| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CAREY, SAMUEL 0753 (AR12-3605) DID, KNOWING HER 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY CAREY (0753), WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED FALSE INFORMATION TO DEPUTY CAREY, IN AN ATTEMPT TO MISLEAD SAID DEPUTY WILL PERFORMING HIS LAWFUL DUTIES, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 112512 AT APPROXIMATELY 2345 HOURS, DEPUTY COX AND I WERE FUELING OUR PATROL VEHICLES AT THE RACE TRAC GAS STATION ON EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY/HIGHWAY 44, LOCATED IN CRYSTAL RIVER, WHEN I OBSERVED A SILVER IN COLOR, FOUR DOOR TOYOTA, WHICH WAS PARKED AT THE PUMP NEXT TO DEPUTY COX WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. INSIDE THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A WHITE FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS ANGELA MATHEWS, IN THE DRIVERâS SEAT. I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO BE THE ONLY OCCUPANT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WENT INSIDE OF THE GAS STATION. DEPUTY COX AND I WENT INTO THE STORE TO CONDUCT A SECURITY CHECK OF THE BUSINESS. THE DEFENDANT WATCHED DEPUTY COX AND I AND QUICKLY EXITED THE BUILDING AS WE ENTERED THE STORE. THE DEFENDANT THEN RETURNED TO HER VEHICLE AND GOT INTO THE DRIVERS SEAT OF HER VEHICLE AND SAT THERE. AS I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT IN THE DRIVERâS SEAT OF THE VEHICLE AND THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT SAT IN HER VEHICLE AS DEPUTY COX LEFT THE SCENE. I CIRCLED AROUND THE PARKING LOT AND RAN THE LICENSE PLATE OF THE VEHICLE, FLORIDA TAG X691NW. NCIC/FCIC ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED TO THE DEFENDANT AND THAT THE DEFENDANTâS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED. RESEARCH OF THE DEFENDANTâS PHOTOGRAPH ON D.A.V.I.D. POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER OF SAID VEHICLE AS THE DEFENDANT. I RAN THE FLORIDA REGISTRATION BECAUSE OF THE SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR OF THE DRIVER AND THAT IT APPEARED THAT SHE WAS WAITING FOR THIS DEPUTY AND DEPUTY COX TO LEAVE. I SAT IN THE PARKING LOT OF RACE TRAC, AND OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT IN HER VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT APPEARED TO BE WATCHING ME AS SHE SAT IN THE DRIVERâS SIDE SEAT, THROUGH HER REAR VIEW MIRROR. I THEN PULLED OUT OF THE RACE TRAC PARKING LOT, ONTO EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY/HIGHWAY 44, HEADING WESTBOUND, I THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE TO QUICKLY EXIT THE PARKING LOT, HEADING ONTO EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY/HIGHWAY 44 WESTBOUND. I THEN STOPPED IN THE MEDIAN, WAITING FOR THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE TO PASS ME. UPON THE VEHICLE PASSING MY PATROL VEHICLE, I THEN ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, AND FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE, WHICH THEN TURNED ON TO NE 9TH AVENUE, AND MADE AN IMMEDIATE RIGHT ON TO NE 4TH STREET. UPON THE VEHICLE STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY, I OBSERVED THE DRIVERâS SIDE DOOR TO BE OPEN, AND THE DEFENDANT TO BE WALKING TOWARDS MY VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED TO THIS DEPUTY, âHE JUST RAN.â I ASKED HER WHO SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND SHE ADVISED THAT SHE MEANT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. I ASKED WHO THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS, AND SHE COULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH NAME OR DESCRIPTION OF THIS DRIVER. SEVERAL MOMENTS LATER, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER HAD BEEN A WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY THE SAME HEIGHT AS THIS DEPUTY (6 FEET, 3 INCHES). I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAD OBSERVED HER TO BE SITTING IN THE DRIVERâS SEAT, WITH NO ONE ELSE IN THE VEHICLE, PRIOR TO THIS TRAFFIC STOP. I REQUESTED THAT THE DEFENDANT PROVIDE ME WITH HER DRIVER'S LICENSE. SHE THEN PROVIDED THIS DEPUTY WITH HER FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH THE NAME ANGELA MARIE MATHEWS. I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS AWARE THAT HE DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, AND THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE HAD NO IDEA. I ADVISED HER THAT NOTICE WAS SHOWN AS BEING GIVEN ON 071312, WITH HER LICENSE BEING SUSPENDED ON 081312. THE DEFENDANT REMAINED ADAMANT THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAD BEEN DRIVING HER VEHICLE PRIOR TO HER MAKING CONTACT WITH ME DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP. DESPITE MY REITERATION TO THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAD NOT LOST SIGHT OF HER VEHICLE THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE INCIDENT AND HAD SEEN HER IN THE DRIVERâS SEAT AND NO OTHER PASSENGERS, SHE WOULD NOT ADMIT TO DRIVING THE VEHICLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AFTER I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS THE DEFENDANT APPEARED TO BE ATTEMPTING TO FLEE THIS DEPUTY. WHEN SHE DID STOP HER VEHICLE AND EXIT THE DRIVERS DOOR, I ADVISED HER TO GET BACK IN HER VEHICLE. SHE ARGUED WITH THIS DEPUTY FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND ATTEMPTED TO HINDER MY INVESTIGATION. I THEN OBSERVED THE DRIVERâS SEAT TO BE CLOSE TO THE STEERING COLUM AND THE CLOSENESS OF THE DRIVERâS SEAT TO THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT ALLOW A PERSON OF THE SIZE DESCRIBED BY THE DEFENDANT TO OPERATE THE VEHICLE. I ALSO OBSERVED THERE TO BE SEVERAL ITEMS TO BE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT. THESE ITEMS WOULD NOT ALLOW A PASSENGER TO SIT IN THE SEAT WITHOUT THEM BEING DISTURBED. THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT DOOR WAS FULLY FUNCTIONING AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE DEFENDANT TO CRAWL ACROSS THE CENTER CONSOLE TO EXIT OUT OF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. NOR WAS THERE TIME FOR THE DEFENDANT TO CRAWL ACROSS THE SEAT OR TO BE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AT ALL AS SHE CLAIMED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY, AND RESISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT VIOLENCE. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HER BACK, AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF, FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING DEPUTY DOYLE REMAINED ON SCENE AND WAITED FOR A ROTATION WRECKER, SUPPLIED BY ALL PRESTIGE, TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE. A TOW SHEET WAS COMPLETED AND LATER TURNED OVER TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY, AND ONE COUNT OF RESISTING AN OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE, WITH A TOTAL BOND SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER U9748GQF7, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED KNOWINGLY [322.34(2)(A)], WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE SET FOR 121312 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. |
