| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CRIDLAND, TODD 0277 (AR10115000) 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: BY STRIKING VICTIM ONE IN THE HEAD WITH HER HAND AND BY GRABBING VICTIM TWO IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 052410 AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE HAYES MOTEL LOCATED AT 1151 NW HIGHWAY 19 IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM ONE. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE AND THE DEFENDANT, MS JEANNE BIRD, HAD GOTTEN INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION, TO WHERE MS BIRD HAD TAKEN THE VICTIM'S WATCH. VICTIM ONE STATED, DURING THE ARGUMENT THE DEFENDANT THEN HIT HER IN THE HEAD. THIS DEPUTY DID NOT OBSERVE ANY REDNESS ON VICTIM ONE'S HEAD. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM TWO. HE STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE OFFICE OF THE MOTEL, WHEN HE WAS TOLD ABOUT A VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN VICTIM ONE AND THE DEFENDANT. VICTIM TWO STATED, AT WHICH TIME, HE LEFT THE OFFICE AND WENT TO THE AREA OF THE BIG TREE LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOT. VICTIM TWO STATED, AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT, WHO HE COULD TELL WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED, WAS THREATENING PEOPLE IN THE PARKING LOT. VICTIM TWO STATED, THE DEFENDANT THEN GRABBED HIS LEFT ARM AND THEN YANKED HIS RIGHT ARM, CAUSING HIM TO DROP HIS CANE. VICTIM TWO STATED, AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT LET GO AND THEN WENT BACK TO ROOM NUMBER 123. AT THAT TIME, I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. UPON TRYING TO TALK TO HER, SHE WAS SLURRING HER WORDS AND WAS INCOHERENT. AT THAT TIME VICTIM ONE HAD COME OVER AND IDENTIFIED THE WATCH THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS WEARING TO BE HERS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT RIPPED THE WATCH OFF OF HER ARM, CAUSING THE WRISTBAND PART TO COME OFF NEAR THE WATCH FACE AND THEN THREW IT ON THE GROUND. FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO TALK WITH THE DEFENDANT MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HER BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 FOR TWO COUNTS OF BATTERY. VICTIM ONE DID NOT WISH TO PURSUE CHARGES IN REFERENCE TO THE THEFT OF THE WATCH, BUT DID WISH TO PROSECUTE THE BATTERY. BOTH THE VICTIMS FILLED OUT SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS THAT WERE TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) RECORDS DIVISION. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
