Name of Accused:
SMITH, GARFIELD D
Date of Arrest:
06/08/2023
Charges for Arrest:
Sexual Battery
Officer’s Narrative:
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On 06/08/23 at approximately 0046 Hours I, Ofc. Kitchen responded to an attempted rape at [500 BLOCK] Craver Pl. While I was en route to [500 BLOCK] Carve Pl. units were advised that the suspect was a subject named Garfield and that he had left the location in a red in color pick up truck and lives in the area of Maple Ln, other units were able to find the vehicle and make contact (See Supplemental reports).
I continued to Carve Place to make contact with the complainant and the victim, upon my arrival there was a group of people out in the front of the apartment and figured out who was who in the group. Sgt. Scruggs separated the victim and went inside and spoke with her while I ascertained relations to parties at the residence before going inside and speaking to the victim’s mother ([REDACTED]) and the other party inside the residence ([WITNESS #1]) at the time the incident occurred.
I spoke with the subject who resides at [500 BLOCK] [WITNESS #1] about what had occurred, [WITNESS #1] said that she had invited Garfield over to her residence to try and fix her speaker system so that it would work with the TV audio. [WITNESS #1] said that she was inside her bedroom and was not in the living room area when the event occurred so she was unsure of what actually took place other than what the victim ([VICTIM #1]) had told her over text and in person.
I asked how [WITNESS #1] knew the Garfield subject and she said that he
