| Date of birth: | Jun 17, 1965 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: KJEKSTAD, ERIC 1810 (AR16-20240) ON JULY 13, 2016 AT 1:59PM I WAS DISPATCHED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST HIGH PLACE AND SOUTH LEE WAY IN HOMOSASSA FLORIDA. AT 2:12 PM I ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH. ONCE ON SCENE I BEGAN MY CRASH INVESTIGATION. THROUGHOUT MY INVESTIGATION I NOTICED MICHAEL JOHN STODDARD THE DRIVER OF THE GREEN FORD RANGER BEARING THE FLORIDA TAG 8015QZ MAY BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL BASED ON MY OBSERVATIONS. I OBSERVED MR. STODDARD SWAYING, USING HIS TRUCK FOR BALANCE AND THE ODOR OF ALCOHOL COMING FROM HIS BREATH. MR. STODDARD WAS IDENTIFIED BY HIS FLORIDA DRIVER LICENSE. AT 3:10 PM I HAD FINISHED MY CRASH INVESTIGATION AND EXPLAINED TO MR. STODDARD THAT I HAD COMPLETED MY CRASH INVESTIGATION AND WILL BE STARTING MY DUI INVESTIGATION. I EXPLAINED TO MR. STODDARD THAT BASED ON MY TRAINING AND OBSERVATION OF HIM I BELIEVED HE WAS IMPAIRED AND ASKED IF HE WAS WILLING TO DO A SERIES OF FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES, WHICH HE HAD CONSENTED TO. THE BELOW EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED ON SOUTH LEE WAY SOUTH OF WEST HIGH PLACE. THE EVALUATION SURFACE WAS SMOOTH CONCRETE. THE EVALUATION WAS PERFORMED DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. NO SURFACE DEFECTS WERE NOTED OR CLAIMED. THE CONCRETE WAS SLIGHTLY WET PRIOR TO THE EVALUATION DUE TO A SHORT RAIN SHOWER, HOWEVER WHEN THE EXERCISE WAS PERFORMED THE SURFACE WAS DRY. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:05 PM I HAD MR. STODDARD WALK OVER TO MY CAR TO DUE SERIES OF FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES BECAUSE BASED ON MY OBSERVATION AND TRAINING I FELT THAT MR. STODDARD WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. I READ MR. STODDARD MIRANDA WARNING AT 3:10 PM. AT APPROXIMATELY 3:12 PM I EXPLAINED AND PERFORMED HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS TO MR. STODDARD. I OBSERVED A LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT, DISTINCT AND SUSTAINED NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION, AN ONSET OF NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO 45 DEGREES, IN BOTH MR. STODDARD EYES. I HAD ALSO OBSERVED MR. STODDARD SLIGHTLY SWAYING THROUGHOUT THE EXERCISE. MR. STODDARD EXPLAINED HE WAS LEGALLY BLIND IN HIS LEFT EYE, THEREFORE I BASED MOST OF MY EVIDENCE ON HIS RIGHT EYE EVEN THOUGH BOTH EYES SHOWED EQUAL NYSTAGMUS. MR. STODDARD WAS THEN EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED THE WALK AND TURN. MR. STODDARD WAS BEARING BLACK AND GREEN SANDALS AND STATED HE WAS OKAY COMPLETING THE EXERCISES BAREFOOT. MR. STODDARD BEGAN EARLY IN THE INSTRUCTION STAGE AND LOST HIS BALANCE (FEET BROKE APART). DURING THE WALKING STAGE MR. STODDARD LOST HIS BALANCE ON HIS SIXTH STEP AND RAISED HIS ARMS. MR. STODDARD DID NOT COMPLETE THE EXERCISE BECAUSE HE WAS FRUSTRATED AND COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT LOSING HIS BALANCE. MR. STODDARD WAS THEN EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED THE ONE LEG STAND. DURING THE EXERCISE MR. STODDARD RAISED HIS ARMS MORE THAN 6 INCHES AND LOST HIS BALANCE ON HIS FIRST COUNT. MR. STODDARD DID NOT COMPLETE THE EXERCISE FOR THE SAME REASON AS THE WALK AND TURN ABOVE. MR. STODDARD WAS ASKED IF HE WOULD LIKE TO TRY THE EXERCISES AGAIN BUT WITH HIS SANDALS ON. MR. STODDARD TRIED THE WALK AND TURN AND LOST HIS BALANCE ON STEPS 4 AND 5. MR. STODDARD DID NOT COMPLETE THE EXERCISE FOR THE SECOND TIME. MR. STODDARD WAS THEN GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY THE ONE LEG STAND AGAIN WITH HIS SANDALS ON. MR. STODDARD HAD LOST HIS BALANCE ON THE 2ND AND 4TH COUNT. MR. STODDARD DID NOT COMPLETE THE EXERCISE FOR THE SECOND TIME. BASED ON THE SIGNS AND OBSERVATIONS THROUGHOUT MY CONVERSATION WITH MR. STODDARD, THE ODOR OF ALCOHOL COMING FROM HIS BREATH, AND THE SIGNS OF IMPAIRMENT THAT I OBSERVED AS HE PERFORMED THE STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES. I ARRESTED MR. STODDARD FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AT 3:33 PM. MR. STODDARD WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL AT 3:37 PM AND ARRIVED AT 3:49 PM. BOND WILL BE SET AT $1,000. THE DEFENDANT BLEW 0.211 AND 0.213 AT THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL. TYPED BY: KJEKSTAD, ERIC 1810 |
| Inmate name: | MICHAEL JOHN STODDARD |
| Arrest number: | 20240 |
| Arrest date: | Jul 13, 2016 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 316.193(1)(C) |
| Charge description: | DUI-BAC 0.08 or More Grams Per 210 Liters of Breath |
| Bond amount: | $1,000 |
