| Date of birth: | Jun 16, 1982 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: ELDRIDGE, BRYAN 0722 (AR14-12125) DID KNOWINGLY, ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCH OR STRIKE ANOTHER INMATE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, (VICTIM) MR DONALD FEAGANS, TO WIT: BY PUNCHING THE VICTIM SEVERAL TIMES IN THE FACE AND RIBS, AGAINST THE WILL OF THE PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.082(3). ON 092514, AT APPROXIMATELY 1202 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, IN REFERENCE TO A FIGHT THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN TWO INMATES. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH JAIL STAFF, WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JEMINI BARNES, HAD ENTERED THE CELL AND ATTACKED ANOTHER INMATE. I WAS ESCORTED TO THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR DONALD FEAGANS. HE ADVISED THAT WHILE IN A SEGREGATED CELL A NEW CELLMATE WAS BEING BROUGHT IN, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK. MR FEAGANS ADVISED THAT AFTER THE CELL WAS CLOSED THE DEFENDANT'S HANDCUFFS WERE TAKEN OFF. THE DEFENDANT IMMEDIATELY STARTED ATTACKING HIM PUNCHING HIM IN THE FACE AND IN THE RIBS AND SLAMMING HIM INTO A DESK. WHILE SPEAKING TO THE VICTIM, HIS LEFT EAR WAS RED WHERE HE ADVISED MOST OF THE STRIKES HAD LANDED. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE COULD NOT PROVIDE A SWORN, WRITTEN STATEMENT DUE TO HIM NOT BEING ABLE TO WRITE. I WAS ESCORTED TO THE LIEUTENANT'S OFFICE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE VIDEO. DURING THE VIDEO, YOU COULD OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT BEING PLACED IN THE CELL, AT WHICH TIME HIS HANDCUFFS WERE TAKEN OFF AND HE IMMEDIATELY ATTACKED THE VICTIM WHO WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CELL. I WAS ADVISED BY JAIL STAFF THAT THE DEFENDANT IS HERE FROM THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE A CELLMATE. A COPY OF THE VIDEO WAS NOT AVAILABLE, HOWEVER I WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD CONTACT THIS AGENCY WHEN IT WAS READY. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS DUE TO ALREADY BEING IN CUSTODY. MR BARNES ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK TO ME AND WOULD NOT COOPERATE ANY FURTHER. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY ON AN INMATE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO JAIL STAFF. |
| Inmate name: | JEMINI BARNES |
| Arrest number: | 12125 |
| Arrest date: | Sep 25, 2014 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 784.082(3) |
| Charge description: | Battery By Detainee Upon Visitor/Other Detainee - 1st Deg Misd Reclassified To 3rd Deg Felony |
| Bond amount: | $2,000 |
