| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, ROY 0421 (AR11123323) UNLAWFULLY ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF ANOTHER OR THEIR PROPERTY WHILE INTOXICATED OR DID WHILE INTOXICATED OR DRINKING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN A PUBLIC PLACE CAUSE A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 856.011. ON 102711 AT APPROXIMATELY 1957 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF 1224 NORTH US HIGHWAY 41, CIRCLE K GAS STATION, IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A WHITE MALE WEARING GREY AND BLACK WITH A BACK PACK WHO WAS ASKING THE COMPLAINANT FOR MARIJUANA AND THEN THREATENED HER. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT, MR MATTHEW BELL, WHO MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE COMPLAINANT. UPON MAKING CONTACT, I OBSERVED THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WAS INTOXICATED AND I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM HIS BREATH, HE HAD BLOODSHOT EYES AND WAS UNSTEADY ON HIS FEET. DURING THE CONVERSATION THE SUSPECT STATED THAT HE HAD THREE BEERS AND HE DID NOT MAKE ANY THREATS TOWARDS THE INDIVIDUAL AND HE DID NOT HAVE CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE. THE SUSPECT STARTED GETTING LOUD AND WAIVING HIS ARMS AROUND. AS HE STEPPED CLOSER TO ME, I ADVISED HIM TO LOWER HIS ARMS AND STEP BACK. AGAIN THE SUSPECT MOVED CLOSER TO ME RAISING HIS HAND TO MY FACE. AFTER I TOLD HIM TO STEP AWAY AND PUT HIS HAND DOWN WHICH HE REFUSED. DEPUTY DEARDEN AND I THEN PLACED OUR HANDS ON THE SUSPECT. WE ORDERED THE SUSPECT TO CALM DOWN AND GET ON THE GROUND. THE SUSPECT DECLINED AND INSTEAD TENSED UP AND STARTED PULLING AWAY. THE SUSPECT WAS THEN PLACED ON THE GROUND. WHILE LYING UPON HIS CHEST, THE SUSPECT'S HANDS WERE PLACED BEHIND HIS BACK, HANDCUFFED AND DOUBLE LOCKED. I ADVISED THE SUSPECT THAT I WAS PLACING HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DISORDERLY INTOXICATION. THE SUSPECT WAS SEARCHED AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE STORE EMPLOYEE WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE SUSPECT DID HAVE A CONFRONTATION WITH SOME CUSTOMERS AND HE IN FACT TOLD THE STORE EMPLOYEE THAT HE HAD A GUN; HOWEVER, THE SEARCH DID NOT TURN UP A GUN. THE SUSPECT DID HAVE A BICYCLE THAT WAS ON THE PROPERTY OF CIRCLE K AND THE SUSPECT REQUESTED THAT I LEAVE THE BICYCLE THERE. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. ON THE WAY TO THE JAIL, THE DEFENDANT WHOSE LEFT HAND IS DEFORMED, SLIPPED OUT OF THE HANDCUFFS DURING TRANSPORT AND STARTED SPITTING. WHILE EN ROUTE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF WHO RESPONDED OUT AND SECURED THE DEFENDANT UPON MY ARRIVAL. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $150.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
