| Date of birth: | Jul 30, 1971 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: THEN, KERRY 0531 (AR10113525) 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 LEFT CHEEK CAUSING MINOR CUT AS WELL AS STRIKING THE NOSE ALSO CAUSING A MINOR LACERATION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 022610 I WAS DISPATCHED TO 226 SOUTH CANADAY DRIVE IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION ALONG WITH DEPUTY TEWELL. UPON ARRIVAL I MET WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR LEE KELLER, WHO STATED THAT WHILE SITTING ON HIS FRONT PORCH, HIS WIFE'S, MS JODI KELLER, EX-BOYFRIEND PULLED UP TO THE HOUSE, EXITED HIS VEHICLE SHOUTING AND BEGAN TO RUSH HIM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE WAS STRUCK BY THE VICTIM SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE HE WAS ABLE TO PUSH HIM AWAY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT UPON OBSERVING THE DEFENDANT THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY REDNESS, SWELLING OR BLEEDING. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, MR RICHARD BENOIT, I OBSERVED A CUT ON HIS LEFT CHEEK AREA AS WELL AS REDNESS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS FACE AND EAR AS WELL AS A SMALL CUT ON HIS NOSE. DEPUTY TEWELL TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE INJURIES. A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WAS OBTAINED FROM THE VICTIM AT THIS TIME. AT APPROXIMATELY 1830 HOURS, WHILE WALKING UP THE HILL TOWARD THE RESIDENCE, HE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT JUMPED FROM HIS CHAIR ON THE FRONT PORCH AND SAID "COME ON I'LL RUIN YOU" AND WALKED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY. WHEN HE WALKED UP TO HIM IN THE DRIVEWAY, MR KELLER STRUCK MR BENOIT IN THE MOUTH. MR BENOIT ADVISED AT THIS TIME THAT MS KELLER TRIED TO INTERVENE AND WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND DURING THE STRUGGLE. MR BENOIT ADVISED THAT MR KELLER SAID, GOOD THIS IS WHAT HE HAD PLANNED TO DO ON WEDNESDAY AND NOW HE WAS GOING TO CALL THE COPS TO PUT HIM IN CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. HE STATED THAT MS KELLER HAD BEEN TELLING HIM FOR TWO DAYS THAT MR KELLER WAS GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE. MS KELLER STATED IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN THREATENING HER SON'S FATHER, MR BENOIT. SHE ADVISED THAT WHEN MR BENOIT ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE, MR KELLER CAME OFF THE PORCH AND BECAME PHYSICAL WITH MR BENOIT. SHE STATED THAT MR KELLER HAD KICKED OVER THE STOOL RUNNING TOWARD MR BENOIT. MS KELLER AND MR KELLER COMPLETED WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. UPON REVIEWING THE STATEMENTS, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MR KELLER WAS THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR IN THIS INCIDENT AND PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR SIMPLE BATTERY, WITH A BOND AMOUNT OF $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Feb 26, 2010 |
| Booking number: | 10113525 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 784.03(1)(A)(1) |
| Charge description: | BATTERY |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
