| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SANCHEZ, MICHAEL 1242 (AR 14-11919) (14-124388) 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: THE DEFENDANT THREW A CLAY FLOWER POT STRIKING THE VICTIM IN HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING IT TO SWELL IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 090814 AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOURS I WAS DISPATCHED TO 13 SOUTH BARBOUR STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR LONNIE HEAD, WHO ADVISED HE CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE HIS NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET AT 14 SOUTH BARBOUR STREET, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIM, MR GREGORY SCHOONMAKER, WAS TRYING TO GET THE DEFENDANT TO FIGHT HIM. THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TO TELL ME THAT HE HAD COME HOME TO SEE HIS GIRLFRIEND BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN STAYING IN NEW PORT RICHEY AND WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE, THE NEIGHBOR WAS IN THE STREET AND TRIED TO GET HIM TO FIGHT HIM, WHERE AT THAT TIME HE CONTINUED TO WALK IN TO HIS HOUSE. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED AS HE EXITED HIS HOUSE MOMENTS LATER, THE NEIGHBOR HAD COME INTO HIS YARD, TOOK ONE OF HIS CLAY FLOWER POTS, AND THREW IT AT HIM WHERE IT MISSED HIM, HITTING THE WALL NEXT TO THE FRONT DOOR. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT IS WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE INSIDE OF HIS RESIDENCE AND CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM STATED THERE WAS A NEIGHBOR APPROXIMATELY TWO HOUSES DOWN AT NINE SOUTH BARBOUR STREET WHO SAW THE ALTERCATION AND CAME DOWN TRYING TO SPLIT THEM UP. I RESPONDED TO NINE SOUTH BARBOUR STREET WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS, MR STEVEN BOSTON. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT HE WAS OUT ON HIS PORCH WHEN HE HEARD HIS TWO NEIGHBORS ARGUING DOWN THE STREET. HE ADVISED AT THAT TIME, HE SAW AN ORANGE COLORED OBJECT GO FLYING THROUGH THE AIR, LEAVING THE DEFENDANT'S PROPERTY, HITTING THE VICTIM IN HIS FRONT YARD WHERE AT THAT TIME HE OBSERVED THE VICTIM THROW THE ORANGE OBJECT BACK INTO THE DEFENDANT'S YARD. THE ORANGE OBJECT WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS AN ORANGE FLOWER POT. THE WITNESS PROVIDED A VERBAL STATEMENT. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS STANDING IN HIS YARD WHEN HIS NEIGHBOR PULLED INTO HIS DRIVEWAY WHERE AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT GOT OUT OF HIS VEHICLE WHERE THE VICTIM ADVISED THE DEFENDANT CALLED THE VICTIM'S WIFE A "MIDGET NIGGER." AFTER THE VERBAL ALTERCATION ENSUED, THE VICTIM ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THREW AN ORANGE FLOWER POT AT HIM WHERE IT HIT HIM IN HIS RIGHT WRIST AREA. AT THAT TIME I DID OBSERVE SWELLING ON THE VICTIM'S RIGHT HAND. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE PICKED THE FLOWER POT UP AND THREW IT BACK INTO THE DEFENDANT'S YARD. THE VICTIM STATED AFTER HE THREW THE POT BACK INTO THE DEFENDANT'S YARD, THE DEFENDANT KICKED THE POT AGAINST THE WALL CAUSING IT TO SHATTER BY THE FRONT DOOR. I RETURNED TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE WHERE I ASKED HIM HOW THE FLOWER POT HAD BROKEN, WHERE HE AGAIN STATED THE VICTIM ENTERED HIS YARD, PULLED THE FLOWER POT OUT OF HIS BUSHES AND THREW IT AT HIM. WHEN I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT'S STORY DUE TO THE WITNESS OBSERVING HIM THROWING THE FLOWER POT FIRST, HE DENIED THE ALLEGATIONS. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT MADE THE STATEMENT THAT "THIS IS CRAZY, THEY ARE STUPID NIGGERS." THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SEARCHED, AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
