| Date of birth: | Dec 29, 1944 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: LYNN, KURT 0349 (AR07004572) ON 081807 AT APPROXIMATELY 2105 HOURS, DISPATCH received A TELEPHONE CALL FROM A CONCERNED DRIVER STATING THAT A VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON US 41 FROM just NORTH OF INVERNESS. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DRIVER APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED AND WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY PRICE AND I HAD just FINISHED A CALL AT 486 AND STATE ROAD 41, AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PASSING OUR LOCATION. I DID OBSERVE THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A TAG LIGHT OUT AND ALSO SWERVING ACROSS THE ROADWAY CROSSING OVER THE CENTER LINE INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN CORRECT and GO TO THE RIGHT OF THE SIDE LANE MARKER. THE VEHICLE THEN CONTINUED NORTHBOUND ON 200 AND WAS PULLED OVER JUST A SHORT TIME AFTER. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS ANNE RASMUSSEN, SHE HAD THE WINDOW PARTIALLY OPENED. AT THAT TIME I ASKED THROUGH THE PARTIALLY OPENED WINDOW TO SEE HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION, TO WHICH SHE ACTED AS IF SHE COULD NOT HEAR ME. I THEN ASKED HER TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO WHICH SHE SEEMED CONFUSED AND ROLLED UP THE WINDOW. AFTER THE DEFENDANT ROLLED DOWN THE WINDOW THERE WAS AN ODOR OF ALCOHOL AND A NATURAL ICE BEER JUST TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT SPOKE WITH MUMBLED AND SLURRED speech, AT WHICH TIME I ASKED HER TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER HAD DIFFICULTY STEPPING FROM THE VEHICLE, WALKED WITH POOR BALANCE, AND USED THE VEHICLE FOR SUPPORT. UPON STEPPING TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SHE DISPLAYED POOR BALANCE AND HAD TO BE CAUGHT TWICE FROM FALLING OVER. AT THAT TIME I BEGAN FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS. FIRST TASK WAS HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. THE DEFENDANT DISPLAYED POOR BALANCE COULD NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. UPON MOVEMENT OF THE PEN THE DEFENDANT just STARED STRAIGHT FORWARD. SECOND TASK WAS ONE LEG STAND, WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED AND EXPLAINED TO HER PRIOR TO HER BEING ASKED TO PERFORM THE TASK. THE DEFENDANT HAD POOR BALANCE DURING THE INSTRUCTIONS, RAISED HER ARMS MORE THAN SIX INCHES FOR BALANCE, FAILED TO COUNT ALLOWED DURING THE TASK, AND SET HER FOOT DOWN DURING the TASK. She WAS GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPEAT THE TASK AFTER BEING REMINDED TO COUNT ALLOWED DURING THE TASK, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT DISPLAYED THE SAME DIFFICULTY OF BEING UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE TASK. THIRD TASK WAS FINGER TO NOSE, TO WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT PRIOR TO the TASK. THE DEFENDANT FAILED TO MAINTAIN KEEPING her EYES CLOSED OR RETURNING HER ARMS TO HER SIDE, MISSED THE TIP OF HER NOSE WITH HER INDEX FINGER, AND ALSO DISPLAYED POOR BALANCE. AT THAT TIME SHE WAS WALKED TO THE PATROL VEHICLE AND WAS INFORMED OF her ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI). THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN HAND RESTRAINTS (DOUBLE- LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. She WAS THEN READ MIRANDA AND IMPLIED CONSENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY TO BE GIVEN A BREATH TEST BY CCA PERSONNEL. AT APPROXIMATELY 2240 HOURS, the DEFENDANT BLEW A 0.222 AND AT 2243 HOURS, she BLEW A 0.230. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 7017-XDO FOR HAVING A BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT NEARLY THREE TIMES ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT, NUMBER 2276-ELU FOR CARELESS DRIVING, AND 2277-ELU FOR OPEN CONTAINER DRIVER. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO GIVEN A WARNING FOR THE NON-OPERATIONAL TAG LIGHT. *not-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Aug 18, 2007 |
| Booking number: | 07004572 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 316.193 |
| Charge description: | DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
