| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PEIRCE, JESSICA 0746 (AR16-19084) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, 3RD OFFENSE PLUS CONVICTION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 322.34(2)(C), AND DID KNOWINGLY OPERATE, ON THE ROADS OF THIS STATE, A VEHICLE THAT HAD NOT BEEN REGISTERED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 320.02(1) ON 041716, AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HOURS, SERGEANT (SGT) DAWN ALEXANDER WAS DRIVING EASTBOUND ON WEST DUNNELLON ROAD WHEN SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR MICHAEL JAMES BELEW, DRIVING WESTBOUND ON WEST DUNNELLON ROAD ON the PAVEMENT. AS SOON AS SHE COULD U-TURN TO INITIATE A TRAFFIC STOP, THE MOTOR SCOOTER VEERED OFF TO the SHOULDER OF the ROAD IN FRONT OF 8375 WEST DUNNELLON ROAD IN CRYSTAL RIVER. UPON SPEAKING TO the DEFENDANT, SGT ALEXANDER RETRIEVED his FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. WHEN SHE RAN THE DRIVER'S LICENSE THROUGH TELETYPE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAS A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE AS OF 051209. ALSO NOTED, HE HAD THREE PRIOR DRIVING ON A LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED CONVICTIONS. THOSE DATES ARE 041113, 080205, AND 052199. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE KNEW HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND THAT HE WAS DRIVING ON the SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AT the TIME OF THE STOP. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADVISED HE WAS THE OWNER OF THE MOTOR SCOOTER and UPON RUNNING THE DEFENDANT'S INFORMATION IN FCIC/NCIC THE "DMV" REQUESTED SEIZURE OF THE VEHICLE IF the DRIVER IS THE OWNER, THEREFORE ADAM'S TOWING WAS CONTACTED TO RETRIEVE the MOTOR SCOOTER. ADAM'S TOWING ARRIVED ON SCENE and REMOVED the MOTOR SCOOTER AND ITS CONTENTS. A VEHICLE STORAGE RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND SIGNED. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT IS BEING CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED, CANCELLED OR REVOKED LICENSE WITH THREE PRIOR CONVICTIONS WITH THE BOND SET AT $5,000.00. HE IS ALSO BEING CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A BOND OF $500.00. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND IS $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED THE FOLLOWING CITATIONS. CITATION NUMBER A21DHXP, FOR THE UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE BEING A CRIMINAL COUNT, CITATION NUMBER A21DHWP FOR NO PROOF OF INSURANCE WITH A $116.00 FINE PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS, CITATION NUMBER A21DHVP FOR KNOWING DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED, CANCELLED, OR REVOKED LICENSE with THREE PRIOR CONVICTIONS BEING A CRIMINAL OFFENSE AND A COURT DATE TO BE SET. I GAVE THE DEFENDANT WARNING NUMBER 398026B, FOR BEING IN POSSESSION OF A DRIVER'S LICENSE KNOWING IT WAS SUSPENDED. |
