On Sept. 23, officers were dispatched to 312 S. Second St. in Bunnell in reference to a physical disturbance after the victim, Lisa Martinez, 31, got home from work. Martinez said Belisle, her boyfriend of three months, was at her apartment.
She managed to get away, go in, and lock the door. But he had a key and let himself in. “The argument continued to escalate from there,” Belisle’s arrest report states, with Belisle allegedly striking the woman in the face with the backside of his hand.
At that point the woman’s gray pit bull lunged at Belisle, the report states.
Belisle, according to the woman, then “turned his attention to her dog and started striking it with a closed fist with both hands,” and he continued to strike the dog “as hard as he could,” in the woman’s words, reportedly following the dog into another room as he continued to do so. The woman told police that Belisle “was also kicking the dog”.
The woman said she was able to stop Belisle and the argument cooled down, only to re-escalate when Belisle tried to use his phone and the woman broke a portion of it when she tried to take it away from him. He became “really pissed,” in her words, and started throwing candles and glass vases around the apartment, breaking them.
When Belisle allegedly pushed the woman out of the way as he tried to leave the apartment, the dog lunged at him again, but somehow, the report states, Belisle “started to again strike her in the face, causing her to fall to the ground,” the report alleges, referring to the woman, “and stated that he would ‘beat up’ both her and her dog.” Belisle also fell, giving the woman an opportunity to call 911.
Police noted a 2-inch knot or swelling on the back of her head, a 5-inch red and purple bruise on the inside of her right bicep, redness and swelling on her face, a small laceration on her lip, and a limp, as she had twisted her ankle when she’d fallen.
Several attempts to locate Belisle failed that morning, but he was found on Sunday and booked at the Flagler County jail that afternoon on a cruelty to animals charge, a third-degree felony, and an aggravated battery-domestic violence charge, a second degree felony.
He posted $7,500 bond and was released Monday, September 25 and is awaiting trial.
Full Name: Steven Richard Belisle
Alias: Steve Belisle
Gender: Male
Race: White
Height: 5'09"
Weight: 150 lbs
Birthdate: 02/18/1990
Arrest Age: 27
Address: 206 S Forysth St, Bunnell, Florida 32110
Additional address given: 2100 N Central Ave, Flagler Beach, Florida 32136
Arrest Date: 09/24/2017
Arrest Time: 1:06 PM
Arresting Agency: Flagler Beach Police Department
Location: Flagler County, Florida
Charges:
#1 Cruelty To Animals (Misdemeanor)
Cash/Surety Bond: $2,500
#2 Agg Battery/Domestic Violence (Felony)
Cash/Surety Bond: $5,000
Belisle's previous arrests include an arrest on January 16, 2016 for Possessioin of Marijuana and DUI.
He was also arrested on July 13, 2017 for violating the terms of his probation for the drug and drunk driving charges.