Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MULLINS, MARVIN 0493 (AR14-9134) 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: KICKING AND SCRATCHING IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 021714, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 10858 EAST GOBBLER DRIVE IN FLORAL CITY IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MS JOANNE CORR, AND THE WITNESS, MR CHARLIE MINKEL, WHO WERE ACROSS THE STREET. I IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED SCRATCHES ON THE VICTIMâS RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT SIDE OF HER NECK AS WELL AS SCRATCHES ON HER BACK. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT AS SHE WAS TRYING TO ENTER HER RESIDENCE AT 10858 EAST GOBBLER DRIVE, WHERE SHE HAS BEEN LIVING FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS WITH HER BOYFRIEND/WITNESS, WHO IS THE DEFENDANTâS SON, THE DEFENDANT WAS STANDING IN THE DOORWAY TELLING HER SHE COULD NOT ENTER. THE VICTIM STATED TO THE DEFENDANT TO LET HER IN AND TRIED TO WALK THROUGH THE DOOR. THE VICTIM ADVISED THE DEFENDANT KNEED THE VICTIM TWICE IN THE VAGINAL AREA, THEN GRABBED FOR HER HAIR AND SCRATCHED HER NECK AND RIGHT ARM AS SHE WAS DOING SO. THE VICTIM ADVISED SHE JUST TRIED TO GET AWAY, HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT STILL HAD A HOLD OF HER HAIR AND AS THE VICTIM HAD HER BACK AGAINST THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT SCRATCHED THE VICTIMâS BACK. AT THAT TIME THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO BREAK FREE FROM THE DEFENDANT AT WHICH TIME SHE WALKED ACROSS THE STREET TO NOTIFY LAW ENFORCEMENT. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE WITNESS, WHO WAS STANDING BEHIND THE DEFENDANT DURING THE INCIDENT AND WHO OBSERVED THE ENTIRE INCIDENT, CORROBORATED THE VICTIMâS STATEMENT. BOTH THE VICTIM AND WITNESS FILLED OUT SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT, MS RHONDA HENDRICKSON, WHO WAS STILL STANDING IN HER DOORWAY WHICH WAS OPENED AND I ASKED WHAT HAPPENED. I IMMEDIATELY SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM THE DEFENDANTâS PERSON. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE ALSO LIVES AT THE RESIDENCE AND WHEN THE VICTIM WAS TRYING TO ENTER, SHE TOLD THE VICTIM THAT SHE DOES NOT LIVE THERE AND COULD NOT COME IN. I TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT THE VICTIM ADVISED ME SHE HAS BEEN LIVING THERE FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AND THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT WAS TRUE, HOWEVER, SHE FEELS THE VICTIM DOES NOT LIVE THERE AND WANTED TO KICK HER OUT. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT PER FLORIDA LAW, IF THE VICTIM HAS BEEN LIVING THERE FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME, INCLUDING THE THREE WEEK PERIOD THE DEFENDANT ADVISED WAS TRUE, IT IS IN FACT THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE ALSO. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO CONTINUE TELLING ME WHAT HAPPENED AND SHE ADVISED THAT BECAUSE SHE DID NOT WANT THE VICTIM IN THE HOUSE THAT SHE STOOD IN THE DOORWAY TO TRY AND KICK HER OUT. SHE STATED THE VICTIM THEN TRIED TO PUSH THROUGH HER PUTTING THE VICTIMâS FIST IN THE DEFENDANTâS STOMACH. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED AT THAT TIME SHE DID GRAB THE VICTIMâS HAIR, HOWEVER, SHE STATED SHE NEVER KNEED HER. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT DUE TO THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ON THE VICTIM AND THE WITNESSâ STATEMENT THAT I WAS PLACING HER UNDER ARREST FOR SIMPLE BATTERY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HER BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, I DID TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VICTIMâS INJURIES WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. |