| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STOKES, ERIC 0736 (AR14-8595) DID HAVE AN ACTIVE CITRUS COUNTY WARRANT, WARRANT NUMBER 2267, COURT CASE NUMBER 2013CT000016001, FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION, ON AN ORIGINAL CHARGE OF DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (SECOND OFFENSE), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 948.06. ON 010413, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 6146 WEST OLIVE BRANCH LOOP IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A WARRANT ATTEMPT. I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR ANTHONY ORFIN JR, DID HAVE AN OPEN WARRANT AND HIS NEIGHBOR HAD CALLED IN TO ADVISE THAT HE WAS HOME. WHEN I ARRIVED, I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND ADVISED THAT I NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH MR ANTHONY ORFIN JR, AT WHICH TIME HE CAME TO THE DOOR. I ADVISED HIM THAT HE VIOLATED HIS PROBATION AND THERE WAS A WARRANT OUT IN HIS NAME. I ADVISED HIM THAT I NEEDED HIS IDENTIFICATION CARD TO VERIFY HIS IDENTITY AND THE STATUS OF HIS WARRANT. HE THEN HANDED OVER HIS IDENTIFICATION CARD AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING HE COULD DO TO NOT GO TO JAIL TONIGHT. DEPUTY NORTON, WHO WAS ON SCENE WAS GIVEN THE DEFENDANTâS IDENTIFICATION CARD, SO THAT HE COULD CHECK THE STATUS OF HIS WARRANT WHILE I CONTINUED TO SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT. I ADVISED HIM THAT DUE TO THE FACT HE HAD A WARRANT, I COULD NOT JUST LET HIM GO IF THIS WARRANT WAS CONFIRMED. A SHORT TIME LATER, WE WERE NOTIFIED BY TELETYPE THAT THE WARRANT HAD BEEN CONFIRMED, AT WHICH TIME I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE DEFENDANT RAN BACK INSIDE THE RESIDENCE, LOCKING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. THE DEFENDANTâS ROOMMATE WHO WAS HOME, OPENED THE DOOR AND ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT JUST RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY NORTON AND I RAN AROUND THE SIDE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT RUNNING TOWARDS THE WOOD LINE. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT TO STOP, AT WHICH TIME, DEPUTY NORTON THEN TACKLED THE DEFENDANT TO THE GROUND. I THEN GAINED CONTROL OF THE DEFENDANT, IN A KNEELING POSITION AND HANDCUFFED HIM (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. THE DEFENDANT WAS THE ASSISTED IN STANDING AND ESCORTED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS ASKED IF HE NEEDED EMS AND HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT. HE WAS THEN SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE RAN AND HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS AFRAID OF HIS WARRANT BECAUSE IT WAS A VIOLATION OF PROBATION. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF PROBATION WITH A BOND SET AT $4,605.00 CASH ONLY, PER THE WARRANT. HE WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF RESISTING WITHOUT VIOLENCE, WITH A BOND SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE (IN REFERENCE TO AR14-8596/CASE NUMBER 14-1704). AFFIANT HAD NO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CASE. |
