Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BAIRD, MATTHEW 0624 (12-169333) (AR12-3161) DID INTENTIONALLY TOUCH IN A LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS MANNER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE BREASTS AND VAGINA, OF THE JUVENILE FEMALE VICTIM 2, DATE OF BIRTH: 07/16/97, A PERSON TWELVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, OR FORCE OR ENTICE VICTIM 2, TO SO TOUCH THE PERPETRATOR, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 800.04(5)(C)(2); DID INTENTIONALLY TOUCH IN A LEWD OR LASCIVIOUS MANNER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE BREASTS AND VAGINA, OF THE JUVENILE FEMALE VICTIM 1, DATE OF BIRTH: 07/16/97, A PERSON TWELVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT LESS THAN SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, OR FORCE OR ENTICE VICTIM 1, TO SO TOUCH THE PERPETRATOR BY ENTICING HER TO MASTURBATE HIM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 800.04(5)(C)(2); THE DEFENDANT DID INTENTIONALLY CAUSE VICTIM ONE, DATE OF BIRTH: 07/16/97, A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS, TO COME INTO CONTACT WITH SEMINAL FLUID, TO WIT: WHILE RUBBING HIS PENIS BETWEEN THE BREASTS OF VICTIM ONE, THE DEFENDANT DID EJACULATE ON HER CHEST IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 784.05(1) ON 092212, THIS AGENCY RECEIVED A REPORT OF LEWD AND LASCIVIOUS MOLESTATION INVOLVING A FEMALE VICTIM UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN. VICTIM NUMBER TWO ADVISED THAT ON 092112 WHILE AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED WITHIN CITRUS COUNTY, THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM BROWN, DID PLACE HIS HAND UNDERNEATH OF HER SHIRT AND FONDLE HER BREAST. THIS INCIDENT WAS WITNESSED BY VICTIM ONE AND SEVERAL WITNESSES. ALL WITNESSâ DID PROVIDE SWORN TESTIMONY THAT THEY HAD IN FACT OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PLACE HIS HAND UNDERNEATH THE SHIRT OF VICTIM TWO AND FONDLE HER BREAST. DURING A LATER SWORN INTERVIEW WITH VICTIM TWO SHE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAS BEEN A FAMILY FRIEND FOR APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS. SHE STATED THAT DURING THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT HAD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS FONDLED HER BREASTS AND VAGINA AT RESIDENCES LOCATED IN BOTH CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES. SHE ADVISED THAT ON THE NIGHT ON 092112 THAT SHE AND THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN SEATED IN THE LIVING ROOM AT WHICH TIME HE HAD PLACED HIS HAND DOWN THE FRONT OF HER SHIRT AND FONDLED HER BREAST. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD RESPONDED OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE WHERE SHE ADVISED HER MOTHER OF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. VICTIM TWO ADVISED THAT SHE, HER MOTHER, AND WITNESS ONE HAD GONE BACK INTO THE RESIDENCE. SHE STATED THAT AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE DEFENDANT HAD AGAIN PLACED HIS HAND DOWN THE FRONT OF HER SHIRT AND FONDLED HER BREAST IN PLAIN SIGHT OF HER MOTHER AND WITNESS ONE. THIS INTERVIEW WAS DIGITALLY RECORDED. A SWORN, DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH VICTIM ONE AT HER SCHOOL. VICTIM ONE ADVISED THAT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS SHE HAS OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT FONDLE THE BREASTS OF VICTIM TWO UNDERNEATH HER CLOTHING. VICTIM ONE ALSO STATED THAT ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THE DEFENDANT HAD FONDLED HER (VICTIM ONE) BREASTS AND VAGINA AT RESIDENCES LOCATED IN BOTH CITRUS AND LEVY COUNTIES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. VICTIM ONE ADVISED THAT WHILE AT A RESIDENCE LOCATED WITHIN CITRUS COUNTY THE DEFENDANT HAD RUBBED HIS PENIS BETWEEN HER BREASTS UNTIL HE EJACULATED ON HER CHEST. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD, ON A SEPARATE OCCASION, ENTICED HER TO MASTURBATE HIM ALSO AT A RESIDENCE WITHIN CITRUS COUNTY. DURING A POST MIRANDA INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT DID DENY ALL ALLEGATIONS. THE DEFENDANT DID ADMIT THAT HE IS VERY âTOUCHYâ WITH THE VICTIMS AND HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM THAT WERE SEXUAL IN NATURE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAS SHARED A BED WITH THE VICTIMS ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND LAY WITH THEM ON THE COUCH. THE DEFENDANT TOLD ME THAT WHILE LYING ON THE COUCH HE WOULD RUB THE VICTIMâS BACKS, STOMACHS, AND BUTTOCKS. HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT WHILE LAYING WITH THE VICTIMS HIS PENIS MAY HAVE UNINTENTIONALLY PRESSED AGAINST THEIR BUTTOCKS AND HE MAY HAVE UNINTENTIONALLY TOUCHED THEIR BREASTS. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO HIS STORY AND DID STATE THAT HE OFTEN DRINKS ALCOHOL UNTIL HE âBLACKS OUTâ. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $32,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |