| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RICCI, ANTHONY 0606 (AR09112612) 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: KICKED AND PUNCHED THE VICTIM AS WELL AS PICKED UP A RAKE AND HIT THE VICTIM WITH IT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 123109, AT 0910 HOURS, I ARRIVED AT A RESIDENCE ON TANGERINE STREET; IN REFERENCE THE BATTERY that HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VICTIM. the VICTIM ADVISED THAT SOMETIME LAST NIGHT WHILE AT WITNESS DYER'S RESIDENCE ON MANGO LANE, HE WAS KICKED, PUNCHED, AND HIT WITH A RAKE BY the DEFENDANT. the VICTIM ADVISED THAT BOTH HE AND THE DEFENDANT WERE VERY INTOXICATED AND THAT they HAD SWAPPED EACH OTHERS BEERS FROM A COOLER. HE STATED THAT SOMEHOW A SHORT TIME LATER AN ARGUMENT ENSUED OVER the SWAP, TO which HE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THEN BEGAN TO PUNCH HIM, KICK HIM, AND HIT HIM WITH A RAKE. THE VICTIM COMPLAINED OF SORE RIBS AS WELL AS A KNOT ON HIS HEAD. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WERE OFFERED AND REFUSED. I DID OBSERVE A MINOR KNOT ON the BACK OF THE VICTIM'S HEAD; HOWEVER, I OBSERVED NO BRUISING TO HIS RIB CAGE AREA. the VICTIM FURTHER ADVISED THAT HIS other friend, WITNESS GORE, WAS ALSO PRESENT DURING THE BATTERY. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, WITNESS GORE APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE WHO DESCRIBED THE SAME SET OF EVENTS AS the VICTIM. BOTH THE VICTIM and THE WITNESS COMPLETED WRITTEN STATEMENTS. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN OF THE VICTIM; SEE the CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) REPORT. I THEN RESPONDED TO 6386 ARTER STREET AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED LAST NIGHT, AND THE DEFENDANT REPLIED THAT the VICTIM HAD STARTED AN ARGUMENT and BEGAN PUNCHING HIM. DURING THIS ALLEGED BATTERY, HE THEN FLED THE MANGO ADDRESS ON HIS BICYCLE, LATER TO RETURN. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE KNEW WITNESS GORE, TO WHICH HE STATED YES, THAT HE WAS HIS JUNK MAN AND OFTEN WORKS WITH HIM. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAS ANY PROBLEMS WITH WITNESS GORE, TO WHICH HE STATED NO, THAT HE IS FRIENDS WITH HIM. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT WITNESS GORE STATED THAT HE HIT THE VICTIM AS WELL AS KICKED HIM AND HIT HIM WITH A RAKE, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT DENIED. the DEFENDANT WAS DETAINED IN HANDCUFFS AND PLACED IN the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS DETAINED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WAS A SUSPECT IN the BATTERY, AND ALSO DUE TO the STATEMENTS OF AN INDEPENDENT WITNESS. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT'S WIFE, WITNESS HELMS, WHO ADVISED THAT SHE HEARD OF AN INCIDENT THAT occurred LAST NIGHT BETWEEN the VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT; HOWEVER, SHE WAS NOT PRESENT. WITNESS HELMS PROVIDED AN ADDRESS ON MANGO LANE WHERE THE INCIDENT HAD occurred. I THEN ARRIVED AT 6305 MANGO LANE AND MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS DYER, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HEARD OF NO FIGHT NOR HAD HE WITNESSED ONE. I THEN INFORMED the DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. ALL STATEMENTS WERE TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
