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Natawi Chin Arrest Affidavit
Natawi Chin Arrest Affidavit
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First Name Middle Name Last Name Suffix Race Sex Height Weight Hair Eyes
NATAWI NIKQUAN CHIN BLACK MALE
MNI # SSN Date of Birth Age Place of Birth Drivers License or other ID State ID Type
27
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Arrest
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Charge :
Counts Charge
1 784.048.3
Probable Cause
Before Me, the undersigned authority personally appeared SERGEANT ERIK B DICE (2682) who
being duly sworn, alleges, on information and belief, that between OCTOBER 10, 2022 and JULY
31, 2023 in Marion County, Florida the defendant did:
ON MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023, I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE OCALA POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT AN EMPLOYEE; LATER IDENTIFIED AS (WITNESS)
, HAD APPROACHED ANOTHER EMPLOYEE ABOUT CONCERNS FOR AN ONGOING
INCIDENT BETWEEN A MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY, (VICTIM) ,
AND HER FORMER BOYFRIEND, (DEFENDANT) NATAI CHIN, WHO IS AN OCALA POLICE
OFFICER. THE CONCERN STEMMED FROM AN AUDIO VOICE RECORDED MESSAGE THAT
DEFENDANT CHIN SENT TO VICTIM INVOLVING THREATS TO SHOOT UP HER
RESIDENCE.
SHE DENIED THEM EVER LIVING TOGETHER AS IF A FAMILY AND DENIED HIM EVER BEING
PHYSICALLY VIOLENT TOWARDS HER. SHE STATED HE HAS BEEN VERBALLY AGGRESSIVE
AND ONCE, HE THOUGHT SHE HAD CHEATED ON HIM. THEY BROKE UP IN SEPTEMBER (2022)
AND SHE BEGAN SEEING ANOTHER GUY.
HE REPORTEDLY DROVE BY A
COUPLE OF TIMES AND BEGAN NOTICING ANOTHER CAR AT HER RESIDENCE. AT SOME
POINT, HE PARKED DOWN THE ROAD AND BEGAN ATTEMPTING TO CALL HER. VICTIM
CONTACTED HER PARENTS WHO THEN DROVE OVER AND OBSERVED HIS VEHICLE
DOWN THE STREET BUT INITIALLY DID NOT SEE HIM. DEFENDANT CHIN REPORTEDLY WAS
CALLING VICTIM AND WAS KNOCKING ON HER WINDOW.
Arrest Affidavit Page 2 of 9
Report Date / Time Report Number Case Number/Cad Number Reporting Officer Name
7/31/2023 06:12 PM MCSO55ARR01266S MCSO23OFF015966 / DICE, E
2307310574
Originating Agency ORI Occur Date Time Range Clearance
FL0420000 07/01/2023 00:00:00 -
07/31/2023 00:00:00
RECENTLY, HE SENT A VOICE RECORDING, THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SEND IN WRITING
BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A WRITTEN THREAT. DEFENDANT CHIN CLAIMED HE WOULD SHOOT
UP THE HOUSE IF HE SEES ANOTHER GUY THERE. THAT WAS SENT TO HER THROUGH HER
VERIZON ACCOUNT AND THE THREAT MAY HAVE BEEN BETWEEN JULY 13TH TO THE 16TH.
THE MESSAGE ORIGINATED FROM HIS NUMBER, . THERE HAD ALSO BEEN A
PRIOR THREAT DURING EITHER A PHONE CALL OR FACETIME CONTACT.
I ALSO LEARNED THAT VICTIM HAD RECENTLY BEEN OUT FOR A FAMILY REUNION
AND SHE RECEIVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM HIM THIS MORNING ABOUT WHERE SHE HAD
BEEN. SHE IDENTIFIED THE SUBJECT AT HER RESIDENCE, DURING THE KNOCKING ON THE
WINDOW AS (WITNESS) . SHE ALSO
IDENTIFIED HER PARENTS AS (WITNESSES) .
SHE BELIEVES SHE TOLD HER MOTHER ABOUT THE MESSAGES AND STATED SHE HAS ALSO
SPOKEN TO . WITNESS
ALSO LISTENED TO THE RECORDED MESSAGE.
WITNESS HAD HEARD THAT DEFENDANT CHIN WOULD TEXT AND CALL THE VICTIM
A LOT ABOUT CARS AND THINGS AT HER HOUSE. AT SOME POINT, HE GOT OUT AND WAS AT
THE VICTIM'S DOOR OR WINDOW AND LISTENING. HE LATER ACCUSED THE VICTIM OF
SLEEPING WITH SOMEONE ELSE AND THEY HAVE ARGUED A COUPLE OF TIMES. HE WOULD
CONTINUE TO QUESTION THE VICTIM UNTIL SHE FINALLY STATED SHE HAD BEEN WITH
SOMEONE ELSE TO APPEASE HIM.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAD NOT AROSE TO THE CURRENT CONCERN UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK
OR TWO BEFORE TODAY. SHE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE VICTIM WHILE DRIVING AND
SAW HER NEAR BASELINE ROAD AND SR 40. SHE STOPPED OUT WITH VICTIM AND
THEY WERE DISCUSSING THINGS. THE VICTIM MENTIONED THAT DEFENDANT CHIN HAD NOT
STOPPED AND WAS "BLOWING UP HER PHONE". SHE WAS SHOWN MULTIPLE TEXT
MESSAGES WHICH INCLUDED THE AUDIO MESSAGE FROM THE DEFENDANT. VICTIM
HAD SAVED THEM AND PLAYED AN AUDIO RECORDING THAT SHE RECOGNIZED AS
BEING THE DEFENDANT'S VOICE.
SHE PARAPHRASED THE MESSAGE AS "I WOULD HAVE TEXTED THIS TO YOU BUT THEN YOU
COULD GET ME ARRESTED FOR WRITTEN THREATS, I'LL DRIVE BY YOUR HOUSE AND
SHOOT IT UP, STOP PLAYING WITH ME".
VICTIM ADVISED THAT HER PARENTS KNEW ABOUT THIS AND HER DAD TOLD HER
TO STOP PLAYING WITH HIM. THE VICTIM ADVISED HER THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD
SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED HIS SWAT RIFLE AND WOULD DRIVE BY THE HOUSE AND EMPTY
THE ENTIRE MAGAZINE.
THE MOTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE NIGHT WHEN DEFENDANT CHIN CAME BY, SHE AND HER
HUSBAND HAD BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE. A FRIEND OF THE VICTIM, LATER IDENTIFIED AS
STOPPED BY THE HOUSE TO CHECK ON HER. THE VICTIM LATER CALLED HER
PARENTS AND ASKED WHERE THEY WERE AT. THE PARENTS HAD BEEN DOWN THE ROAD
GETTING SOMETHING TO EAT AND ESTIMATED IT WAS MAYBE 8:00 OR 9:00 PM AT NIGHT.
THE FATHER CONFIRMED IT HAD BEEN DARK OUTSIDE.
THE VICTIM STATED THAT DEFENDANT CHIN WAS AT THE LOCATION BEATING ON THE DOOR
AND KNOCKING ON THE WINDOWS. MS COULD HEAR THIS OVER THE PHONE CALL
AS WELL. SHE TOLD VICTIM NOT TO GO OUT THE DOOR.
THE FATHER STATED THAT WHEN THEY DROVE HOME, THEY SAW THE VEHICLE OF
DEFENDANT CHIN PARKED UP THE STREET BY A MECHANICS SHOP ON
. HE DESCRIBED THIS AS A WHITE TOYOTA, POSSIBLY A COROLLA. HE
DENIED THEM SEEING DEFENDANT CHIN AT THIS TIME.
THE MOTHER CONFIRMED THE CAR AND THEY ASSUMED HE WAS NEARBY BECAUSE HE
WOULD NEED TO HAVE WALKED TO THE HOUSE. SHE ALSO DENIED SEEING HIM THAT
NIGHT. SHE LATER LEARNED THAT DEFENDANT CHIN TOLD THE VICTIM THAT HE SAW HER
PARENTS.
THE FATHER DROVE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOUND THE CAR TO THEN BE
GONE. REPORTEDLY STATED HE SAW DEFENDANT CHIN COMING AROUND THE
CORNER WHEN THEY WERE WALKING OUTSIDE TO HIS TRUCK. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED
THAT HAD DROPPED HIS SHOE OUT FRONT BUT IT WAS LATER FOUND ON THE
WINDOW SILL AND THEY BELIEVE IT WAS MOVED BY DEFENDANT CHIN.
THE MOTHER ADVISED SHE HAD NOT HEARD THE AUDIO RECORDINGS BUT VICTIM
HAD DISCUSSED THE ISSUES WITH HER PARENTS AND TOLD THEM DEFENDANT CHIN HAD
THREATENED TO SHOOT HER HOUSE UP. THEY TOLD VICTIM NOT TO TAKE THE
THREAT LIGHTLY.
THE FATHER STATED HE HAD NOT TRUSTED DEFENDANT CHIN AND BELIEVES HE IS MEAN
TO HIS DAUGHTER. SHE EXPLAINED THAT HE MEANS THE TYPE OF VERBIAGE THAT IS USED
TOWARDS HIS DAUGHTER AND THAT THE DEFENDANT IS NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON HE
SAYS HE IS.
THE MOTHER FURTHER STATED THAT THE VICTIM AND DEFENDANT ARE NO LONGER
TOGETHER BUT HE CONTINUES TO QUESTION HER ABOUT WHERE SHE GOES AND WOULD
DEMAND SHE PROVIDE HER LOCATION BE SENT TO HIM. SHE FEELS LIKE THE DEFENDANT
WILL BLAME THE VICTIM FOR THIS.
I WAS ALSO ADVISED BY THE FATHER THAT HE HEARD THE DEFENDANT HAD A SPECIFIC
GUN HE WOULD USE AND IDENTIFIED A RIFLE WITH 30 ROUNDS. THE MOTHER FEELS HE
PLAYS MIND GAMES WITH THE VICTIM AND DEFENDANTS THERE ARE ADDITIONAL THINGS
SHE HAS NOT BEEN TOLD ABOUT YET. SHE BELIEVES THE DEFENDANT IS MENTALLY
ABUSIVE TOWARDS HER. NEITHER PARENT ADVISED OF WITNESSING ANY PHYSICAL
VIOLENCE AT THIS TIME.
BEFORE LEAVING, THE FATHER RECALLED THERE BEING A CONVERSATION WITH THE
VICTIM WHERE SHE TOLD HIM ABOUT A TEXT MESSAGE THAT THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE
WOULD HAVE SLAPPED HER IN THE FACE SEVERAL TIMES IF HE HAD BEEN WITH HER AT
THE TIME. THEY HAD NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO PROVIDE AT THIS TIME.
WHEN DISCUSSING THE INCIDENT, HE EXPLAINED THEY HAD BEEN IN THE LIVING ROOM
AND HE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE AND GO HOME. THE DEFENDANT REPORTEDLY PULLED UP
AND . THEY HAD BEEN WALKING TO HIS
TRUCK BUT RETREATED BACK INSIDE THE HOUSE AND LOCKED THE DOOR. THE
DEFENDANT WAS CALLING HER AND WANTED TO TALK TO BOTH OF THEM. WITNESS
STATED HE WENT TO THE BATHROOM AND HER PARENTS LATER GAVE HIM A RIDE HOME.
HE EXPLAINED THAT HE RODE WITH THE PARENTS SO THE DEFENDANT DID NOT TRY TO
PULL HIM OVER OR CONFRONT HIM AND THE VICTIM DROVE HIS TRUCK OUT TO WEST SR 40
AND AIRPORT ROAD, AT THE CIRCLE K.
HE AND THE VICTIM ONLY SAW EACH OTHER FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND HE HAS NOT
REALLY HEARD ANYTHING MORE FROM HER UNTIL NOW. HE DENIED EVER BEING DIRECTLY
THREATENED AND DOES NOT RECALL IF THE VICTIM WAS EVER THREATENED. HE DID
RECALL THE DEFENDANT MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT THE VICTIM BEING HIS GIRL. WITNESS
ADVISED HE AND VICTIM WERE ONLY HANGING OUT FOR ABOUT A MONTH.
HE ALSO WAS TOLD THAT DEFENDANT CHIN HAD CALLED IN HIS VEHICLE AT THE VICTIM'S
AS A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM HIS TAG. HE BELIEVES IT WAS
RUN THROUGH THE OCALA POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT NIGHT. HIS VEHICLE IS IDENTIFIED
AS A .
A REVIEW OF THE CONVERSATION APPEARS TO COME FROM "NC" WHICH IS SAVED IN THE
VICTIM'S PHONE AS , WHICH IS THE KNOWN PERSONAL NUMBER OF
DEFENDANT CHIN. THE MESSAGES APPEAR TO HAVE OCCURRED AROUND JULY 17TH AND
JULY 18TH, 2023. THE GENERAL CATEGORIZATION OF THE MESSAGES IS THE DEFENDANT
QUESTIONING THE VICTIM ABOUT HER VEHICLE NOT BEING HOME AND HER
"ENTERTAINING" OTHER MEN. SHE REPLIES THAT SHE IS NORMALLY HOME. THE
DEFENDANT REPLIES "LOL OKAY" AND THEN THERE IS A 9 SECOND AUDIO RECORDING
SENT VIA TEXT MESSAGE TO THE ACCOUNT OF VICTIM.
DURING THIS AUDIO RECORDED MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE STATES " I WAS GONNA TEXT
THIS TO YOU BUT THEN YOU COULD GET ME ARRESTED FOR WRITTEN THREATS. I WILL
SHOOT YOUR SHIT UP, KEEP PLAYING".
THE VICTIM REPLIES BACK "IDK IF I SHOULD BE LAUGHING AT WHAT YOU SAID OR BE
SCARED". SHE ALSO REPLIED BACK, "I LOVE YOU TOO CHIN". THE REPLY FROM DEFENDANT
CHIN'S ACCOUNT IS "YOU SHOULD BE SCARED".
THE VICTIM THEN REPLIES, "WHY THOUGH? YOU SAID THE OTHER DAY IF WE GOT BACK
TOGETHER AND FOUND OUT I WAS ENTERTAINING ANOTHER GUY YOU WOULD SHOOT MY
SHIT UP NOT NOW". THE DEFENDANT'S ACCOUNT REPLY WAS "WHETHER IT'S NOT OR IF WE
GET BACK TOGETHER YOU ENTERTAINING NIGGAS IS NOT A GOOD THING".
CONTACT WAS MADE WITH (WITNESS) WHO MET AND PROVIDED A SWORN
STATEMENT, WHICH I RECORDED TO BODY WORN CAMERA. HE CONFIRMED HAVING BEEN
ON DUTY FROM 7PM ON OCTOBER 10, 2022 UNTIL 7 AM THE FOLLOWING MORNING. HE
WORKED ZONE 2, WHICH WOULD BE NEAR HOWARD MIDDLE SCHOOL.
HE IS FAMILIAR WITH OFFICER CHIN THROUGH WORK BUT DENIED THERE BEING MUCH
PERSONAL CONTACT. HE ATTENDED A SPONSORED ACADEMY CLASS DURING THE SAME
TIME PERIOD OFFICER CHIN HAD BEEN TO THE SPONSORED ACADEMY.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT RUNNING THE FLORIDA SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATE, HE WAS UNABLE
TO RECALL DUE TO THE TIME THAT HAS PASSED AND THE AMOUNT OF TAGS THAT HE RUNS
FOR WORK PURPOSES. HE DOES NOT RECALL EVER RUNNING A TAG FOR SOMEONE ELSE
AND DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY RECALL OFFICER CHIN EVER CALLING HIM TO RUN A TAG. HE
STATED THAT OFFICER CHIN NORMALLY WORKS DIRECTED PATROL ON A DIFFERENT SHIFT
AND THEY MAY HAVE ONLY WORKED TOGETHER ONCE.
OFFICER LOOKED AT HIS CALL HISTORY FOR THE DATE OF OCTOBER 10, 2022 AND
FOUND THAT HE CLEARED A CALL FOR SERVICE AT 9:48PM AND WAS ASSIGNED TO
ANOTHER CALL AT 9:55PM. HE CONFIRMED THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN TIME FOR HIM
TO BE ON THE SIDE OF THE OCALA WHERE THESE INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE
OCCURRED. OFFICER CONFIRMED HE DOES RUN TAGS DURING THE COURSE OF HIS
SHIFT TO FACILITATE A LAWFUL LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNCTION BUT DID NOT APPEAR TO
HAVE ANY DIRECT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHY HE RAN THIS TAG IN SPECIFIC.
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 a certain assistance. Please contact the
ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Marion County Judicial Center, 110 NW
First Avenue, Ocala, FL 34475, Telephone (352) 401-6710, 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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
Under Penalties of perjury, I declare that I have read the foregoing Notice to Appear and that the facts
stated in it are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
The undersigned certifies and swears that he/she has just and reasonable grounds to believe that the above named Defendant,
committed violation(s), of law, on the date(s) and time(s), as listed in this Notice to Appear associated with this report:
Reporting Officer
Officer Name Office Rank Officer ID No
DICE, E SERGEANT/M 2682
Officer Agency
MARION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Officer Signature