| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TAYLOR, MATTHEW 0400 (12-83717) (AR12-1051) DID BY HIS ACT PROCUREMENT, OR CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE WITH INTENT TO HARM AND WITHOUT LAWFUL JUSTIFICATION INFLICTED UPON MR YURANKO, WOUNDS AND INJURIES WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF MR YURANKO, A HUMAN BEING, BY WILLFULLY, WANTONLY AND RECKLESSLY STABBING MR YURANKO WITH A KNIFE CAUSING WOUNDS TO THE BODY OF MR YURANKO WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 782.07(1). IN THE LATE HOURS OF 050512, THE DEFENDANT, MR MATTHEW MAY, AND THE VICTIM/DECEASED, MR BRANDON YURANKO, HAD ENGAGED IN A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WHERE BOTH OF THEM SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. FRIENDS OF BOTH PARTIES WERE ABLE TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT AND AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WENT INTO HIS RESIDENCE WHILE THE VICTIM, MR YURANKO WAS BEING ATTENDED TO BY A FRIEND. MOMENTS LATER THE DEFENDANT, MR MAY, EXITED THE RESIDENCE AND ENGAGED THE VICTIM, MR YURANKO, IN A VERBAL ALTERCATION. AS MR YURANKO APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT, HE HAD RAISED HIS HANDS AND ASKED âWHAT THE FUCKâ. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT LUNGED A KNIFE, WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AS A FULL SIZED DIVING KNIFE, INTO THE LEFT SIDE OF MR YURANKO WITH HIS RIGHT HAND. AFTER TAKING THE KNIFE OUT, THE DEFENDANT HELD IT IN THE AIR AND STATED âWHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST DOâ. AT THIS TIME, THE VICTIM, MR YURANKO, RAN APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AND COLLAPSED. WHILE FRIENDS TENDED TO MR YURANKO, THE DEFENDANT WALKED AROUND THE CORNER TOWARDS THE WATER AND ALLEGEDLY THREW THE KNIFE IN THE LAKE. DURING THE PROCESS OF TENDING TO MR YURANKO, MR YURANKO WAS TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM WHERE HE SUCCUMBED TO HIS STAB WOUND AND WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED ON 050612 AT 0029 HOURS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS INVESTIGATION, MR MATTHEW MAY WAS ARRESTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER AT 1519 HOURS ON 050612. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY CUTLIPâS PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $50,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
