| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ALEXANDER, DAWN 0561 (AR13-4408) 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: DID INTENTIONALLY PUT HER HANDS AROUND THE VICTIMâS NECK AND ATTEMPT TO CHOKE HER AND ADVISED HER NOT TO CALL THE POLICE AGAIN IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY ALEXANDER AND DEPUTY DERA, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: REFUSED TO PUT HER HANDS BEHIND HER BACK, STRUGGLED AND ATTEMPTED TO GET AWAY FROM THESE DEPUTIES WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02 ON 020713, I RESPONDED TO 740 NORTHEAST 5TH AVENUE APARTMENT NUMBER 9, CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL I SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM, MS COLLEEN KEATON, WHO ADVISED ME THAT SHE IS DISABLED AND HAS CEREBRAL PALSY SINCE BIRTH WHICH CAUSES HER TO ALSO HAVE SEIZURES AND PANIC ATTACKS. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HER AND HER NEIGHBOR/DEFENDANT, MS MAGGIE JOHNSON, HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ALTERCATION LAST NIGHT. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS CALLED LAST NIGHT BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT CHASED HER DOWN THE WALKWAY. I WAS ADVISED THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT TOLD BOTH PARTIES NOT TO GO NEAR EACH OTHER. I THEN ASKED THE VICTIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED TODAY. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS STANDING BY HER NEIGHBORâS DOOR AND THE DEFENDANT HAD COME DOWN AND WENT TO HUG HER. INSTEAD OF HUGGING HER, THE DEFENDANT HAD PUT HER HANDS AROUND THE VICTIMâS NECK AND TRIED TO CHOKE HER. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT SHE COULD NOT DEFEND HERSELF DUE TO THE FACT SHE CANNOT USE HER RIGHT HAND DUE TO HER DISABILITY. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE GOT HERSELF AWAY FROM THE DEFENDANT; AND AS SHE WAS GETTING AWAY FROM THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT STATED, âIF YOU CALL THE COPS ON ME AGAIN I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU MYSELF.â THERE WAS TWO WITNESSES OUTSIDE DURING THIS ALTERCATION. WITNESS ONE, MS JESSICA REVELS WHO WATCHED THIS ALTERCATION, STATED THAT SHE SAW THE DEFENDANT GIVE THE VICTIM A HUG AND THE VICTIM ADVISED THE DEFENDANT NOT TO TOUCH HER. SHE THEN SAW THE DEFENDANT PUT HER HANDS AROUND THE VICTIMâS THROAT AND MAKE THE STATEMENT âIF YOU CALL THE COPS AGAIN, IâLL DEAL WITH IT MYSELF.â I THEN SPOKE WITH WITNESS TWO, MS DAVINA WELSCH. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HEARD SCREAMING FROM THE VICTIM. SHE STATED THAT SHE HEARD THE VICTIM ASKED THE DEFENDANT NOT TO TOUCH HER. WITNESS TWO THEN STATED THAT SHE SAW THE DEFENDANT PUT HER HANDS AROUND THE VICTIMâS NECK AND ADVISED HER IF SHE EVER CALLED THE POLICE ON HER AGAIN SHE WOULD REGRET IT. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANTâS BOYFRIEND, MR JONATHAN SPEAR, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN A CALL FROM MR PALMER WHO THEY RESIDE WITH. HE ADVISED THAT MR PALMER TOLD HIM THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND THAT HE HAD HIS HANDS FULL SO HE NEEDED TO COME HOME. I OBTAINED WRITTEN STATEMENTS FROM THE WITNESSES AND THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM WAS SEEN BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES BUT REFUSED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. I DID NOT SEE ANY VISIBLE INJURIES ON THE VICTIM, BUT SHE WAS VERY SCARED OF THE DEFENDANT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HER TO STEP OUT OF HER BEDROOM TO SPEAK WITH ME WHICH SHE REFUSED TO DO. MR PALMER THEN STATED THAT SHE WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HER. I AGAIN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STEP OUT OF THE BEDROOM TO SPEAK WITH ME IN REFERENCE TO THIS INCIDENT AND SHE AGAIN REFUSED. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT TO TURN AROUND AND PLACE HER HANDS BEHIND HER BACK. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD NOT AND THAT I COULD NOT TAKE HER TO THE JAIL. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY. DEPUTY DERA AND I WENT TO PLACE HANDCUFFS ON THE DEFENDANT WHEN SHE STARTED TO MOVE AROUND AND STRUGGLE SO THAT WE COULD NOT GET THE HANDCUFFS ON HER. DEPUTY DERA WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN HER LEFT ARM AND I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN HER RIGHT ARM. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BY DEPUTY DERA AND I. WHILE WE WERE ESCORTING THE DEFENDANT TO MY VEHICLE, SHE KEPT TRYING TO BREAK FREE OF MY GRASP AND RUN BACK INTO THE APARTMENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF BATTERY AND ONE COUNT OF RESISTING AN OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE. THE DEFENDANT BOND WAS SET AT $1,000 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO GATHER THE DEFENDANTâS INFORMATION SHE PROVIDED ME WITH A FALSE NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. SHE PROVIDED ME WITH MAGGY JOHNSON WITH THE DATE OF BIRTH OF 020665 AND ADVISED SHE HAD A CALIFORNIA DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER. I HAD DEPUTY DERA OBTAIN HER REAL INFORMATION FROM HER BOYFRIEND WHO WAS ON SCENE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I COULD NOT GET ANYTHING BACK ON THE NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH SHE HAD GIVEN ME DEPUTY DERA PROVIDED THE VICTIM WITH A VICTIMâS RIGHTS PAMPHLET BEARING THIS CASE NUMBER AND THIS DEPUTYâS NAME. ALL OF THE WRITTEN STATEMENTS WERE LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. |
