| Date of birth: | Jan 28, 1982 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: SMOLENSKY, STEVEN 0142 (AR15-15539) DID KNOWINGLY, ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCH OR STRIKE A CORRECTIONS OFFICER, OFFICER MICHAEL RADFORD, FROM THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, TO WIT: THE VICTIM WAS SHOULDER BUMPED BY THE DEFENDANT, AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PERSON WHILE KNOWING THAT THE SAID CORRECTION'S OFFICER WAS ENGAGED IN THE LAWFUL PERFORMANCE OF HIS LEGAL DUTIES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 784.075. ON 062815, AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 HOURS, I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT A BATTERY HAD occurred WITHIN THE JAIL INVOLVING AN OFFICER AND AN INMATE. I MADE CONTACT WITH DETENTION OFFICER RADFORD, WHO ADVISED ON THIS DATE AT APPROXIMATELY 0555 HOURS HE WAS CLOSING DOORS IN ONE OF THE PODS AFTER SERVING BREAKFAST. OFFICER RADFORD STATED WHEN HE GOT TO INMATE CONNORâS CELL AND SERVED BREAKFAST HE TOLD INMATE CONNOR TO STEP AWAY FROM the DOOR SO HE COULD RE-SECURE IT. OFFICER RADFORD STATED AT THAT TIME INMATE CONNOR STEPPED INTO THE DOORWAY AND ASKED, ââARE YOU GOING TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON ME NOW?ââ OFFICER RADFORD STATED HE AGAIN TOLD HIM TO STEP AWAY FROM the DOOR SO HE COULD GET BREAKFAST SERVED. INMATE CONNOR THEN INTENTIONALLY BUMPED HIM with HIS SHOULDER AS HE WENT PAST HIM AND BEGAN TO CURSE AT the OFFICER WHEN HE TOLD HIM TO BACK UP. AT THAT TIME, INMATE CONNOR SNATCHED THE DOOR OUT OF HIS HAND AND SLAMMED IT CLOSED. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT JEAN CONNOR WHO IS A U S VIRGIN ISLAND INMATE TEMPORARILY STAYING AT the COUNT JAIL IN LECANTO. I READ INMATE CONNOR HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA CARD AND QUESTIONED HIM IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF A LANGUAGE BARRIER WITH INMATE CONNORâS ACCENT, BUT INMATE CONNOR ADVISED THAT HE SIMPLY STEPPED PAST the OFFICER TO GET HIS TRAY AND UPON RETURNING TO the CELL HE ACCIDENTLY ââSTRUCK SHOULDERS WITH the OFFICER AND THEN WENT BACK INTO HIS ROOM.ââ INMATE CONNOR NEVER DENIED THAT THEIR SHOULDERS TOUCHED, BUT INSISTED THAT IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. INMATE CONNOR WAS TOLD THAT HE WOULD BE CHARGED, AS the VICTIM WISHED TO PROSECUTE IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT BATTERY DETENTION STAFF AND BOND SET AT , AS THE INMATE IS ALREADY SENTENCED IN REFERENCE TO VIRGIN ISLAND CHARGES. DETENTION OFFICER RADFORD COMPLETED A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. CASE CLOSED. |
| Inmate name: | JEAN CONNOR |
| Arrest number: | 15539 |
| Arrest date: | Jun 28, 2015 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 784.075 |
| Charge description: | Battery on Detention/Commitment Facility Staff Or A Juvenile Probation Officer |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
