXPOSING HER PRIVATE AREA. A FIGHT THEN ENSUED. I WAS ADVISED BY THE WAITRESS MS LINDSAY SAMBLIS, THAT THE TWO FEMALES WERE FIGHTING AND A THREE YEAR OLD CHILD WITNESSED THE ENTIRE INCIDENT WITH THE DRESS. THE WAITRESS TOOK THE CHILD BECAUSE SHE WAS CRYING HYSTERICALLY, INSIDE THE RESTAURANT WHICH HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE STILL EATING INSIDE. ALL THE PATRONS INSIDE THE RESTAURANT WERE WATCHING THE ALTERCATION THROUGH THE WINDOWS, AND UPON MY ARRIVAL I HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE STATING THAT THE DEFENDANT STARTED THE ALTERCATION BY LIFTING UP THE BLACK FEMALES DRESS. I THEN SPOKE WITH KAREN REGISTER, WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD LIFTED HER DRESS ABOVE HER WAIST AND THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN EXTREMELY MAD AND AN ALTERCATION TOOK PLACE. SHE STATED SHE WAS EXTREMELY UPSET BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT DID LIFT HER DRESS UP IN FRONT OF MS REGISTER'S THREE YEAR OLD NIECE. MS REGISTER AND MS SAMBLIS BOTH STATED THAT THERE WAS A BIG FIGHT BUT THAT THEY HAD BROKEN UP THE ALTERCATION JUST PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. MS REGISTER STATED THAT THE FIGHT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED IF THE DEFENDANT HAD NOT LIFTED UP HER DRESS. MS REGISTER DID ADMIT THAT AFTER THE DEFENDANT LIFTED HER DRESS, THAT SHE DID HIT THE DEFENDANT IN THE FACE AREA BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT WAS CAUSING A SCENE WITH THE DRESS AND RUNNING HER MOUTH. THE DEFENDANT AND MS REGISTER WERE ALSO VERBALLY ARGUING WITH RAISED VOICES, WHICH ALSO CAUSED A SCENE AT APPLEBEES. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR AFFRAY. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. . THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS AT $150.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THAT ON HER WAY TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE HAD MADE A BAD DECISION, AND THAT SHE MADE IT BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING, AND THAT SHE NORMALLY WOULD NOT HAVE DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. MS SAMBLIS AND MS REGISTER BOTH FILLED OUT SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS. MS SAMBLIS DID WRITE IN HER STATEMENT ABOUT THE DEFENDANT LIFTING MS REGISTER'S DRESS, BUT SHE DID NOT WRITE IN HER STATEMENT ABOUT THE PHYSICAL ALTERCATION BECAUSE SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT WANT TO GET INVOLVED. "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* |
