| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHANEL, CHARLES 0252 (AR10116651) 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 WITH HIS HAND, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 090210, AT 2010 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO A RESIDENCE ON DAWSON DRIVE IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A BATTERY THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE CALL, I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT A know ACQUAINTANCE THAT LIVES ACROSS THE STREET CAME ONTO HER PROPERTY and GOT INVOLVED IN A VERBAL ALTERCATION, WHERE AT THAT TIME the DEFENDANT STRUCK the VICTIM IN THE FACE. WHILE RESPONDING TO THE CALL, WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND WAS NOT HOME BUT WAS DUE TO RETURN AT ANY TIME. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE VICTIM and THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND. THEY BOTH ADVISED THAT A SHORT TIME AGO, A VERBAL ALTERCATION ENSUED BETWEEN THEM and the DEFENDANT. THE ARGUMENT WAS OVER THE VICTIM and the VICTIM'S HUSBAND BEING ACCUSED OF CALLING ANIMAL CONTROL ON the DEFENDANT'S DOG. AT THAT TIME, THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT RETURNED TO HIS PROPERTY AND HER HUSBAND LEFT IN A VEHICLE TO GO PICK UP DIAPERS FOR THEIR TWO year OLD SON. THE DEFENDANT'S ACTIONS TO GO BACK TO THE RESIDENCE AFTER THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND LEFT THE RESIDENCE SHOWED THAT HE WAS THE PRIMARY AGGRESSOR IN THIS INVESTIGATION. THE VICTIM STATED THAT SHE HEARD A KNOCK ON the DOOR, OPENED THE DOOR, and WAS MET BY THE DEFENDANT. THE VICTIM STATED THE DEFENDANT BEGAN YELLING AND THREATENING THE VICTIM, STATING THAT THE VICTIM'S HUSBAND AND MOTHER HAD THREATENED THE DEFENDANT STATING THAT THEY WERE going TO SHOOT THE DEFENDANT IN the HEAD IF HE EVER CAME BACK ON THE PROPERTY. SHE STATED AT THAT TIME, the DEFENDANT PUSHED HER UP AGAINST THE ENTRANCE TO the DOORWAY OF her RESIDENCE, AND THEN SWUNG AND HIT THE VICTIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FACE WITH THE DEFENDANT'S HAND. I DID OBSERVE the VICTIM'S RIGHT EYE TO BE SWOLLEN WITH A LACERATION WITHIN the EYEBROW REGION OF HER FACE. IT WAS APPARENT THAT SHE WAS JUST INVOLVED IN A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. the VICTIM'S INJURIES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BY ME and WILL BE TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE FOR FILING. THE VICTIM REFUSED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS). IT WAS APPARENT THAT ALL PARITIES INVOLVED IN the ALTERCATION WERE EXTREMELY INTOXICATED. CONTACT WAS made with the DEFENDANT ACROSS THE STREET WHO DENIED EVER HITTING THE VICTIM. THERE WERE SEVERAL SUBJECTS AT HIS RESIDENCE WHO WERE INTERVIEWED BUT ALL STATED THAT HEY DID OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT GO BACK ACROSS THE STREET TO the VICTIM'S RESIDENCE; HOWEVER, COULD NOT SEE WHAT OCCURRED AT THE DOORWAY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF BATTERY. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK and TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS PROCESSED with NO FURTHER INCIDENT. THE VICTIM PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER 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* |
