| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WATTS, ROSCOE 1299 (AR16-20615) (16-112798) DID UNLAWFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY THREATEN BY WORD OR ACT TO DO VIOLENCE TO THE VICTIM, COUPLED WITH AN APPARENT ABILITY TO CARRY OUT SAID THREAT, DID AN ACT OR ACTS WHICH CREATED A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR IN THE VICTIM THAT SUCH VIOLENCE WAS IMMINENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.011; AND \tdid commit certain acts which are of such a nature as to corrupt the public morals or outrage the sense of public decency or affect the peace and quiet of a person who may witness them, or did engage in brawling or fighting, or in such conduct as to constitute a breach of the peace or disorderly conduct, in that THE DEFENDANT USED VULGAR LANGUAGE IN A VERY LOUD MANNER, in violation of Florida Statute 877.03; AND \t DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY WATTS, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE DEFENDANT FROM ASSAULTING THE VICTIM, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. \t \tON 081716 AT APPROXIMATELY 2141 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 6339 EAST WAVERLY STREET. \t \tUPON ARRIVA AT APPROXIMATELY 2141 HOURS, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIMS, MS KATHRYN EVERETT, JACOB EVERETT, MS JOY EVERETT, AND MR STEVEN SMOLENSKY. THEY ADVISED THE DEFENDANT, MR RAY SIMPERS, WAS BEING VERBALLY BELLIGERENT TOWARDS THEM. ALL VICTIMS ADVISED THE DEFENDANT DID THREATEN TO KILL MS JOY EVERETT. \t \tI THEN ATTEMPTED TO make CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT his RESIDENCE AT 6065 EAST WAVERLY STREET. THE DEFENDANT BECAME VERY VERBALLY HOSTILE TOWARDS ME AS I SPOKE WITH HIM THROUGH HIS FRONT DOOR. AS I LEFT THE DEFENDANT'S YARD, HE THEN EXITED HIS RESIDENCE, APPROACHED ME AND BEGAN ENGAGING IN A HOSTILE CONVERSATION WITH ME. I THEN ASKED the DEFENDANT WHAT WAS the ISSUE, AT which TIME HE BECAME VERBAL WITH ALL VICTIMS INVOLVED. \t \tTHE DEFENDANT THEN ENGAGED IN A HOSTILE CONVERSATION WITH VICTIM SMOLENSKY, WHO WAS STANDING IN THE YARD LOCATED AT 6339 EAST WAVERLY STREET. THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TELLING VICTIM SMOLENSKY THAT HE WOULD "KICK HIS ASS", AT WHICH TIME I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE NEEDED TO RELAX DUE TO THE FACT HE WAS ACTING IN A DISORDERLY MANNER. \t \tSUDDENLY the DEFENDANT LEFT HIS YARD AND RAN TOWARDS VICTIM SMOLENSKY WITH HIS FISTS CLINCHED IN AN ATTEMPT TO STRIKE HIM. I THEN INTERVENED IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDIRECT THE DEFENDANT. THESE ACTIONS TOOK PLACE TO THE WEST OF the DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 6049 EAST WAVERLY STREET. AFTER A BRIEF MOMENT, I WAS ABLE TO GRAB BOTH OF the DEFENDANT'S ARMS, AT WHICH TIME I ADVISED HIM HE WAS BEING DETAINED. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO PUT the DEFENDANT IN HANDCUFFS. I WAS ABLE TO HANDCUFF the DEFENDANT'S RIGHT WRIST, AT which TIME the DEFENDANT DID SNATCH AWAY FROM ME IN A HOSTILE MANNER, CALLING ME "NIGGER". I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT TO RELAX, AT WHICH TIME HE DID NOT FOLLOW ANY OF MY VERBAL COMMANDS. I THEN EXECUTED A LEG SWEEP TAKEDOWN AND PLACED the DEFENDANT ON the GROUND. \t \tAFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE, I WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE DEFENDANT'S LEFT ARM AND SUCCESSFULLY PLACE the OTHER HANDCUFF ON HIM (DOUBLE LOCKED). THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ASSAULT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RESISTING WITHOUT VIOLENCE. \t \tTHE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. \t \tTHE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 FOR the ASSAULT, $500.00 FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND $1,000.00 FOR RESISTING WITHOUT VIOLENCE FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
