| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, DALE 0276 (AR14-9389) DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DETECTIVE STRICKLAND, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO PROVIDE HIS IDENTIFICATION WHEN ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES, AND BECAME BELLIGERENT IN A PUBLIC PLACE AFTER BEING TOLD HE WAS BEING DETAINED, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02; ON 030714 THIS DETECTIVE WAS ASSISTING DEPUTY SHARPE IN HIS INVESTIGATION OF A GRAND THEFT. DETECTIVE SHARPE HAD LOCATED THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE, BELONGING TO MR ROBERT PAINE, AT THE BIG LOTS PARKING LOT LOCATED AT 146 SE HIGHWAY 19, CRYSTAL RIVER. WHILE OBSERVING THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE, DETECTIVE SHARPE OBSERVED THE SUSPECT MR PAINE, ALONG WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR RAMON ANTHONY NATAL, EXIT A 2001 CADILLAC FOUR DOOR VEHICLE. DEPUTY SHARPE OBSERVED BOTH SUBJECTS AS THEY ENTERED THE STORE. DETECTIVE KESZTHELYI, DETECTIVE SHARPE, DEPUTY VIGGIANO AND I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT ALONG WITH MR ROBERT PAINE.. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED BY DEPUTY VIGGIANO TO STEP TO THE SIDE SO THAT WE COULD SPEAK WITH HIM. THE DEFENDANT IMMEDIATELY ASKED, âAM I UNDER ARREST?â HE WAS ADVISED THAT WE WERE CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION OF A GRAND THEFT, AND THAT HE HAD JUST ENTERED THE STORE WITH THE SUSPECT, MR PAINE. THE DEFENDANT BECAME BELLIGERENT, AND ASKED AGAIN IF HE WAS UNDER ARREST. HE WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING DETAINED, AND AT THIS MOMENT, WE NEEDED TO SEE HIS IDENTIFICATION. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE IF HE WAS NOT UNDER ARREST, HE DID NOT HAVE TO DO WHAT WE ASKED HIM TO . THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE SHOULD LET US SEE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE IDENTIFICATION ONCE MORE. THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO DO SO. HE THEN STATED THAT WE COULD SPEAK WITH HIS LAWYER, AND THAT WE NEEDED TO âGET THE FUCK UP OUTTA MY FACE.â WE WERE ALL STANDING AT THIS TIME IN THE ENTRANCE OF THE STORE, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL SHOPPERS WITHIN TWENTY FEET. AT THIS TIME OF DAY, THERE WERE ALSO CHILDREN IN THE STORE. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR OBSTRUCTION. HE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK, AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RESISTING AN OFFICER/OBSTRUCTION, WITH HIS BOND SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
