| Date of birth: | Jul 8, 1960 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: VICK, BRYAN 0684 (AR12-3219) DID UNLAWFULLY, ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCH OR STRIKE THE VICTIM AGAINST HIS WILL OR INTENTIONALLY CAUSE BODILY HARM TO SAID PERSON, AND IN THE COMMISSION OF THE BATTERY THE DEFENDANT DID USE A DEADLY WEAPON, TO WIT: BLUE FORD PICKUP TRUCK, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 784.045(1)(A)(2). ON 102012, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 29 EAST MURRAY STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR PERRY CARBONARA, JR. HE STATED THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM DURING THE DAY WITH THE NEIGHBORâS FATHER, MR KEVIN BRANDES. HE STATED THAT MR BRANDES BEGAN SCREAMING AT HIM AND GOT INTO HIS BLUE FORD PICKUP. THE VICTIM STATED THAT AS HE WAS WALKING OUT TO HIS MAILBOX TO CHECK THE MAIL HE OBSERVED MR BRANDES TO PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE AND ACCELERATE VERY RAPIDLY AND TURN THE VEHICLE TOWARDS HIM. HE STATED THAT AT THAT POINT HE BELIEVED THAT HE WAS ABOUT TO BE RUN OVER BY THE DEFENDANT, MR KEVIN BRANDES. HE STATED AT THE TIME THAT THIS OCCURRED HE WAS STANDING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIS MAILBOX. HE STATED AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED HIM HE LIFTED HIS RIGHT ARM IN AN ATTEMPT TO SHIELD HIS FACE AND HE FELT AN OBJECT STRIKE HIM. HE THEN REALIZED HE HAD BEEN HIT BY the DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE AND THE PASSENGERâS SIDE MIRROR HAD COME OFF WHEN IT STRUCK HIM. THE VICTIM REFUSED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) TREATMENT. I DID OBSERVE SOME REDNESS AND SWELLING ON THE VICTIMâS RIGHT ARM CONSISTENT WITH HIS STORY. THE VICTIM STATED THAT AFTER THE VEHICLE TRUCK HIM THE DEFENDANT PUT THE VEHICLE IN DRIVE AND AGAIN ACCELERATED RAPIDLY CAUSING THE REAR WHEELS TO SPIN AND LEAVING A LONG BLACK TIRE MARK IN FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE. HE STATED THAT he THEN CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS ONE, MR PERRY CARBONARA, SR. HE STATED THAT AS HE WAS LOCKING HIS DOOR HE HEARD the DEFENDANT TO BE SCREAMING AT HIS SON. HE STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT ENTER HIS VEHICLE AND ACCELERATE IN REVERSE SWERVING TOWARDS HIS SON WITH THE MIRROR STRIKING HIM ON HIS ARM. HE STATED THAT WHEN THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE STOPPED HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO BE LAUGHING AND THEN âBURNED OUT THE TIRES and TOOK OFF.â I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS TWO, MR PETER INAMORATI. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD OBSERVED THE DISTURBANCE. HE STATED THAT HE HEARD HIS NEIGHBORS ARGUING SO HE WENT OUTSIDE TO WATCH. HE STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE VICTIM TO BE STANDING NEXT TO HIS MAILBOX WHO WAS ARGUING WITH THE DEFENDANT. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT PUT THE TRUCK IN REVERSE and âGUNNED ITâ SPINNING THE TIRES TOWARDS THE VICTIM WHO TRIED TO JUMP OUT OF THE WAY TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY THE VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD THUMP CONSISTENT WITH THE VICTIM BEING STRUCK BY THE VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN STOPPED HIS VEHICLE, YELLED SOMETHING AND THEN SPED OFF SQUEALING THE TIRES AS HE LEFT. MR INAMORATI ADVISED THAT HE HAS NEVER MET THE VICTIM OR THE DEFENDANT AND HAS ONLY OBSERVED THEM FROM HIS RESIDENCE. I DID OBSERVE A VEHICLEâS SIDE MIRROR TO BE LYING IN the GRASS IN FRONT OF THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE MIRROR HAD COME OFF THE TRUCK WHEN IT STRUCK HIM. I THEN TOOK CUSTODY OF THE MIRROR TO BE PLACED INTO EVIDENCE. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE AND the VICTIMâS INJURIES WERE TAKEN, SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN (CST) REPORTS. I WAS THEN ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD CALLED 911 FROM HIS RESIDENCE ON FOXWOOD LANE REQUESTING TO REPORT VANDALISM. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE. I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD OCCURRED. HE STATED THAT AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE 27 EAST MURRAY STREET THE VICTIM RAN TOWARDS HIS TRUCK AND PUNCHED THE SIDE MIRROR CAUSING IT TO BREAK. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT TO BE ENTIRELY TRUE. HE THEN STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN VERY UPSET AT the TIME AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THINKING CLEARLY. HE THEN ADMITTED THAT WHEN HE BACKED HIS VEHICLE UP HE DID IT RAPIDLY AND FIRST STATED THAT HE MUST HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE ACCIDENTALLY IN REVERSE. HE THEN ADMITTED PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE AND STATED THAT WHILE BACKING UP HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE STRUCK THE VICTIM, BUT STATED THAT IF HE HAD STRUCK HIM IT WAS UNINTENTIONALLY. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST and CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN the REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. WHILE AT the DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE, I DID OBSERVE THE BLUE TRUCK WHICH THE DEFENDANT HAD USED TO STRIKE THE VICTIM. I DID OBSERVE the PASSENGERâS SIDE MIRROR TO HAVE the GLASS MISSING, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE VICTIMâS STORY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE VICTIM and WITNESSES COMPLETED SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. THE VICTIM WAS PROVIDED WITH AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING MY NAME and thIS CASE NUMBER. |
| Inmate name: | KEVIN RICHARD BRANDES |
| Arrest number: | 3219 |
| Arrest date: | Oct 20, 2012 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 784.045(1)(A)(2) |
| Charge description: | Aggravated Battery - Uses A Deadly Weapon |
| Bond amount: | $5,000 |
