| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: MORAN, GREGORY 1246 (AR16-20530) (16-108707) did knowingly, actually and intentionally touch or strike DEPUTY MORAN, a LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, against the will of that person while knowing that the said OFFICER was engaged in a lawful performance of HIS legal duties, in violation of Florida Statute 784.07(2)(B). ON 081016, I WAS DISPATCHED TO CASTAWAY'S BAR, LOCATED AT 5430 NORTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO TWO INTOXICATED SUBJECTS OUTSIDE IN the PARKING LOT. UPON ARRIVAL ON SCENE, CONTACT WAS MADE with DEFENDANT ONE AND DEFENDANT TWO, AT WHICH TIME they BEGAN TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL AND BELLIGERENT TOWARDS DEPUTIES ON SCENE AND BOTH SUBJECTS WERE INTOXICATED. I ALSO OBSERVED BOTH SUBJECTS TO HAVE BLOOD ON THEM, ALONG WITH SCRATCHES. I ATTEMPTED TO ASK BOTH SUBJECTS WHAT HAD OCCURRED, AT which TIME BOTH SUBJECTS REFUSED TO COOPERATE OR GIVE ANY INFORMATION. I WAS ABLE TO GET BOTH SUBJECTS' NAME AND DATES OF BIRTH, AT WHICH TIME they WERE RAN THROUGH THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELETYPE FOR WANTS AND WARRANTS, WHICH REVEALED NEGATIVE RESULTS. THIS INFORMATION WAS LATER VERIFIED THROUGH THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE. WITH THE LACK OF COOPERATION FROM BOTH SUBJECTS AND BEING UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF A CRIME HAD OCCURRED, I ASKED BOTH SUBJECTS TO FIND A RIDE HOME. DEFENDANT ONE THEN CONTACTED HIS FATHER, AT WHICH TIME HIS FATHER RESPONDED TO the SCENE APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MINUTES LATER. BETWEEN the TIME DEFENDANT ONE'S FATHER ARRIVED, DEFENDANT ONE CONTINUED TO BE CONFRONTATIONAL AND BELLIGERENT TOWARDS ALL DEPUTIES ON SCENE. ONCE DEFENDANT ONE'S FATHER ARRIVED ON SCENE, I ASKED DEFENDANT TWO TO HAVE A SEAT IN HIS VEHICLE, TO which SHE DID. WHILE TALKING TO DEFENDANT ONE'S FATHER BY the DRIVER SIDE DOOR OF HIS VEHICLE, DEFENDANT ONE THEN APPROACHED THIS DEPUTY IN AN AGGRESSIVE MANNER WHILE STATING TO ME HE WOULD HANDLE ME OFF DUTY ANOTHER TIME. HE THEN FLICKED MY BUSINESS CARD AT ME, AT which TIME HE THEN STRUCK ME IN THE RIGHT ARM. AT THAT TIME, I GRABBED DEFENDANT ONE BY THE RIGHT ARM IN AN ATTEMPT TO GAIN CONTROL OF HIM AND HANDCUFF HIM TO PLACE HIM UNDER ARREST. AT THAT TIME, DEFENDANT ONE THEN BEGAN TO PULL AWAY FROM ME. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY CRUZ GRABBED DEFENDANT ONE'S RIGHT ARM, WHILE HE STILL CONTINUED TO PULL AWAY. DEFENDANT ONE WAS THEN TAKEN TO the GROUND BY DEPUTY CRUZ AND me, AT WHICH TIME WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN CONTROL OF HIM AND SECURED HIM IN HANDCUFFS. DEFENDANT ONE WAS THEN ESCORTED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, AT which TIME HE WAS SEARCHED AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF IT. AFTER BEING PLACED IN MY PATROL VEHICLE, DEFENDANT ONE THEN BEGAN KICKING MY WINDOW BARS. WE THEN HAD TO USE LEG RESTRAINTS ON DEFENDANT ONE. DEFENDANT TWO OBSERVED US PLACING DEFENDANT ONE IN the PATROL VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME SHE EXITED DEFENDANT ONE'S FATHER'S VEHICLE AND BEGAN APPROACHING DEPUTY PANETTI IN A THREATENING MANNER. AT THAT TIME, I APPROACHED HER AND REQUESTED SHE KEEP HER DISTANCE FOR THE DEPUTIES' SAFETY ON SCENE, AS WELL AS FOR HER SAFETY. AT THAT TIME, DEFENDANT TWO SMACKED THIS DEPUTY IN MY LEFT FOREARM. DEFENDANT TWO WAS THEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND PLACED UNDER ARREST. AT THAT TIME, I TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT ONE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING AND DEPUTY CRUZ TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT TWO. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, DEFENDANT ONE CONTINUED TO THREATEN THIS DEPUTY BY STATING HE WAS "going TO KICK MY ASS". BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BATTERY ON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. BOTH THEIR BONDS WERE SET AT $5,000.00 EACH PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
