| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOWLING, THOMAS 0709 (AR10117799) KNOWINGLY OR WILLFULLY ABUSE AN ELDERLY PERSON OR DISABLED ADULT, TO WIT: PULLED THE DISABLED VICTIM OFF OF THE BED WHERE SHE LANDED ON THE FLOOR ON HER KNEES, WITHOUT CAUSING GREAT BODILY HARM, PERMANENT DISABILITY, OR PERMANENT DISFIGUREMENT TO THE ELDERLY PERSON OR DISABLED ADULT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 825.102(1) ON 110610 AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 7035 WEST VILLAGE DRIVE IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE. WHEN I ARRIVED, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM WHO STATED SHE HAD GONE TO THE GAS STATION ON THE CORNER IN HER WHEELCHAIR AND WHEN SHE RETURNED TO THE RESIDENCE, SHE GOT BACK INTO BED. SHE STATED THE DEFENDANT, MR RICHARD ISAAC NEWSOME, WAS MAD BECAUSE HIS GIRLFRIEND, A RELATIVE OF THE VICTIM, LEFT THE RESIDENCE WITH HIS VEHICLE. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT ASKED HER WHERE HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD GONE AND SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS AT the GAS STATION CLEANING OUT HIS VEHICLE. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT BECAME EXTREMELY MAD AND BEGAN CURSING AT HER, CALLING HER "OLD LADY." THE VICTIM STATED SHE POINTED HER FINGER AT THE DEFENDANT AND HE GRABBED HER RIGHT ARM AND PULLED HER OUT OF HER BED. THE VICTIM STATED SHE LANDED ON THE FLOOR, HITTING HER KNEES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED BOTH OF THE VICTIM'S LEGS HAD BEEN AMPUTATED BELOW THE KNEES. THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO SEVEN RIVERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER EMERGENCY ROOM BY MEDIC SEVEN. I SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO STATED HE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND, A RELATIVE OF THE VICTIM, HAD TAKEN HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE WENT INTO THE VICTIM'S BEDROOM AND ASKED THE VICTIM WHERE HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD GONE WITH HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THE VICTIM TOLD HIM HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS AT THE GAS STATION CLEANING OUT HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE BEGAN TO "FREAK" because HE WAS MAD THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD TAKEN HIS VEHICLE AND WAS GOING TO BUY DRUGS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW THE VICTIM HAD ENDED UP ON THE FLOOR OF THE BEDROOM, TO WHICH HE ACTED AS IF HE DID NOT EVEN KNOW SHE WAS ON THE FLOOR. HE STATED THE VICTIM HAD PROBABLY FALLEN OUT OF BED ON PURPOSE. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT FROM WHERE THE DEFENDANT SAT, WATCHING TELEVISION, THE VICTIM'S BEDROOM WAS LOCATED TO THE LEFT AND HAD TWO DOUBLE DOORS WHICH WERE WIDE OPEN AND IF THE VICTIM HAD FALLEN OUT OF BED, THE DEFENDANT WOULD HEARD OR SEEN SOMETHING. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF ABUSE OF A DISABLED PERSON. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON A BOND OF $2,000.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 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* |
