| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HESSE, NICHOLAS 0689 (AR14-12924) 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: DEFENDANT DID GRAB THE VICTIM BY HIS WRIST TURNING HIS ARM AROUND AND CAUSING THE VICTIM TO DROP HIS PHONE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO-WIT: DEFENDANT DID GRAB THE VICTIM BY HIS WRIST TURNING HIS ARM AROUND CAUSING THE VICTIM TO DROP HIS PHONE, RESULTING IN DAMAGE, SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $200.00 OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 806.13(1)(B)1. ON 112414, AT 2139 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF BUTTONBUSH DRIVE AND MAIDENCANE DRIVE IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY. UPON ARRIVAL AT 2154 HOURS, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR CALEB ATZERT, AND THE WITNESS, MR CHARLES MATTHEWS, AT THE INTERSECTION OF BUTTONBUSH DRIVE AND JUNIPERUS WAY. I SPOKE WITH THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED THAT WHILE RIDING HIS MOTORIZED BICYCLE IN THE ROADWAY, HE WAS YELLED AT, CHASED AND CONFRONTED BY THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE, JUST EAST OF BUTTONBUSH DRIVE AND JUNIPERUS WAY. HE STATED THAT ONCE THE DEFENDANT, MS ROBERTA HOSKINS, CAUGHT UP TO HIM SHE BEGAN YELLING AND SCREAMING, AND THEN SHE RAN TOWARDS HIM WHERE SHE GRABBED HIS WRIST AND TWISTED HIS ARM. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THIS ACTION CAUSED HIM TO DROP HIS PHONE, CRACKING THE SCREEN, WHICH RESULTED IN DAMAGE. THE VICTIM STATED THAT HE FOLLOWED THE DEFENDANT BACK TO HER RESIDENCE AND NOTIFIED THIS AGENCY. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE WITNESS, WHO CORROBORATED THE VICTIM'S STORY. THE WITNESS PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, STATING THAT HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TOUCHING AND GRABBING THE VICTIM. THE WITNESS PROVIDED HIS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND I ALSO OBTAINED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE VICTIM. BOTH STATEMENTS WERE LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. I OBSERVED THE VICTIM'S PHONE PRIOR TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE SCREEN THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH HIS STATEMENT. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT HER RESIDENCE AND CONDUCTED A NON-CUSTODIAL IN THE FRONT YARD. DURING MY CONVERSATION WITH THE DEFENDANT, SHE WAS LOUD, PROVIDED INCOHERENT STATEMENTS AND WAS EXTREMELY AGITATED ABOUT PUNKS ââSLICING HER TIRESââ. WHEN FURTHER QUESTIONED ABOUT THE INCIDENT THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO ANSWER OR CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. DUE TO THE DEFENDANTS UNCOOPERATIVE NATURE AND THE VICTIMâS AND WITNESSâ STATEMENTS, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS 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. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE DEFENDANT BEGAN COMPLAINING OF CHEST PAINS, AT WHICH TIME I NOTIFIED EMS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES) AND AWAITED THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE WALMART PARKING LOT IN LECANTO. ONCE ON SCENE, MEDIC 125 EVALUATED THE DEFENDANT WITH AN EKG, WHICH SHOWED NO SIGNS OF CARDIAC ARREST. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED THE REMAINDER OF THE WAY TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK ON THE DEFENDANT REVEALED A PRIOR CONVICTION FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY ON 02-18-1986, IN CALIFORNIA. DUE TO THIS, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF FELONY BATTERY AND ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, WITH A TOTAL BOND SET AT $2,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
