| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHANEL, CHARLES 0252 (AR09108227) DID UNLAWFULLY, ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCH OR STRIKE THE VICTIM AGAINST HIS WILL OR INTENTIONALLY CAUSE BODILY HARM TO SAID PERSON, AND IN THE COMMISSION OF SAID BATTERY DID INTENTIONALLY OR KNOWINGLY CAUSE GREAT BODILY HARM, PERMANENT DISABILITY OR PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT TO SAID PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.045. ON 031809 AT 1530 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE CYPRESS CREEK ACADEMY (CCA) IN LECANTO LOCATED AT 2655 WEST WOODLAND RIDGE DRIVE IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY WHICH HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE COMPLAINANT, MR GARY WILLIAMS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT YESTERDAY (031709) AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 HOURS AN ALTERCATION ENSUED BETWEEN THREE BLACK MALE SUSPECTS AND ONE WHITE MALE VICTIM. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE VICTIM, WHO CAME INTO THE FACILITY ON 031609, WAS TOLD BY THE THREE MALE SUSPECTS, MR MARCUS CEASER, MR JOSHUA ROBINSON, AND OTHER BLACK MALE SUSPECT, WHO IS A JUVENILE, THAT THE VICTIM NEEDED TO GIVE THE SUSPECTS PART OF HIS CANTEEN IF HE DID NOT WANT TO GET HURT. THAT STATEMENT WAS INITIATED BY DEFENDANT CEASER. THE VICTIM WHO WAS BEING BLACKMAILED BY THE THREE BLACK MALE SUSPECTS DECIDED TO CONFRONT DEFENDANT MARCUS CEASER AND CHALLENGE HIM TO AN ALTERCATION DUE TO THE VICTIM REFUSING TO GIVE HIM AND THE OTHER TWO BLACK MALE SUSPECTS THEIR DEMANDS. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM AND DEFENDANT CEASER WALKED DOWN THE HALLWAY INTO THEIR CELL WHERE THE VICTIM WAS MET BY THE JUVENILE BLACK MALE (NAME NOT DISCLOSED). WHEN THE VICTIM ENTERED THE CELL, DEFENDANT CEASER AND DEFENDANT ROBINSON BOTH ENTERED THE CELL AND THE VICTIM AT THIS TIME WAS SURROUNDED BY ALL THREE BLACK MALE DEFENDANTS. AT THAT TIME, THE BLACK MALE JUVENILE PUNCHED THE VICTIM ON THE SIDE OF THE HEAD TO WHERE THE VICTIM FELL TO HIS KNEES. WHILE ON THE GROUND, THE BLACK MALE JUVENILE DEFENDANT BEGAN KICKING THE VICTIM IN THE HEAD. AT THAT TIME, DEFENDANT ROBINSON PLACED A CHOKE HOLD ON THE VICTIM WHERE AT THAT TIME DEFENDANT CEASER BEGAN PUNCHING THE VICTIM IN THE FACE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE THEN LOST CONSCIOUSNESS. THE VICTIM DID PROVIDE ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. THE VICTIM ALSO WAS PROVIDED A PHOTO LINE-UP BY CCA PERSONNEL. THE PHOTO LINE-UP WAS DESCRIBED AS IMAGES OF 16 DETAINED JUVENILES AND/OR ADULTS WHO SHARE THE SAME CELL WITH THE VICTIM. THE VICTIM POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE THREE BLACK MALE DEFENDANTS LISTED ABOVE. CCA PERSONNEL PROVIDED ME WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VICTIM. THOSE IMAGES CONSISTED OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE VICTIM WHEN HE ENTERED THE FACILITY ON 031609 WHERE NO SIGNS OF INJURY WERE APPARENT. THEY ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH IMAGES AFTER THE ALTERCATION WHERE IT IS APPARENT THE VICTIM'S LEFT EYE SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE. ACCORDING TO CCA PERSONNEL, THE VICTIM WAS SEEN BY EMERGENCY ROOM PERSONNEL WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THE VICTIM TO HAVE FACIAL FRACTURES AS WELL AS A LEFT ORBITAL FRACTURE. UPON MY ARRIVAL TO CCA, THE VICTIM WAS NOT PRESENT DUE TO HIM BEING RUSHED TO OAK HILL HOSPITAL DUE TO EMERGENCY SURGERY. CCA STAFF PROVIDED ME WITH A VIDEO. THE VIDEO CONSISTS OF ALL THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ALTERCATION BUT NOT THE ALTERCATION IN QUESTION DUE TO NO CAMERAS BEING IN THAT PARTICULAR CELL. THE VIDEO SHOWS THE VICTIM WALKING DOWN THE HALLWAY WITH DEFENDANT CEASER. IT THEN SHOWS DEFENDANT ROBINSON FOLLOWING DEFENDANT CEASER AND THE VICTIM INTO THE CELL AND THEN A SHORT TIME LATER YOU OBSERVE DEFENDANT CEASER, DEFENDANT ROBINSON, AND DEFENDANT BLACK MALE JUVENILE LEAVING THE CELL. THERE IS AN APPARENT WITNESS WHO OBSERVED THE INCIDENT, HOWEVER, HE IS UNCOOPERATIVE AT THIS TIME. THE VIDEO, THE VICTIM'S STATEMENT, PHOTOGRAPH OF THE VICTIM, AND HIS INJURIES WERE TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) EVIDENCE AS WELL AS THE ORIGINAL PHOTO LINE-UP DOCUMENT WHERE THE VICTIM POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE THREE DEFENDANTS MENTIONED ABOVE. ALL DEFENDANTS ARE PLACED ON A NO BOND STATUS DUE TO THEM BEING CURRENTLY INCARCERATED AT THE CCA. THE BLACK MALE JUVENILE DEFENDANT IS CURRENTLY BEING TRANSPORTED BACK TO CCA FROM ANOTHER FACILITY FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON WHERE HE IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TOMORROW MORNING (031909) AT 0900 HOURS. CCA PERSONNEL WERE ADVISED TO NOTIFY ME FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING CUSTODY OF HIM AND TRANSPORTING HIM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE IN OCALA. DEFENDANT CEASER AND DEFENDANT ROBINSON WERE UNWILLING TO COOPERATE AND MAKE ANY STATEMENTS. BOTH DEFENDANT ROBINSON AND DEFENDANT CEASER WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, DUE TO THEM BEING BOTH ADULTS, WITH A NO BOND STATUS. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
