| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SETTLES, KATHY 0113 (AR08105006) DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY SETTLES, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: BY FALSIFYING A POLICE REPORT WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 0903008 AT 0230 HOURS THIS OFFICER RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANT'S LOCATION WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS REPORTING HER VEHICLE STOLEN. DURING THE INVESTIGATION THE DEFENDANT DID PROVIDE AN AUTO THEFT AFFIDAVIT AFTER THIS OFFICER READ the BODY OF THE PAPERWORK TO THE DEFENDANT AND DID ALSO PROVIDE A WRITTEN STATEMENT IN REFERENCE TO THE FACTS PERTAINING TO THE INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT DID STATE that TWO UNKNOWN SUBJECTS SHOWED UP AT HER APARTMENT, AND WHEN SHE OPENED HER DOOR, A MALE SUBJECT FORCED HIS WAY IN, AT WHICH TIME A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION occurred AND the DEFENDANT BECAME A VICTIM OF A BATTERY. THE MALE SUBJECT THEN TOOK THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE AND WAS STOPPED BY CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE DEFENDANT DID CHANGE HER STORY SEVERAL TIMES, STATING FIRST SHE DID NOT KNOW THE SUBJECTS WHO HAD HER VEHICLE, CHANGING THE STORY TO MEETING THEM EARLIER IN THE EVENING AND ACTUALLY ALLOWING THE MALE SUBJECT TO PUT GAS IN HER VEHICLE, WHILE SHE AND THE other FEMALE FOLLOWED THE MALE SUBJECT TO ANOTHER RESIDENCE OFF OF CREED, WHERE HE HAD PARKED HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT AND THE OTHER TWO SUBJECT AT THAT TIME DID PARTICIPATE IN USING CRACK COCAINE, AND THEN THE DEFENDANT DROVE HER VEHICLE BACK TO THE RESIDENCE ON FIRST STREET WITH THE OTHER TWO SUBJECTS IN HER VEHICLE. AFTER ARRIVING AT HER APARTMENT, A VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND THE MALE ENSUED. WHEN THIS OFFICER MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT ON FIRST STREET, I ESCORTED HER TO THE SCENE, WHERE HER VEHICLE HAD BEEN STOPPED ON HIGHWAY 44 AT THE CROSS STREET OF CREED. THE DEFENDANT WAS VOLUNTARILY WALKED UP TO THE TWO SEPARATE PATROL VEHICLES WHICH CONTAINED THE MALE AND FEMALE SUBJECTS WHO WERE FOUND IN POSSESSION OF HER VEHICLE. SHE DENIED KNOWING EITHER PARTY, AND CONTINUED TO SAY SHE did nOt KNOW WHY THEY WOULD TAKE HER VEHICLE. THIS INVESTIGATION CONTINUED FOR TWO HOURS WHILE THE DEFENDANT CHANGED HER STATEMENT, ADVISING SHE DID KNOW THE TWO SUBJECTS THAT HAD HER VEHICLE, HOWEVER, DID NOT GIVE THE MALE SUBJECT PERMISSION TO TAKE HER VEHICLE, SHE ADVISED SHE USED TO SMOKE CRACK, BUT ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT SMOKE ANY THAT EVENING. THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN ADVISED BY THIS OFFICER FOUR TIMES, MAKING HER AWARE that LYING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT WAS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT DURING HER TWO HOUR INVESTIGATION, CONTINUED TO CHANGE HER STORY IN REFERENCE TO THE HOW THE SITUATION TRANSPIRED. AT THAT TIME DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT VIOLENCE. HER VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GREG'S CAR CARE AND THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT, WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $500.00. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
