| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR09111670) 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: SHOVED THE VICTIM INTO A VEHICLE, CAUSING THE VICTIM'S HEAD TO STRIKE THE VEHICLE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 103109 AT APPROXIMATELY 1045 HOURS, I WAS AT 145 NORTH HORSE PRAIRIE ROAD IN REFERENCE TO CASE 09101176. I HAD ADVISED the DEFENDANT, MR NEACE, SEVERAL TIMES TO REMAIN ON HIS PROPERTY AND TO QUIT INITIATING VERBAL ARGUMENTS WITH THE VICTIM AND THE OTHER SUBJECTS THAT WERE PRESENT. ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, MR NEACE EXITED HIS DRIVEWAY AND INITIATED VERBAL ALTERCATIONS IN THE ROADWAY WITH THE VICTIM AND THE OTHER SUBJECTS. MR NEACE WAS EVENTUALLY ESCORTED BACK TO HIS PROPERTY AND UPON THE ARRIVAL OF SCALLY'S TOWING, THIS DEPUTY, ALONG WITH MR NEACE, THE CO-DEFENDANT AND THE OWNER OF VEHICLE THAT WAS STUCK ON MR NEACE'S PROPERTY, RESPONDED TO THE BACK AREA OF MR NEACE'S PROPERTY TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE. WHILE THIS DEPUTY WAS AT THE BACK OF MR NEACE'S PROPERTY, MR NEACE AND THE CO-DEFENDANT LEFT AND RETURNED TO THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE. A SHORT TIME LATER, I WAS INFORMED BY MULTIPLE WITNESSES THAT A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE ROADWAY IN FRONT OF MR NEACE'S RESIDENCE. I IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED TO THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE, WHERE I OBSERVED AT LEAST EIGHT TO TEN SUBJECTS INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION. I SEPARATED ALL PARTIES, AT WHICH TIME I ASKED MR NEACE WHAT HAPPENED, DUE TO THE FACT HE HAD A BLOODY LIP. MR NEACE ADVISED HE WENT TO THE ROADWAY AND AGAIN ENGAGED IN A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH THE VICTIM AND OTHER SUBJECTS, AT which TIME A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION ENSUED. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE CO-DEFENDANT, WHO ADVISED THAT MR NEACE WAS JUMPED BY THE OTHER SUBJECTS PRESENT. MR NEACE AND THE CO-DEFENDANT WERE BOTH GIVEN SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS TO FILL OUT, WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, WHO ADVISED MR NEACE HAD COME TO THE VEHICLE THAT HE WAS SITTING IN ACROSS FROM MR NEACE'S RESIDENCE AND STARTED THREATENING HIM WITH PHYSICAL VIOLENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED DURING THE VERBAL ALTERCATION, THE DEFENDANT SHOVED HIM , PUSHING HIM BACK INTO THE VEHICLE, CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON THE VEHICLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT HE STARTED TO SWING AT THE DEFENDANT TO DEFEND HIMSELF, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT GRABBED the VICTIM'S SHIRT, RIPPING IT FROM HIS PERSON. I DID OBSERVE THE VICTIM TO HAVE REDNESS THROUGHOUT HIS CHEST AND NECK AREA, ALONG WITH A SMALL BUMP ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD. I MADE CONTACT WITH MULTIPLE WITNESSES WHO ADVISED THAT, ALONG WITH THE DEFENDANT STRIKING THE VICTIM, THE CO-DEFENDANT HAD ALSO ENGAGED IN THE PHYSICAL ALTERCATION AND HAD STRUCK THE VICTIM WITH A CLOSED FIST. THE VICTIM AND ALL WITNESSES FILLED OUT SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. THE VICTIM REQUESTED PROSECUTION. AT THAT TIME I ADVISED MR NEACE THAT HE WAS UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY AND I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE CO-DEFENDANT, WHO ADVISED HE DID ATTEMPT TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT AND MIGHT HAVE STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE PROCESS. THE CO-DEFENDANT WAS ALSO PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY. BOTH THE DEFENDANT AND the CO-DEFENDANT WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE THEIR BONDS WERE BOTH SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
