| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CUTLIP, JOSHUA 0721 (AR15-14908) (15-60655) DID UNLAWFULLY, WILLFULLY AND MALICIOUSLY INJURE OR DAMAGE CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM, TO WIT: DROVE HER 2001 PT CRUISER THROUGH THE DEFENDANT'S FRONT GATE, WHICH WAS CLOSED, DAMAGING FENCE AND GATE BEYOND REPAIR, PROCEEDED TO VANDALIZE VICTIM'S RESIDENTIAL FRONT WINDOWS, BREAKING OUT WINDOW TO KITCHEN AND LIVING ROOM, SAID DAMAGE BEING OF A VALUE OF $1,000.00 OR MORE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 806.13(1)(B)(1). ON 050915 AT APPROXIMATELY 0228 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 3305 NORTH STIRRUP DRIVE IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO VANDALISM THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. PRIOR TO ARRIVAL, DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THE COMPLAINANT'S EX-GIRLFRIEND, IDENTIFIED AS MS STACI ECKERT, HAD COME TO THE COMPLAINANT'S RESIDENCE UNINVITED AND HAD CRASHED THROUGH HIS CLOSED GATE WHERE THE SUBJECT PROCEEDED TO YELL AND SCREAM IN THE COMPLAINANT'S FRONT YARD. THEN WITHOUT BEING PROVOKED, WAS SEEN BY THE COMPLAINANT APPROACHING THE RESIDENCE WHERE THE SUBJECT PUNCHED A DOUBLE PANED GLASS WINDOW WITH HER FIST, CAUSING IT TO BREAK AND SHATTER. AFTER DOING THIS, THE SUBJECT LEFT AND APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES LATER RETURNED. PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THIS DEPUTY, THE SUBJECT ONCE AGAIN GOT OUT OF HER VEHICLE, APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE AND BROKE THE RESIDENTIAL WINDOW LEADING TO THE KITCHEN WITH HER FIST, AGAIN CAUSING IT TO BREAK AND SHATTER. THE SUBJECT LEFT IN A BLACK 2001 CHRYSLER PT CRUISER IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. UPON THIS DEPUTY ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, WHO INFORMED ME HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND, MS STACI ECKERT, HAD COME TO HIS RESIDENCE ON TODAY'S DATE UNINVITED AND WAS EXTREMELY IRATE WITH THE VICTIM. SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO VANDALIZE HIS FRONT MECHANICAL GATE LEADING TO HIS RESIDENCE RENDERING IT INOPERABLE AND DAMAGING THE FENCE POST. THE VICTIM STATED UPON THE DEFENDANT ENTERING HIS GATE, SHE BEGAN YELLING AND SCREAMING AT HIM FROM OUTSIDE OF RESIDENCE. DUE TO HIM NOT RESPONDING OR ENGAGING IN CONVERSATION, THIS AGGRAVATED THE DEFENDANT, AT WHICH TIME SHE PROCEEDED TO THE LIVING ROOM FRONT WINDOW AND STRUCK IT WITH A CLOSED FIST CAUSING THE DOUBLE PANE WINDOW TO BREAK AND SHATTER. AFTER DOING SO, THE VICTIM OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT GET IN HER PERSONAL VEHICLE, LEAVE OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, STRIKING THE FENCE POST ONCE AGAIN AND ALSO RUNNING OVER THE VICTIM'S MAILBOX, THEN LEFT IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. HE STATED THAT FIVE MINUTES LATER SHE RETURNED, EXITED HER VEHICLE, APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE, STRUCK THE RESIDENTIAL WINDOW LEADING TO THE KITCHEN WITH A CLOSED FIST, CAUSING THE WINDOW TO BREAK. THE DEFENDANT LEFT THE AREA IN HER PERSONAL VEHICLE IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL WHERE THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS LATER LOCATED IN THE AREA OF NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY AND TRUMAN BOULEVARD. A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED ON THIS VEHICLE, BEARING FLORIDA TAG 1416PL, AT THE CIRCLE K GAS STATION AT NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY AND EAST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED TO A MS STACI ECKERT, WHO MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE VICTIM. WHILE STILL ON SCENE WITH THE VICTIM AT HIS RESIDENCE, I HAD HIM FILL OUT A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT, WHICH WAS FILLED OUT AND COMPLETED AND LATER TURNED INTO RECORDS. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE DAMAGE PERTAINING TO THE VICTIM'S PROPERTY WERE TAKEN BY THIS DEPUTY. SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT FOR FURTHER. AT THAT TIME, I LEFT THE SCENE AND RESPONDED TO THE AREA WHERE THE DEPUTIES HAD CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC STOP ON THE SAID VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVING, I SPOKE WITH DEPUTIES ON SCENE, WHO STATED THE DEFENDANT WAS COOPERATIVE; HOWEVER, WAS NOT BEING COMPLETELY TRUTHFUL OR FORTHCOMING WITH INFORMATION. I THEN PROCEEDED TO THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WHERE I OBSERVED SEVERAL POINTS OF DAMAGE. THERE WAS DAMAGE ON THE REAR LEFT BUMPER, THE LEFT FRONT BUMPER, AND SCRAPE MARKS ALONG THE RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE LEAVING PAINT TRANSFER. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHERE HER IDENTITY WAS VERIFIED THROUGH HER FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. PRIOR TO ANY QUESTIONING, THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PREPRINTED AGENCY APPROVED MIRANDA CARD AT APPROXIMATELY 0325 HOURS. AFTER READING THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS AND ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD, SHE CONTINUED TO QUESTION THIS DEPUTY "AM I GOING TO JAIL". I ASKED IF SHE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME OR NOT WHERE SHE STATED SHE WISHED TO NOT SPEAK WITH ME, THEREFORE THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED BEHIND HER BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED). IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO, I OBSERVED A SMALL LACERATION ON THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT WRIST, WHICH APPEARED TO BE FRESH AND WAS STILL BLEEDING, AND WAS CONSISTENT WITH A LACERATION BEING MADE WITH A PIECE OF GLASS. ONCE THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, I ASKED HER HOW SHE OBTAINED THIS INJURY. SHE STATED SHE SUSTAINED IT AT WORK; HOWEVER, WOULD NOT DIVULGE ANY OTHER INFORMATION AT THAT TIME. DUE TO THE DEFENDANT NOT WISHING TO SPEAK WITH ME, ALL FURTHER QUESTIONING CEASED. THE VICTIM STATED THAT A PREVIOUS INCIDENT, SIMILAR IN NATURE, HAD OCCURRED IN THE PAST; HOWEVER, HAD GONE UNREPORTED. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO HIS PROPERTY BEING IN EXCESS OF $1,500.00, HE NOTIFIED THIS AGENCY ON TODAY'S DATE REFERENCE THIS INCIDENT. THE VICTIM ADVISED THEY HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AND AT NO POINT AND TIME DID THE DEFENDANT EVER RESIDE AT THAT ADDRESS AND ONLY VISITED ON OCCURRED. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HER BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON SCENE PER HER REQUEST. ALL PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE DETENTION FACILITY STAFF. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THIS DEPUTY AT THIS TIME. |
