| Date of birth: | Jun 26, 1969 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: CREEL, JUSTIN 0661 (AR00140) 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: PUNCHED THE VICTIM IN THE FACE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 022712, AT APPROXIMATELY 2335, I RESPONDED TO GRIFF’S BAR AT 825 WEST MAIN STREET IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH SEVERAL SUBJECTS IN FRONT OF THE BAR, WHICH INCLUDED THE VICTIM, BROOKE RITCHIE, WHO HAD A BLOODY NOSE, AND WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE BY THE DEFENDANT, MR RAY BRANNON. THIS INCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY SEVERAL WITNESSES THAT INCLUDED MR JARED PRIDHAM, MS MARISSA MAGGORIE, AND MR GLENN TOMKINS, WHO ALL COMPLETED WRITTEN STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS INCIDENT. OTHER WITNESSES ON SCENE REFUSED TO COMPLETE STATEMENTS, BUT ALL WITNESSES STATED THAT THEY DID OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT HIT THE VICTIM IN THE FACE. WITNESSES STATED THE INCIDENT STARTED NEAR AN ARCADE PUNCHING BAG GAME, WHEN THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS NOT PLAYING THE GAME, WALKED OVER AND PUNCHED THE BAG ON THE MACHINE AND THEN TURNED TOWARDS MR JARED PRIDHAM AND TRIED TO PUNCH HIM. WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS GOING TOWARDS MR PRIDHAM, THE VICTIM AND OTHER WITNESSES TRIED TO SEPARATE THEM. AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT PUNCHED THE VICTIM IN THE FACE. WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED WHAT HAD OCCURRED, HE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTACKED AND DID NOT TOUCH ANYONE. WHEN HE WAS ASKED TO EXPLAIN HOW HE WAS ATTACKED, HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD NOTHING MORE TO SAY AND TURNED AROUND AND PLACED HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. |
| Inmate status: | Misdemeanor |
| Report: | 2003-13666/1 |
| Arrest date: | Feb 28, 2012 |
| Booking number: | 140 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Arrest date: | Jun 27, 2003 |
| Arrest location: | 16425 SPRING HILL DR |
| Booking location: | Hernando County, FL |
| Code: | 784.03(1)(A)(1) |
| Charge description: | Battery |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Description: | 948.06 - VIOLATION OF PROBATION |
