| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RAMOS, ROBALDO 0515 (AR-2430) DID UNLAWFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY THREATEN BY WORD OR ACT TO DO VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF THE VICTIM, COUPLED WITH AN APPARENT ABILITY TO CARRY OUT SAID THREAT, AND UTILIZED A DEADLY WEAPON, TO WIT: THREATENED TO CUT THE VICTIMâS THROAT, WITHOUT THE INTENT TO KILL, AND DID AN ACT OR ACTS WHICH CREATED A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR IN THE VICTIM THAT SUCH VIOLENCE WAS IMMINENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.021(1)(A). 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 THE VICTIM IN THE FACE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 081812, I WAS DISPATCH TO MUTUAL MINDS AT SOUTH PLEASANT GROVE ROAD AND EAST TRAIL 16 IN REFERENCE TO AN ASSAULT THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR DONALD TANNER, WHO WAS IN THE BACK OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES MEDIC 111âS VEHICLE. I ASKED THE VICTIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED, HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS CAMPING ALONG WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR KENNETH WAYNE MATHIS, AND WITNESS, MS KRYSTAL ANN JACOBS, AND WITH KENNETHâS WIFE (UNKNOWN NAME). THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE WANTED TO LEAVE AND THE DEFENDANT GOT UPSET, AT WHICH TIME, THEY BEGAN ARGUING. DURING THE ARGUMENT KENNETH GRABBED A SMALL BUTCHER KNIFE FROM OFF OF THE TABLE AND STARTED TO APPROACH DONALD SATING HE WAS GOING TO CUT HIS THROAT. ONCE HE GOT CLOSE, DONALD KNOCKED THE KNIFE OUT OF KENNETHâS HAND, AT WHICH TIME, KENNETH GRABBED DONALD BY HIS LEGS AND SLAMMED HIM TO THE GROUND AND STARTED TO PUNCH HIM ON HIS FACE. KRYSTAL THEN SEPARATED THEM, AND DONALD LEFT THE CAMPSITE WITH KRYSTAL. WHILE SPEAKING WITH DONALD, I OBSERVED THAT HE DID HAVE INJURIES TO HIS RIGHT EYE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE, HIS CHEST AREA, AND HIS LEFT EAR. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS, KRYSTAL JACOBS, WHO PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND CORROBORATED WITH THE VICTIMâS STATEMENT. SHORTLY AFTER THE DEFENDANT WAS BROUGHT TO MY LOCATION BY DEPUTY HOLLOWAY (0696), WHO WAS ALREADY READ MIRANDA BY DEPUTY WILLIAMS (0714). I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND HE STATED HE GOT IN AN ARGUMENT WITH DONALD AND THAT THEY WERE ARGUING FACE TO FACE. HE STATED THAT HE THEN PICKED HIM UP BY HIS LEGS AND SLAMMED HIM TO THE GROUND AND BEGAN FIGHTING HIM. I ASKED KENNETH IF HE EVER GRABBED A KNIFE, AT WHICH TIME HE STATED NO. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON AND BATTERY. AFTER PLACING KENNETH IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, I SPOKE WITH DEPUTY HOLLOWAY, AND HE ADVISED THAT A KNIFE WAS LOCATED AND WIT WAS FULL OF SAND, WHICH WAS ON TOP OF THE TABLE AT THE CAMP SITE, SEE DEPUTY HOLLOWAYâS SUPPLEMENT. I THEN PERFORMED CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHS, SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000. FOR THE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, PLUS $500.00 FOR THE BATTERY, WITH A TOTAL OF $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
