| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ELDRIDGE, BRYAN 0722 (AR14-13303) (14-176438) DID UNLAWFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY THREATEN BY WORD OR ACT TO DO VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF THE VICTIM, COUPLED WITH AN APPARENT ABILITY TO CARRY OUT SAID THREAT, AND UTILIZED A DEADLY WEAPON, TO WIT: A KNIFE, WITHOUT THE INTENT TO KILL, AND DID AN ACT OR ACTS WHICH CREATED A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR IN THE VICTIM THAT SUCH VIOLENCE WAS IMMINENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.021(1)(A). ON 122814 AT APPROXIMATELY 2158 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 10509 EAST FAITH COURT IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE INVOLVING A KNIFE. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VICTIM, MR ELTON MAMBALA, WHO WAS STANDING IN THE FRONT YARD, ACCOMPANIED BY WITNESS ONE, MR MICHAEL MAZUCCI-MAMBALA. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, HE ADVISED ON 122814, HIS FRIEND/ROOMMATE AND SON'S MOTHER, MS SHEILA BELLOVIN, APPROACHED HIM ABOUT A PRIOR INCIDENT WHEN HE REQUESTED THAT SHE LEAVE HER DOGS OUT OF HIS ROOM WHEN SHE USES HIS BATHROOM. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT LATER THE DEFENDANT ASKED THE VICTIM ABOUT A WATCH SHE HAD GIVEN HIM, AT WHICH TIME THE VICTIM TOLD THE DEFENDANT TO TALK TO THEIR SON AND NOT TO HIM LIKE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON. THE VICTIM ADVISED AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT ANGRILY THREATENED TO CALL THE POLICE ON HIM AND THAT HE IS SICK AND NARCISSISTIC, AT WHICH TIME THE VICTIM ADVISED HE REFUSED TO TALK DIRECTLY TO HER. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT WHILE STANDING IN THE KITCHEN AREA, THE DEFENDANT THEN WENT TO A DRAWER AND SELECTED A LONG KITCHEN KNIFE AND BEGAN WALKING TOWARDS HIM THREATENING TO STAB HIM. THE VICTIM ADVISED AT THAT TIME, THAT HE, HIS SON AND HIS SON'S WIFE TOOK CONTROL OF THE DEFENDANT AND PRIED THE KNIFE AWAY FROM HER. THE VICTIM ADVISED WHILE IN THE PROCESS, THE DEFENDANT DID HURT HER LIP AND THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO STATE SHE KNOWS WHERE HE LIVES AND THAT SHE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT. WHILE SPEAKING TO THE VICTIM, I ASKED HIM IF HE FELT THAT THE DEFENDANT WOULD HAVE STABBED HIM IF THEY HAD NOT TAKEN ACTION AND HE ADVISED HE HAD NO DOUBT THAT SHE WOULD HAVE STABBED HIM. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM'S SON/WITNESS ONE, MR MICHAEL MAZUCCI-MAMBALA, WHO ADVISED ON 122814, HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE HALLWAY BETWEEN THE DEN AND THE KITCHEN AND NOTICED HIS MOTHER/DEFENDANT, MS SHEILA BELLOVIN, LOOKING ANGRY. WITNESS ONE ADVISED AT THAT TIME HE MET HIS FATHER AND HIS WIFE, MS BETHANY MAMBALA, AT THE ISLAND IN THE KITCHEN TO DISCUSS WHAT WAS GOING ON. WITNESS ONE ADVISED AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT CAME TO THE ISLAND AND BEGAN TO ARGUE AGAIN. WITNESS ONE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN TURNED AROUND AND OPENED THE DRAWER AND SELECTED A LARGE KITCHEN KNIFE AND THEN STARTED THREATENING TO KILL THE VICTIM. WITNESS ONE ADVISED AT THAT TIME, HE AND HIS WIFE WRESTLED WITH THE DEFENDANT FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 SECONDS UNTIL HE COULD SECURE THE KNIFE. WITNESS ONE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. I THEN RESPONDED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WHERE DEPUTY RITLI WAS STANDING BY WITH THE DEFENDANT. DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD FAINTED AND HE HAD CONTACTED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT RECOVERED AND REFUSED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO FIVE HOURS BEFORE CALLING THE POLICE, SHE PROCEEDED TO GO INTO THE MASTER BATHROOM, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE VICTIM'S BEDROOM. SHE ADVISED AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM WAS ASLEEP AND WHEN SHE EXITED THE BATHROOM THE VICTIM BEGAN COMPLAINING FOR HER TO NOT LET THE DOGS IN THE ROOM BECAUSE IT WAKES HIM UP. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE VICTIM CALLED HER "STUPID" AND VULGAR NAMES AND THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE THE BATHROOM IN HIS ROOM AGAIN. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED AROUND 2130 HOURS, SHE AGAIN WENT TO THE BATHROOM IN THE VICTIM'S BEDROOM BATHROOM TO GET READY FOR BED, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE VICTIM HARASSED HER AGAIN ABOUT THE DOGS. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE THEN WENT TO THE KITCHEN WHERE THE VICTIM FOLLOWED HER INTO THE KITCHEN WHERE SHE PROCEEDED TO GO TO THE REFRIGERATOR TO GET SOMETHING. SHE ADVISED AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM PUNCHED HER IN THE RIGHT ARM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE VICTIM TO STOP HITTING HER BUT HE CONTINUED TO PUNCH HER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED AT THAT TIME SHE GOT VIOLENTLY ANGRY, PULLED OUT A KITCHEN KNIFE AND THREATENED THE VICTIM WITH IT, BUT ADVISED SHE DID NOT PLAN ON USING IT. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HER SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW TOOK THE KNIFE FROM HER AND THE VICTIM PUSHED HER ACROSS THE RESIDENCE CAUSING HER TO GET A BLOODY LIP, AT WHICH TIME SHE CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. WHILE SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT, SHE HAD NO VISUAL MARKS OR INJURIES OTHER THAN THE SMALL LACERATION TO HER LIP. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, DEPUTY E MARSHALL MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS TWO, WHERE HE WAS ADVISED BY WITNESS TWO THAT WHEN SHE HAD WALKED INTO THE KITCHEN WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS SCREAMING AT THE VICTIM, WITNESS TWO ADVISED NO ONE WAS SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO GO ON ABOUT HOW THE VICTIM IS MEAN TO HER AND THAT HE IS SUPPOSE TO GO TAKE HIS MEDICATIONS. WITNESS TWO ADVISED DEPUTY E MARSHALL THAT THIS VERBAL ALTERCATION CONTINUED FOR A WHILE, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT PULLED OUT A KITCHEN KNIFE AND WENT AFTER THE VICTIM. WITNESS TWO ADVISED AT THAT TIME, SHE, WITNESS ONE AND THE VICTIM WERE ABLE TO PULL THE KNIFE AWAY FOR HER SO THAT NO ONE WOULD GET HURT. WITNESS ONE AND THE VICTIM TOOK THE DEFENDANT TO HER BEDROOM, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. ALL SUBJECTS PROVIDED ME WITH SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM AGAIN WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO PURSUE CHARGES AGAINST HER. AFTER SPEAKING TO ALL PARTIES, DUE TO THE CORRELATING STATEMENTS OF THE VICTIM AND WITNESSES, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS ADVISED SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN FRONT OF HER BODY AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. WHILE ON SCENE, THE VICTIM WAS ISSUED ALL PROPER DOMESTIC PAPERWORK AND WAS ISSUED A NOTICE OF TAKING TESTIMONY FOR 010515 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
