| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RAMOS, ROBALDO 0515 (AR10114907) 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: SLAPPED THE VICTIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 051910, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 4920 EAST ARBOR STREET IN INVERNESS (BP GASOLINE STATION) WHERE A BATTERY DID OCCUR. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WHO PROVIDED A WRITTEN STATEMENT. WHILE INSIDE THE CONVENIENCE STORE, HER SISTER-IN-LAW/DEFENDANT, MS MEGAN HUFF, WALKED IN AND PICKED UP THE VICTIM'S DAUGHTER. SHORTLY AFTER THE VICTIM TOOK HER DAUGHTER BACK AND WALKED OUTSIDE WHILE THE DEFENDANT FOLLOWED. WHILE OUTSIDE, THEY BEGAN ARGUING. THE DEFENDANT TOLD THE VICTIM IF SHE WAS NOT HOLDING HER DAUGHTER SHE WOULD "BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HER". AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT SLAPPED THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT THEN GOT INTO HER VEHICLE AND LEFT THE SCENE. THE VICTIM WAS ISSUED AN AGENCY CASE CARD BEARING THE CASE NUMBER. I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS ONE WHO ADVISED THAT WHILE SHE WAS SITTING IN HER VEHICLE, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE, SHE OBSERVED THE LADY CARRYING HER CHILD, IDENTIFIED AS THE VICTIM, EXIT THE STORE AND WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LADY, IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT. THE WITNESS ADVISED WHILE OUT IN FRONT OF THE STORE THEY BEGAN TO ARGUE, AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT SLAPPED THE VICTIM. SHE STATED SHE HEARD THE VICTIM STATE SHE WAS GOING TO "CALL THE COPS" AND THEN THE DEFENDANT STATED "GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM" AND THEN GOT INTO HER VEHICLE AND LEFT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS TWO, WHO CORROBORATED WITNESS ONE'S STATEMENT, BUT DID ADD THAT THE DEFENDANT GRABBED THE VICTIM BY THE NECK PRIOR TO SLAPPING HER. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT VIA TELEPHONE, ASKED HER TO RESPOND TO THE INCIDENT LOCATION, AT WHICH TIME, SHE DID. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE ENTERED THE BP GASOLINE STATION AND SAW HER SISTER-IN-LAW/VICTIM AT THE REGISTER, AT WHICH TIME, SHE PICKED UP THE VICTIM'S DAUGHTER TO GIVE HER A HUG. THE VICTIM THEN TOOK HER DAUGHTER FROM THE DEFENDANT AND EXITED THE STORE WHILE THE DEFENDANT FOLLOWED. SHE STATED ONCE THEY GOT OUTSIDE THEY BEGAN TO ARGUE WITH EACH OTHER. SHE ADVISED THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO KILL HER. THE VICTIM THEN BEGAN POINTING AT THE DEFENDANT. ONCE THE VICTIM'S HAND TOUCHED THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT TOLD HER TO NOT TOUCH HER ANYMORE, AT WHICH TIME, THE VICTIM ATTEMPTED TO SLAP THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT PUSHED THE VICTIM AND SUBSEQUENTLY SLAPPED HER. THEY CONTINUED TO ARGUE. THE DEFENDANT THEN WALKED AWAY, GOT INTO HER VEHICLE, AND LEFT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS THREE WHO ADVISED SHE SAW HER SISTER, THE DEFENDANT, AND HER SISTER-IN-LAW (VICTIM) EXIT THE STORE YELLING AT EACH OTHER. SHE ADVISED SHE OBSERVED THE VICTIM POINT AT THE DEFENDANT AND THEN PUSH HER. SHE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THEN PUSHED THE VICTIM BACK AND THEN SLAPPED HER, AT WHICH TIME, HER SISTER (THE DEFENDANT) GOT BACK IN THE VEHICLE AND LEFT. WITNESS THREE WAS SITTING INSIDE THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE, WHICH WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE BP GASOLINE STATION. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ARRESTED FOR SIMPLE BATTERY, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
