| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: VICK, BRYAN 0684 (AR12124840) THE DEFENDANT 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 IN THE FACE AND NOSE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 021712, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE TWO DEUCES BAR LOCATED AT 7452 WEST GROVER CLEVELAND BOULEVARD IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MS TRACY HELM, WHO ADVISED THAT WHILE SITTING AT THE BAR WITH A FRIEND, THE DEFENDANT, MS TRACI MICHELLE PALMER, WALKED UP AND STRUCK HER FRIEND IN THE HEAD. THE VICTIM STATED SHE PAID HER FRIEND'S BAR TAB SO THEY COULD LEAVE AND AVOID ANY FURTHER CONFRONTATION. SHE ADVISED SHE WAS DRIVING her FRIEND HOME AND THAT SHE HAD NOT BEEN DRINKING. I DID NOT DETECT ANY ODOR OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMANATING FROM HER BREATH AS I SPOKE WITH her. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT IN THE PARKING LOT, NEAR HER TRUCK, THE DEFENDANT WALKED UP TO HER, BEGAN HITTING HER AND SCREAMING AT HER. the VICTIM ADVISED THAT AFTER THE DEFENDANT STRUCK HER IN THE FACE AND NOSE, THE DEFENDANT YELLED THAT THE COPS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO FIND HER AND SHE RAN INTO THE WOOD LINE BEHIND THE BAR. THE VICTIM'S FRIEND STATED HE DID NOT WISH TO PURSUE CHARGES AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION, ADVISING HE DID NOT WISH TO BE INVOLVED. I DID OBSERVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF REDNESS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE VICTIM'S FACE CONSISTENT WITH HER STATEMENT OF BEING STRUCK. THE VICTIM COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN WHICH WAS SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. I THEN WALKED TO THE REAR OF THE BAR AND OBSERVED TWO FEMALES ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL THEMSELVES IN THE BUSHES. I YELLED OUT FOR THEM TO STAND UP AND THE DEFENDANT COMPLIED AND WALKED OVER TO ME. THE OTHER FEMALE, WHO WAS LAYING IN THE BUSHES, WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE ALTERCATION AND IT WAS NOT KNOWN WHY SHE WAS LAYING IN THE BUSHES. THAT FEMALE EVENTUALLY STOOD UP AND WALKED BACK INTO THE BAR. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD OCCURRED BETWEEN HER AND THE VICTIM. SHE ADVISED THAT THE VICTIM WAS "RUNNING HER MOUTH" AND PROVOKING HER. SHE STATED SHE FOLLOWED THE VICTIM INTO THE PARKING LOT AND STRUCK HER IN THE FACE. SHE STATED AT NO TIME DID THE VICTIM STRIKE HER. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER BUT SHE COULD NOT HELP HERSELF AS THE VICTIM HAD ALLEGEDLY BEEN MAKING COMMENTS WHICH PORTRAYED THE DEFENDANT AS BEING PROMISCUOUS. BECAUSE THE VICTIM HAD STATED SHE WISHED TO PURSUE CHARGES, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (double locked) behind her back, secured in the rear seat of my patrol vehicle and transported to the citrus county detention facility for further processing. upon arrival, the defendant was charged with one count of simple battery AND HELD ON A bond OF $500.00, in accordance with 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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
