| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAHERA, ANDRES 0673 (AR11121012) 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: STRUCK THE VICTIM WITH A CLOSED FIST THREE TIMES IN THE TEMPLE AREA ON THE LEFT SIDE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 052911, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 3115 EAST MILLWOOD LANE IN HERNANDO IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED MR SHAWN ALAN CHANDLER (DEFENDANT) FACE DOWN ON THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE ADDRESS OF 3115 EAST MILLWOOD LANE. WITNESS ONE, DEPUTY WILLIAMS FROM THE SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WHO WAS OFF DUTY, WAS ON TOP OF SHAWN HOLDING HIM DOWN WITH HIS LEFT HAND PRESSED AGAINST HIS BACK AND HIS RIGHT HAND HOLDING SHAWN'S RIGHT ARM. I THEN ASKED AS TO WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THE VICTIM, MR RICKY WRIGHT, INFORMED ME THAT HE AND SHAWN USED TO BE FRIENDS BUT RECENTLY HIS VEHICLE GOT BROKEN INTO AND HE BELIEVED THAT SHAWN STOLE THE ITEMS FROM HIS VEHICLE WHICH WAS A LAPTOP AND AN AMPLIFIER. THE VICTIM INFORMED ME THAT SHAWN HAD BEEN DRIVING BY HIS RESIDENCE WHILE HE WAS NOT AT HOME AND THAT HE HAS BEEN SENDING THREATENING TEXT MESSAGES. TONIGHT HE INFORMED ME THAT SHAWN HAD SHOWN UP AT HIS RESIDENCE AND HE HAD CALLED MR WRIGHT OUT TO FIGHT. MR WRIGHT INFORMED ME THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO FIGHT SHAWN BUT WAS SIMPLY ORDERING HIM TO LEAVE THE RESIDENCE. MR WRIGHT THEN STATED WHEN HE WALKED OUT INTO THE YARD, THAT SHAWN WAS IN THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE AND FLINCHED AT HIM AS IF HE WAS THROWING A PUNCH. MR WRIGHT STATED HE RAISED HIS ARMS AS TO PROTECT HIMSELF WHERE SHAWN THEN BEGAN PUNCHING AND STRIKING MR WRIGHT IN THE HEAD. I THEN SPOKE TO DEPUTY WILLIAMS WHO ADVISED THAT MR SHAWN CHANDLER DID MAKE A FLINCHING MOTION IN A THREATENING MANNER THAT MR WRIGHT DID RAISE HIS HANDS TO PROTECT HIMSELF. DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT AT THAT TIME SHAWN STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE JAW AND TEMPLE AREA TWICE PUTTING HIM IN A DAZE. DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED AT THAT TIME SHAWN GRABBED THE VICTIM BY HIS HAIR TO GAIN LEVERAGE AND STRUCK HIM AGAIN TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HEAD. DEPUTY WILLIAMS THEN COMMANDED SHAWN TO STOP WHICH HE DID NOT DO. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY WILLIAMS STATED HE GRABBED SHAWN TO PREVENT MR WRIGHT FROM BEING HURT. DEPUTY WILLIAMS STATED WHEN HE GRABBED SHAWN HE FELL TO THE PAVEMENT AND THAT SHAWN STRUCK HIS FACE AGAINST THE PAVEMENT AND THAT HE HELD HIM DOWN UNTIL I ARRIVED ON SCENE. HE ADVISED DURING THE TIME THAT IT TOOK ME TO ARRIVE SHAWN WAS TRYING TO BREAK FREE OF HIS HOLD, WAS TRYING TO KICK IN AN UPWARD MOTION, AND CAUSED MORE BODILY INJURY TO HIMSELF BY DOING SO. VICTIM WRIGHT INFORMED ME THAT WHILE SHAWN WAS KICKING HE DID ASSIST DEPUTY WILLIAMS BY HOLDING HIS LEGS TO KEEP HIM FROM KICKING AND GETTING AWAY. I THEN HAD THE VICTIM, MR WRIGHT, FILL OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT AS I DID DEPUTY WILLIAMS. I HAD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. MR SHAWN CHANDLER WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (CMH) WITH WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A BROKEN COLLARBONE. THE HOSPITAL WAS NOTIFIED TO CONTACT THIS DEPUTY WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS MEDICALLY CLEARED. THE DEFENDANT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A BROKEN COLLARBONE. AFTER THE RELEASE FROM CMH, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST BUT THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT HANDCUFFED DUE TO HIS INJURY. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THROUGH MY OBSERVATIONS, VICTIM WRIGHT DID HAVE A SMALL CONTUSION UNDER HIS LEFT TEMPLE WITH A SWOLLEN JAW WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH BEING PUNCHED IN THE FACE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER 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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
