| Date of birth: | Apr 13, 1946 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: BEETOW, CHARLES 0295 (AR08102251) DID UNLAWFULLY COMMIT THE OFFENSE OF ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 782.051, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID PERPETRATE FROM A PREMEDITATED DESIGN, ATTEMPT TO AFFECT THE DEATH OF TWO PERSONS BY FIRING SEVERAL SHOTS FROM AN UNKNOWN REVOLVER IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TOWARD THE VICTIMS WHILE THE VICTIMS WERE FLEEING. ON 031908 AT APPROXIMATELY 1722 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO A RESIDENCE ON SOUTH MINSTREL AVENUE I INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A SHOOTING THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I WAS BRIEFED BY SERGEANT BLOOMER WHO ADVISED THAT A KNOWN SUSPECT, MR WALTER DROZEWSKI, HAD FIRED SEVERAL SHOTS AT TWO VICTIMS. A VERBAL ALTERCATION DID ENSUE BETWEEN THE SUSPECT AND THE MALE AND THE FEMALE VICTIMS. AT ONE POINT, THE MALE VICTIM STATED THAT THE SUSPECT DID GRAB HIM BY THE SHIRT, PULLING HIM OVER THE FENCE. THE MALE VICTIM THEN STRUCK THE SUSPECT IN the FACE TO GET THE SUSPECT TO RELEASE HIS GRASP. THE SUSPECT RELEASED HIS GRASP AND THEN REMOVED A DARK IN COLOR REVOLVER FROM HIS PERSON. AS THE MALE AND FEMALE VICTIMS RAN AWAY FROM THE DIRECTION WHERE THE SUSPECT WAS POINTING THE GUN, SHOTS WERE FIRED IN DIRECT LINE, CHEST TO HEAD LEVEL, AT THE VICTIMS, AT WHICH TIME THE VICTIMS TOOK COVER BEHIND A CEMENT MIXER. THE ROUNDS THAT THE SUSPECT FIRED DID STRIKE AN AIRBOAT LOCATED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CEMENT MIXER THE VICTIMS WERE USING AS COVER. MEMBERS OF THIS AGENCY DID OBSERVE WHAT APPEARED TO BE SEVERAL FRESH BULLET HOLES IN SAID AIRBOAT. THEREFORE, YOUR AFFIANT HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THE DEFENDANT DID COMMIT THE ABOVE OFFENSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM PREPARED TEXT, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND DID NOT WISH TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH THIS DEPUTY IN REFERENCE TO THIS MATTER. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS BOOKED, PROCESSED AND HELD ON NO BOND, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *not-exempt* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Mar 19, 2008 |
| Booking number: | 08102251 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 782.051 |
| Charge description: | ATTEMPTED MURDER |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
