Date of birth: | Jul 18, 1947 |
Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: CULBERTSON, CHRISTOPHER 0439 (AR 14-12231) (14-135691) 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: GRABBING VICTIM ONE BY HIS SHIRT AND TRYING TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SLAPPING VICTIM TWO'S HAND IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 100214 I RESPONDED TO 732 SINCLAIR TERRACE IN INVERNESS REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT/WITNESS ONE, MR DANIEL ALLRED, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD CHANGED THE LOCKS ON THE DOOR AND THAT THE SUBJECTS HAD BROKEN IN TO TAKE ALL HIS STUFF. I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM ONE, MR WILLIAM SEREVINO AND VICTIM TWO, MS MISTY SEREVINO. VICTIM ONE ADVISED HE BROUGHT HIS AUNT, MS STELLA GRAINER, WHO HAD RESIDED AT THIS RESIDENCE TO PICK UP HER BELONGINGS. HE STATED WHILE THEY WERE LOADING THEIR VEHICLE, WITNESS ONE SHOWED UP WITH HIS TOW TRUCK AND BLOCKED THEIR VEHICLES. HE FURTHER STATED THAT WITNESS ONE'S MOTHER, THE DEFENDANT, MS LINDA ADAMS, HAD ARRIVED ON SCENE AND GRABBED HIM BY HIS SHIRT, ATTEMPTING TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT TRIED TO SLAP THE TELEPHONE FROM HIS DAUGHTER'S (VICTIM TWO) HAND. HE ALSO ADVISED SHE HAD PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED HIS AUNT AND THAT IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO. I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIM TWO WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT ATTACKED HER WHILE SHE WAS RECORDING THE INCIDENT. SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT GRABBED HER FATHER (VICTIM ONE) BY THE SHIRT AND TRIED TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO STATED THAT HER SON HAD CALLED HER STATING PEOPLE WERE AT THE HOUSE TAKING HIS STUFF. SHE ADVISED WHEN SHE ARRIVED, SHE TOLD VICTIM ONE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. SHE ADVISED SHE PUT HER HAND ON MS GRAINER'S SHOULDER AND ASKED IF SHE COULD TALK TO HER AT WHICH TIME MS GRAINER'S FAMILY STARTED ACCUSING THE DEFENDANT OF BATTERY. SHE ADVISED SHE DID GRAB VICTIM ONE BY THE SHIRT TO PULL HIM OUT OF THE HOUSE. SHE ADVISED VICTIM ONE ALSO SHOVED HER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE SLAPPED VICTIM TWO'S HAND BECAUSE SHE IS CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND VICTIM TWO HAD PUT THE TELEPHONE UP IN HER FACE. I REQUESTED VICTIM TWO SHOW ME THE VIDEO ON HER TELEPHONE. I OBSERVED ON THE VIDEO, THE DEFENDANT COMING TO THE HOUSE AND YELLING AT EVERYONE TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE EXCEPT FOR MS GRAINER. AT THAT TIME VICTIM ONE CAN BE HEARD ADVISING THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD JUST ASSAULTED HER AUNT. THE YELLING WENT BACK AND FORTH. THE VIDEO SHOWED THE DEFENDANT GRAB VICTIM ONE AS HE WAS WALKING IN THE DOOR. AS THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TO WALK OUT OF THE HOUSE AND SHE CAN BE SEEN STRIKING OUT AT THE CAMERA. I SPOKE WITH WITNESS TWO, MS ANTOINETTE ARIAS, WHOSE STATEMENT WAS SIMILAR TO THAT OF VICTIM ONE AND VICTIM TWO. SHE ADDED THAT WITNESS ONE THREATENED EVERYONE STATING HE WAS GOING TO KILL THEM AT WHICH TIME I WATCHED THE VIDEO AGAIN. WITNESS ONE IS NOT HEARD TO MAKE ANY THREATS OTHER THAN HE WAS CALLING THE POLICE TO HAVE THEM ARRESTED. ALSO, WHILE WATCHING THE VIDEO, I DID NOT OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT TO GET SHOVED AT ANY TIME. I REQUESTED EVERYONE COMPLETE SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS TO WHICH ALL COMPLIED. ALL SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. BASED ON EVERYONE'S STATEMENTS AND THE VICTIMS' INSISTENCE OF PRESSING CHARGES, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR TWO COUNTS OF SIMPLE BATTERY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. WITNESS ONE AGREED THAT MS GRAINER COULD GET ALL OF HER BELONGINGS. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH SIMPLE BATTERY. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00 PER THIS DEPUTY. |
Inmate name: | LINDA JOAN ADAMS |
Arrest number: | 12231 |
Arrest date: | Oct 2, 2014 |
Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
Code: | 784.03(1)(A)(1) |
Charge description: | Battery |
Bond amount: | $250 |