| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, JAMES 1282 (AR17-22716) DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF MS MAUREEN GRIZZLE, TO-WIT: SEVERAL GARDEN FIGURES AND FENCING, SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $200.00 TO $1,000.00, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 806.13(1)(A) AND 806.13(1)(B)(2). DID UNLAWFULLY ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF ANOTHER OR THEIR PROPERTY WHILE INTOXICATED OR DID WHILE INTOXICATED OR DRINKING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN A PUBLIC PLACE CAUSE A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 856.011. ON 022017 AT APPROXIMATELY 0037 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 7398 SOUTH SORRELL AVENUE, IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH WITNESS TWO, MR JUSTIN HEATER, AND VICTIM, MS MAUREEN GRIZZLE IN THE FRONT YARD. THEY ADVISED THAT A MALE IDENTIFIED ''BAM'' HAD FOLLOWED WITNESS ONE, MR RICHARD GARRETT, TO THE RESIDENCE ON A GO CART. UPON ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE, ''BAM'', LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR TRAVIS MALCOM, WALKED INTO THE RESIDENCE UNINVITED. THE VICTIM TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT HE NEEDED TO LEAVE THEIR RESIDENCE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE SHE DID NOT KNOW HIM. ACCORDING THE VICTIM, THE DEFENDANT LEFT THE PROPERTY ON HIS GO CART, BUT RETURNED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE COULD HEAR THE GO CART IN THE FRONT YARD, AT WHICH POINT SHE WALKED OUT INTO THE FRONT YARD WITH AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE ONLY KNOWN AS ''MIKE'' AND ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO LEAVE. UPON WALKING OUT INTO THE YARD, THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT BECAME PHYSICALLY AGGRESSIVE AND ''LUNGED'' TOWARDS HER. AT THAT POINT, MIKE GOT INTO A PHYSICAL FIGHT WITH THE DEFENDANT. JUST PRIOR TO THE FIGHT THE DEFENDANT SAID HE HAD A ''.38'' POINTED AT THEM. FOLLOWING THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT AND MIKE, THE VICTIM AND MIKE RETURNED BACK INTO THE RESIDENCE AND LOCKED THE DOOR. AT THAT POINT, THE DEFENDANT GOT ON THE GO CART AND BEGAN DOING DONUTS AROUND THE YARD. ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM, HE CAME AROUND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, CRASHED INTO SEVERAL LAWN ORNAMENTS AND FENCING (DESTROYING THEM) AND GOT THEN GOT THE GO CART STUCK IN A MANMADE DITCH. I OBSERVED A GO CART STUCK IN A DITCH ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE RESIDENCE, AND SEVERAL LAWN ORNAMENTS AND FENCING THAT HAD BEEN DRIVEN OVER AND DESTROYED. THE VICTIM ESTIMATED THE VALUE OF THESE TO BE BETWEEN $600.00 AND $1,000.00. I ALSO OBSERVED TIRE RUTS IN THE YARD AREA. WHILE INTERVIEWING THE VICTIM AND THE WITNESSES, DEPUTY STRICKLAND (0276) AND I HEARD A NOISE FROM THE VACANT LOT LOCATED IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE RESIDENCE, WHERE WE SAW THE DEFENDANT LEANING UP AGAINST A TREE. AS WE APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT, HE WAS HOLDING THE KEYS TO THE GO CART. THE DEFENDANT HAD A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL ABOUT HIS PERSON AND SLURRED HIS WORDS AS HE SPOKE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO APPEARED TO HAVE URINATED IN HIS PANTS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT OCCURRED AT THE RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT APPEARED CONFUSED ABOUT THIS QUESTION AND DID NOT PROVIDE A STRAIGHT ANSWER. WHEN I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE KNEW WHO LIVED AT THE RESIDENCE HE AGAIN BECAME CONFUSED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ANSWER. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE KNEW WHERE HE WAS, TO WHICH HE RESPONDED THAT HE WAS AT A RESIDENCE OFF WEST CARDINAL STREET. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS NOT AT A RESIDENCE OFF WEST CARDINAL STREET, WHICH FURTHER PERPLEXED THE DEFENDANT. I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT REGARDING THE GO CART AND THE TIRE RUTS IN THE YARD. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HIS FRIEND DID IT. WHEN I ASKED HIS FRIEND'S NAME HE COULD NOT PROVIDE ONE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE HE WAS ON AND HE RESPONDED ALCOHOL. I ASKED HIM TO DESCRIBE HIS FRIEND AND AGAIN THE DEFENDANT COULD NOT PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL. I RETURNED OVER TO THE WITNESSES AND VICTIM, WHO ALL ADVISED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON WHO ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE AND THIS SUBJECT WAS A HEAVIER WHITE MALE WEARING GREEN SHORTS AND A DARK COLORED TANK TOP, THIS FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT'S IDENTITY WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY THE VICTIM PHYSICALLY SEEING AND CONFIRMING HIS IDENTITY. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE WERE TAKEN AND SUBMITTED INTO A CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT. MR HEATER AND THE VICTIM PROVIDED ME WITH SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS THAT WERE LATER TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SEARCHED, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF CRIMINAL MISCHIEF WITH A BOND OF $1,000.00 AND WITH ONE COUNT OF DISORDERLY INTOXICATION WITH A BOND OF $500.00, FOR A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $1,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE GO CART WAS RELEASED TO THE MOTHER OF THE DEFENDANT. |
