| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: GRAMLICH, STEPHANIE 0536 (AR10114145) 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: THE DEFENDANT USED HIS VEHICLE TO RAM THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE, 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). DID COMMIT A BURGLARY BY MEANS OF ENTERING A CONVEYANCE WITH AN INTENT TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE THEREIN, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID PUNCH THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OF THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE, STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE FACE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE, 810.02(A). ON 040410, AT APPROXIMATELY 0230 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF 495 IN REFERENCE TO A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT INVOLVING POSSIBLE GUN SHOTS. WHILE EN ROUTE, THE UPDATES ADVISED THAT THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE WAS BEING RAMMED BY THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE. THE VICTIM WAS ADVISED TO DRIVE TOWARDS HIGHWAY 19, AND WHILE DOING SO, THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE RAN OUT OF GAS, WHERE HE THEN PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE SUSPECT THEN PARKED BEHIND THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE AND PROCEEDED TO WALK UP TO THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE WHERE AN ALTERCATION THEN ENSURED. AT THAT TIME, THE SUSPECT OBSERVED ONCOMING PATROL VEHICLES AND ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE AREA. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY DAVIS AND I GOT BEHIND THE SUSPECT'S VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT 495 AND KING'S RIDGE. WE REMOVED BOTH THE DEFENDANT AND HIS PASSENGER FROM HIS VEHICLE AND PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR TRAVIS STINSON, WAS SECURED IN THE BACK OF DEPUTY CRIDLAND'S PATROL VEHICLE. WE THEN SECURED THE PASSENGER AND PLACED HER IN THE BACK OF DEPUTY GRAMLICH'S PATROL VEHICLE. THE SUBJECT'S WERE SECURED IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A SAFE SEARCH THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE SEARCH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS IN LOCATING AN ALLEGED WEAPON. THE DEFENDANT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, AND BURGLARY WITH A BATTERY, WHERE HIS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I THEN READ MIRANDA TO THE WITNESS MS TINA BETANCOURT FROM THE PRE -PRINTED AGENCY CARD. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE DID UNDERSTAND AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT SHE AND THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN AT THE BUZZ BAR AND WERE GOING HOME. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE WAS IN FRONT OF THEM AND SHE ADVISED THAT SOMETHING CAME FROM HIS VEHICLE STRIKING THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN GOT VERY ANGRY AND GOT CLOSE BEHIND THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE. SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN ATTEMPTED TO GET ALONGSIDE THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE. SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS YELLING AT THE VICTIM AT THAT TIME AND THAT THE VICTIM THEN SPED UP AND THE DEFENDANT THEN GOT IN BEHIND THE VICTIM AGAIN. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT THE VICTIM PUT ON HIS BREAKS CAUSING THE DEFENDANT TO STRIKE THE VICTIM IN THE REAR OF HIS VEHICLE. THIS WITNESS WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED AND NOT ABLE TO STAND WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE WITNESS DID ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS BARELY LEGIBLE, AND WAS TURNED INTO RECORDS. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THE VICTIM THREW SOMETHING FROM HIS CAR AND THAT HE WAS ALREADY HAVING A BAD NIGHT DUE TO LOSING HIS TELEPHONE AT THE BUZZ BAR. HE ADVISED THAT UPON HIS WINDSHIELD GETTING CRACKED, HE BECAME EXTREMELY ANGRY AND THAT HE IS SORRY FOR HIS BEHAVIOR. HE ADVISED THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEHAVED THAT WAY. THE VICTIM'S RIGHT HAND WAS BLEEDING FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE INJURIES CONSISTENT WITH THE ALLEGATIONS MADE. CST WAS CONDUCTED ON THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE BY DEPUTY CRIDLAND. KNIGHTLY TOWING WAS CONTACTED IN REFERENCE TO TOWING THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR JOSEPH ADAMS. HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS TRAVELING EAST ON TURKEY OAK AND THE DEFENDANT WAS TRAVELING WEST ON TURKEY OAK. HE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TURKEY OAK AND 495 WHEN HE MADE A RIGHT TURN ON A RED LIGHT. HE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT RAN THE RED LIGHT, CUT HIM OFF, AND GOT IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. HE ADVISED THAT HE THEN BLINKED HIS LIGHTS AND PASSED THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. HE ADVISED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN FIRED THREE OR FOUR ROUNDS BEFORE HE RAMMED THE VICTIM'S VEHICLE WITH HIS VEHICLE. HE THEN CONTINUED DRIVING ON 495 NORTH AND WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH TO TURN AROUND AND TRAVEL TOWARD HIGHWAY 19. HE ADVISED THAT HE DID THIS, BUT RAN OUT OF GAS AND PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT THEN PULLED IN BEHIND HIM AND CAME UP TO HIS DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WHERE THE DEFENDANT THEN KICKED THE DOOR AND CALLED HIM PUSSY. THE DEFENDANT THEN PUNCHED THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE FACE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT OBSERVED THE ONCOMING PATROL WHERE HE THEN RETURNED TO HIS VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO FLEE THE AREA. DEPUTY RAINER JAKOB THEN RESPONDED TO THE VICTIM AND CONDUCTED A CST OF THE VEHICLE. THE VICTIM WAS PROVIDED WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH HE COMPLETED AND WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. THE VICTIM WAS QUESTIONED AS TO WHETHER HE HAD THROWN SOMETHING FROM THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD NOT THROWN ANYTHING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE WAS IN FEAR OF WHAT THE DEFENDANT WAS GOING TO DO TO HIM. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
