| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CROSNOE, ROBERT 0234 (AR11122686) MERRITT, JAMES 0757 DID UNLAWFULLY COMMIT BATTERY UPON THE VICTIM ONE AND VICTIM TWO BY ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCHING OR STRIKING SAID PERSON AGAINST SAID PERSON'S WILL, OR BY INTENTIONALLY CAUSING BODILY HARM, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID STRIKE VICTIM PAULA BROOKS IN HER RIGHT SHOULDER AND INJURED HER RIGHT PINKY FINGER, AND DID STRIKE VICTIM WILLIAM BROOKS IN THE CHIN CAUSING REDNESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 091011 THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY JAMES MERRITT (0757) RESPONDED TO 13121 EAST BERRY LANE IN FLORAL CITY, IN REFERENCE TO CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR WILLIAM BROOKS, HE ADVISED THAT SOMEONE HAD POURED LIGHTER FLUID ON HIS VEHICLE. HE ADVISED THAT LAST NIGHT ON 090911 AT APPROXIMATELY 2230 HOURS, HE AND HIS WIFE, MS PAULA BROOKS (VICTIM) WERE INVOLVED IN A BATTERY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE REPORTED THE BATTERY INCIDENT TO DEPUTY ELDRIDGE (0722) WHO TOOK A REPORT OF THE INCIDENT. MR BROOKS STATED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE, PAULA BROOKS, WERE BATTERED BY A KNOWN PERSON, MR MICHAEL WRIGHT (SUSPECT). MR BROOKS ADVISED THAT MICHAEL WRIGHT LIVES ON AN UNKNOWN LOT AT THE TRAILS END FISH CAMP IN FLORAL CITY. DEPUTY ELDRIDGE COMPLETED A REPORT AND BOLO'D FOR THE SUSPECT WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. MR BROOKS ADVISED THAT MR WRIGHT HAD BATTERED HIM BY STRIKING HIM IN THE CHIN ONE TIME WHICH CAUSED REDNESS TO HIS CHIN. MR BROOKS FURTHER STATED THAT DURING THE BATTERY, MS BROOKS ATTEMPTED TO SEPARATE HIM AND MR WRIGHT AND WAS ALSO STRUCK BY MR WRIGHT IN HER RIGHT SHOULDER. MS BROOKS ADVISED THAT MR WRIGHT ALSO GRABBED AND POSSIBLY BROKE HER RIGHT PINKY FINGER. AT THAT TIME I REVIEWED DEPUTY ELDRIDGE'S REPORT AND DETERMINED THERE WAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR THE ARREST OF MICHAEL WRIGHT FOR TWO COUNTS OF BATTERY. MYSELF AND DEPUTY MERRITT LOCATED MR WRIGHT AT LOT 18 AT TRAILS END FISH CAMP. MR WRIGHT STATED HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF THE INCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. MR WRIGHT AGREED TO GO WITH US BACK TO THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE. UPON OUR ARRIVAL AT THE VICTIM'S RESIDENCE, BOTH MR AND MS BROOKS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED MR WRIGHT AS THE SUBJECT WHO HAD BATTERED THEM. AT THAT TIME MICHAEL WRIGHT WAS ARRESTED FOR BATTERY AND HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. DEFENDANT WRIGHT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF FOR PROCESSING WHERE HIS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
