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PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT
CASE :
0015018881
TO: FIRST APPEARANCE MAGISTRATE
DEFENDANT: Dalvin James Cook
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CHARGES:
F.S.S. 784.03(1)(a)(l) -
Battery-
Touch or Strike
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SUMMARY
OF OFFENSES
AND
PROBABLE
CAUSE
AFFIDAVIT:
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On
the morning
of
Tuesday, June 23, 20
15
, the Tallahassee
P6li ce
Department was
dispatched to the area ofCiydes and Costel lo's Cocktail Bar, 210 South Adams Street, in reference
to
an
assault.
The
original CAD notes stated that the complainant, Madison Geohegan, advised that
5-7 FSU football players had just hit her in the lip and left the scene, with a time delay
of
- five
minutes. Officer Smidt (#337) arrived on-scene and spoke to the following individuals: Madison
Geohegan (complainant victim), Keara Lubeskie (Geohegan's friend and witness), and Justin
Rossi (independent witness).
Officer Smidt first spoke
to
Geohegan. He notated that she had a bloody lip and had dirt
on her left knee, and was intoxicated; digital photographs were taken of her injuries. She was
standing on the sidewalk with Lubeskie and Rossi. Geohegan told him that after the
bar
had closed
[Clydes and Costello ' s closes at 2 A.M.] she and Lubeskie were speaking
to
several FSU football
players. The two parties began to get into a heated, verbal argument, which mainly centered
between Geohegan and a male. At the time, Geohegan did not mow who this male wa
s,
and
believed
he
was the older brother of an unknown FS U football player, based on a prior conversation
she had with this person. The male was later identified as Dalvin Cook, which is detailed below.
The first male Geohegan had been speaking with (not Cook) became upset when she told
him she had a boyfriend, and began
to
yell obscenities at her. She
sa
id Cook came over and was
originally trying to calm the situation down. The other ma
le
had walked away, but was continuing
to
yell at her. At some point, Travis Rudolph also approached her and began a conversation, which
5-7 FSU footballplayers punchedher in the lip andleft????
This guy wasn'teven there!!
injury from 5-7football player
der brother ofSU player??
I believe she isreferring to Devonte
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turned into an argu
men
t between them. Geohegan told me she had several people yelling at her and
that the situation was confusing.
She stated Rudolph was too close to her, so she shoved him away. He did not react other
than continuing to argue. Cook asked her if she had to push Rudolph, and she said after that it
happened quick. Both parties were yelling and screaming at the other, and Cook began swinging at
her. She did not know how many times she was struck, but s
he
fell back against a black Jeep parked
along the roadway.
Cook
was restrained
by
people nearby and Geohegan remained near
th
e Jeep as
Cook was forced back approximately ten feet from her He approached her again, and, while being
res trained, managed to strike her at last one additional time in the face; t is caused her to fall to one
knee. The group of football players, along with Cook, then walked away.
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In
vestigator's Note: In the original report, the name is Travis Randolph. This is erroneous,
and the individual she was speaking to is Travis Rudolph.
Justin Rossi, an independent witness, said he was at Clydes and Costello
's
inquiring about
a security job. He saw a black male being very forward with Geohegan about taking her home
and having sex with her. After the bar had closed, he was out
si
de, and saw the same black male,
n
ow
with a larger group. T
he
males were arguing with Geohegan and Lubeskie, and Rossi said one
of the males punched Geohegan. He provided a sworn written state
men
t I spoke with Rossi at a
later date, and showed im a photographic line-up cont
ai
ning Cook; he was unable to identify
anyone in it as being involved.
Lubeskie stated she was outside of Clydes and Costello's with Geohegan and was talking
to her friend, Travis Rudolph. Whj}e speaking with Rudolph, s
he
saw Geohegan get punched
by
the
older brother of a freshman wide receiver for FSU. Due to her level of intoxication, Officer Smidt
said all her could understand from her at the time was that Rudolph was not involved in t
he
incident and that
the
male suspect had dreadlocks I
la
ter spoke wi
th
Lubeskie, who told me the
suspect was Dalvin Cook. She had received this name and made the identification after speaking
with Geohegan.
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Maybeecausehe was
ntoxicatedo the point
hat sheould nottandp???
She actuallypunched him
back of the he
No cars were
outside of Clydeso after they beat her up, they "walked" away? Did imention there was a olice car next to the incident?
s guy was neverre!! he wasde the bar
He heard all of this in a club?how close was he to them?
He is saying they were arguing with both girls.
She is saying she was talking to her friend
Rudolph... Which one is lying?
maybebecauswas ins
How drunk washe that he conot understananything else?
She IdentifiedCook afterspeaking with"victim" hmmm.
She was too drunkat the time, so sheasked her friendthe next day whothe person was....
Battery
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After speaking with Geohegan on Friday,
June
26, and Monday,
June
29, Cook was
identified through social
media by
Geohegan,
Lube
skie, and
Geohegan's
father. Subsequently, I
showed Geohegan a photographic line-up, in which she positively identified Cook, with 100 %
certainty, as the person who had punched her.
On Wednesday,
July
1, I interviewed
Cook
at 232 Hayden Road. Cook
sa
id
he
could not
remember getting into an
argument
that evening /morning, and stated
that he
did not hit anyone. I
also interviewed Rudolph
and
Deondre Francois, who were apparently
present
along with Cook.
Rudolph
sa
id there had been a
ve
rbal altercation, but that
he
was
unaware of
a fight taking place.
He mentioned to me that they had left before things got out of hand. Rudolph said he was with
Cook the entire evening, and at no point was
he
separated from him.
Francois also said there
had
been a verbal altercation, and that
Rudolph
had been struck
by
one of the females, but
he
did not witness anyone else fighting. He told me
he
had gone and sat in
their car, and when Cook and Rudolph
got
in, they were upset about
the
incident. Francois denied
his witnessing
or them
talking about a fight.
On Thursday, July 2, I presented this case to the State Attorney's Office for review. On
Friday, July 10, State Attorney
Meggs
approved this probable
cause
affidavit, charging Dalvin
Cook with one count of Battery -
Touch or
Strike
in
violation ofF.S.S.
784
.03(1)(a)(l).
Due
to a
previous arre
st
(2014MM3097Al) ,
Cook
does not qualify for the
Adult
Civil Citation program.
Due to this previous arrest resulting in a failure-to-appear , he does not qualify for a notice-to
appear, and an arrest warrant is being issued
The preceding is true to the best of my present knowledge
or
belief.
Investigator e
Tallahassee Po ce
Department-
Criminal Investigations Division
N O T A R Y A S A ~
Notarization: Sworn and subscribed
before
me on July 10, 20
15
My
commission expires: Law Enforcement Officer
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They showed themsocial media pix ofCook beforepresenting a lineup to identify thevictim???? SMH!!!
How did the DADidentify COOK???he was neverthere!!!
BATTERY!!!