| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAMBERT, VERONICA 0949 (AR08104748) 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 ON THE FOREHEAD WITH A COFFEE MUG, CAUSING HER TO BLEED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1)(A)(1). ON 081708 I RESPONDED TO 3033 NORTH HOOTY POINT IN REFERENCE TO A PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH MY BACKUP OFFICER, WHO STATED THAT THERE WAS A BLACK FEMALE IN THE BAR WHO WAS BLEEDING FROM THE FOREHEAD. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT AND THE VICTIM HAD HAD A PHYSICAL ALTERATION, ACCORDING TO THE VICTIM, THE DEFENDANT, AND A WITNESS. UPON SPEAKING TO WITNESS NUMBER ONE, HE STATED TO ME THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND, THE VICTIM, HAD GOTTEN INTO A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH THE DEFENDANT WHICH TURNED PHYSICAL. HE STATED AT FIRST IT WAS A MUTUAL FIGHT, THEN IT APPEARED THAT THE VICTIM HAD GOTTEN ON TOP OF THE DEFENDANT, AND WHEN THE DEFENDANT REALIZED WHAT HAD HAPPENED, THE DEFENDANT PICKED UP A MUG STRIKING THE VICTIM SEVERAL TIMES IN THE FOREHEAD. I THEN ASKED WITNESS NUMBER ONE WHO STARTED THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL FIGHT, TO WHICH HE STATED THE DEFENDANT. HE STATED THAT THE VICTIM HAD ACCUSED THE DEFENDANT OF HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIM. THE WITNESS AND THE VICTIM ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP. HE STATED THAT THE VICTIM HAD GOTTEN TOO CLOSE TO THE DEFENDANT AND THAT THE DEFENDANT PUSHED THE VICTIM FIRST. THAT'S WHEN THE VICTIM GRABBED THE DEFENDANT BY THE ARMS AND THE ALTERCATION STARTED. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM, SHE STATED THAT HER BOYFRIEND AND THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. SHE STATED THAT SHE AND THE DEFENDANT GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT. THE DEFENDANT PUSHED HER, PUSHING HER INTO THE WALL, AT WHICH TIME SHE GRABBED THE DEFENDANT'S ARM AND THEY STARTED FIGHTING INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. SHE STATED THE DEFENDANT STRUCK HER SEVERAL TIMES WITH HER HANDS AND FISTS, AND SHE WAS TRYING TO FIGHT BACK. SHE STATED THAT THE POINT THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE VICTIM WAS GAINING THE BEST OF THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT PICKED UP AN UNKNOWN OBJECT AND HIT HER SEVERAL TIMES IN THE FACE. THIS DEPUTY DID OBSERVE A LACERATION OVER THE VICTIM'S RIGHT EYE AND IT APPEARED TO BE THAT HER RIGHT EYE WAS SWOLLEN SHUT THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. UPON SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT, THE DEFENDANT STATED TO ME THAT THE VICTIM HAD COME TO HER RESIDENCE ACCUSING HER OF HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE VICTIM'S BOYFRIEND. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE WAS NOT TRYING TO FIGHT WITH THE VICTIM, SHE WAS TRYING TO CALM HER DOWN. SHE STATED THE VICTIM ENTERED HER RESIDENCE, KNEELED DOWN ON THE FLOOR, AND STARTED SHAKING. SHE STATED SHE TRIED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE VICTIM, AT WHICH TIME AN ARGUMENT OCCURRED, AND THAT IS WHEN THE FIGHT HAD STARTED. SHE STATED THAT AT ONE POINT THE VICTIM HAD HER ON HER BACK ON THE COUCH, HITTING HER. THE DEFENDANT STATED TO ME THAT SHE DOES HAVE INJURIES, TO WHICH I OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A SCRATCH MARK TO THE LEFT SIDE OF HER HEAD. I ALSO OBSERVED SCRATCH MARKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HER NECK AND ONE ON THE TOP OF HER LEFT HAND. PHOTOS WERE TAKEN OF THE DEFENDANT'S INJURIES. I DID OBSERVED BLOOD ALL OVER THE DEFENDANT'S SHIRT, WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE THE BLOOD OF THE VICTIM. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT AT NO TIME IS SHE HAVING AN AFFAIR, AND THAT THAT SHE DID NOT STRIKE THE VICTIM WITH ANY KIND OF OBJECT OR MUG. THE DEFENDANT STATE THAT SHE DID HIT THE VICTIM, BUT WITH HER HANDS. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR BATTERY. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL CAR. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN BY THIS DEPUTY AND WILL BE PLACED INTO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
