| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SETTLES, KATHERINE 0113 (AR14-11441) UNLAWFULLY ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF ANOTHER OR THEIR PROPERTY WHILE INTOXICATED OR DID WHILE INTOXICATED OR DRINKING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN A PUBLIC PLACE CAUSE A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 856.011. ON 080214, WE RESPONDED TO THE BELLA OASIS MOTEL LOCATED AT 4076 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN HOMOSASSA, AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 HOURS, IN REFERENCE TO A SUBJECT BY THE DUMPSTER BEING SUSPICIOUS. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED THE MALE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR JOHN THOMAS LAWRENCE, LYING ON THE GROUND, SOAKING WET FROM THE RAIN AND CRYING. ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH HIS IDENTIY IN HIS INEBRIATED STATE, WE LEARNED THAT HE WAS A PATRON OF THE MOTEL AT ROOM 130. THE DEFENDANT WAS RETURNED TO HIS MOTEL ROOM AND WAS TOLD TO STAY INSIDE DUE TO HIS LEVEL OF INTOXICATION. A SHORT TIME LATER, I OBSERVED A WHITE MALE WEARING A BLACK SHIRT STUMBLING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS THE DEFENDANT AGAIN AND TOLD HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO RETURN TO HIS ROOM AND STAYED INSIDE, WHERE HE TURNED AND HEADED BACK TOWARDS THE HOTEL. AT APPROXIMATELY 2334 HOURS, WHILE I WAS STILL PATROLLING THE BELLA OASIS PARKING LOT, I WAS APPROACHED BY MANAGEMENT, WHO STATED THAT A WHITE MALE WEARING A BLACK SHIRT KICKED IN THE DOOR OF ROOM 122 AND WAS ACTING CRAZY. THE SUBJECT THEN RAN IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION JUMPED A FENCE AND WENT ON TO THE HOMOSASSA WILDLIFE PARK PROPERTY. I DROVE MY PATROL VEHICLE AROUND TO THE PARK, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT OVER BY THE BOATS AND OBSERVED HIM YELLING AND HITTING THINGS. THE DEFENDANT THEN RAN TO THE BACK OF THE BUSINESS AND WENT UP THE STAIRS. I FOLLOWED HIM UP THE STAIRWELL, WHERE I CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS OUT OF HIS ROOM. HE THEN MUMBLED AN UNINTELLIGIBLE STATEMENT, AT WHICH TIME I HANDCUFFED THE DEFENDANT, (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND TRANSPORTED HIM BACK TO THE BELLA OASIS. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANAGEMENT, WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WANTED THE DEFENDANT REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES. WHILE AT THE HOTEL, WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUP THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS WITH. HIS GROUP ADVISED THAT THEY WERE NOT IN A POSITION TO LEAVE THE HOTEL, SINCE THEY JUST CAME FROM CALIFORNIA. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANTâS GROUP THAT HE WOULD BE CHARGED WITH PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND BE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
