| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SETTLES, KATHERINE 0113 (AR11120916) 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: GRABBED THE VICTIM BY HER HEAD, SLAMMED HER HEAD INTO A STOP SIGN, CAUSING HER TO RECEIVE A MINOR LACERATION ABOVE HER LEFT EYEBROW, AND STRUCK THE VICTIM IN THE LEFT EYE WITH HER FIST CAUSING REDNESS AND SWELLING, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). THE DEFENDANT, MS VALARIE COX, DID COME TO VISIT FAMILY MEMBERS FROM OUT OF COUNTY AND WHILE VISITING HER FAMILY MEMBERS, ONE OF HER COUSINS HAD A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, THE VICTIM, MS NANCY LEACH. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPTED TO TELL THE VICTIM TO LEAVE HER COUSIN ALONE, AT WHICH POINT, THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT GOT INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WHICH ESCALATED INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION. THE VICTIM AND THE DEFENDANT GRABBED EACH OTHER BY THEIR HAIR AND WHILE TUSSLING WITH EACH OTHER, THE DEFENDANT DID PICK UP AND SMACK THE VICTIM'S FACE INTO THE STOP SIGN CAUSING THE VICTIM TO RECEIVE A LACERATION ABOVE HER LEFT EYEBROW AND BRUISING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER CHEEKBONE AREA. THE DEFENDANT THEN PUT THE VICTIM BACK DOWN ON THE GROUND, AT WHICH TIME, SHE STRUCK HER WITH HER FIST ON OR ABOUT THE VICTIM'S FACE. THE VICTIM CONTACTED 911. WITNESSES SEPARATED THE TWO PARTIES. THE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED AT THE RACE TRAC ON HIGHWAY 19 AFTER HER COUSIN HAD LEFT WITH HER TO FIND HER ANOTHER PLACE TO STAY FOR THE NIGHT. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE RACE TRAC AND VERIFYING HER IDENTITY THROUGH "D.A.V.I.D.", OBTAINING AN INDEPENDENT WITNESS STATEMENT WHO SAW THE INCIDENT OCCUR, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR BATTERY. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED WITHOUT INCIDENT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, IT WAS LEARNED SHE HAD A WARRANT FROM ANOTHER COUNTY UNRELATED TO THIS INCIDENT. 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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
