| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RICHEY, JONATHAN 0678 (AR15-15120) DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY PANETTI (1304), WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: ATTEMPTING TO SERVE A WARRANT ON THE DEFENDANT AS THE DEFENDANT SWAM AWAY IN THE RIVER, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 052215 AT APPROXIMATELY 1638 HOURS, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR ROBERT DANIEL CRONIN, WAS AT THE HUNTER SPRINGS PARK, LOCATED AT 104 NORTHEAST 1ST AVENUE, IN CRYSTAL RIVER. DEFENDANT CRONIN WAS SHOWING AN OPEN VIOLATION OF PROBATION WARRANT, NUMBER 5274, OUT OF CITRUS COUNTY FOR RESISTING WITHOUT VIOLENCE AND NO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY PANETTI, DEPUTY WATTS (1299) AND I RESPONDED TO THE AREA, AT WHICH TIME, DEPUTY WATTS AND DEPUTY PANETTI MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT HAD SHAVED HIS HAIR AND DID HAVE AN APPEARANCE UNLIKE HIS RECENT ARREST PHOTOGRAPH. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONFIRM HIS IDENTITY, THE DEFENDANT STATED TO DEPUTY PANETTI THAT HIS NAME WAS "CHRIS HENDERSON." DURING THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT FLED ON FOOT FROM THOSE DEPUTIES, JUMPING INTO THE CRYSTAL RIVER. HE THEN SWAM ACROSS THE RIVER, WHERE HE WAS MET BY SOME CITIZENS THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM ON THEIR PROPERTY. I THEN ARRIVED AT THAT LOCATION, WHERE THE DEFENDANT HAD ALREADY TURNED AND BEGAN SWIMMING BACK TO HUNTER SPRINGS. AS HE WAS ALMOST ASHORE, DEPUTY PANETTI BEGAN GIVING HIM VERBAL COMMANDS TO COME ON LAND, WHERE HE COULD BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. HE THEN CAME ON LAND AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN AGAIN TO RUN FROM THAT DEPUTY. THAT DEPUTY HAD ALREADY DRAWN HIS AGENCY ISSUED TASER AND CONTINUOUSLY ORDERED THE DEFENDANT TO SURRENDER. THE DEFENDANT THEN ATTEMPTED TO JUMP A WOODEN FENCE, WHERE DEPUTY PANETTI YELLED "TASER TASER TASER" AND DEPLOYED IT. THE DEPLOYMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN OFFERED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, WHICH HE REFUSED. THE TASER PROBES WERE SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE WAS CHARGED WITH RESISTING WITHOUT VIOLENCE, WITH THE DEFENDANT'S BOND SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED; THE DEFENDANT CURRENTLY HAS AN OPEN VIOLATION OF PROBATION WARRANT OUT OF CITRUS COUNTY. |
