| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MORTON, KEVIN 0551 (AR09109943) 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: PUNCHED OR SLAPPED THE VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 071009, I RESPONDED TO THE TACO BELL, IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A CALL REFERENCE TWO MALE SUBJECTS FIGHTING IN the PARKING LOT. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR JOHN WILLIS SIKES JR, ALONG WITH THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT'S DAUGHTER/WITNESS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE BECAME AGITATED WITH THE VICTIM MAKING VERBAL STATEMENTS TOWARDS HIM AS THE VICTIM WAS SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT'S DAUGHTER. THE DEFENDANT THEN BEGAN TO LEAVE the AREA, AND the VICTIM MADE ANOTHER STATEMENT TOWARDS HIM. THE DEFENDANT THEN PULLED HIS TRUCK INTO the MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT AND APPROACHED THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE, THEN REACHED IN AND GRABBED the VICTIM. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE VICTIM PUNCHED HIM IN the FACE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, WHOM ADVISED ME THAT AS HE WAS SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT'S DAUGHTER, THE DEFENDANT APPROACHED HIS VEHICLE, REACHED IN, AND GRABBED HIM AGAINST HIS WILL, AND THEN the DEFENDANT THEN SLAPPED OR PUNCHED HIM ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE. I OBSERVED THE VICTIM'S RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD TO BE RED AND SLIGHTLY SWOLLEN. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT'S DAUGHTER/WITNESS, WHOM INFORMED ME THAT AS SHE WAS SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, THAT HER ADOPTED FATHER/DEFENDANT, DID WALK UP AND GRAB the VICTIM THROUGH THE WINDOW OF the VICTIM'S JEEP, AND THEN SLAPPED OR PUNCHED THE VICTIM ON the SIDE OF the FACE. I OBTAINED WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. I TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VICTIM'S INJURES; SEE THE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) REPORT. THE VICTIM WAS OFFERED, HOWEVER, REFUSED ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE 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. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
