| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, ROY 0421 (AR08103835) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(1). DID VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON HER DRIVER'S LICENSE (EYEGLASSES), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.16(5). AT APPROXIMATELY 2329 HOURS ON 062108, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN REFERENCE TO A REPORTED RECKLESS VEHICLE DRIVING NORTH ON NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY. ULTIMATELY THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ON GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY AND I WAS DISPATCHED AS AN ASSISTING DEPUTY. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY/CORPORAL BONURA WHO ADVISED THEY HAD LOCATED THE RECKLESS DRIVING VEHICLE WITH THE HELP OF THE AIR ONE UNIT AND THE WITNESSES WHO FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE TO THIS LOCATION. THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN DRIVING ERRATICALLY CROSSING INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, I IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED THAT THE DRIVER WAS LETHARGIC. SHE HAD DIFFICULTY FOCUSING ON WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT. SHE WAS CONSTANTLY RUMMAGING THROUGH A BAG FOR SEVERAL MINUTES I BELIEVED FOR NO REASON. WE HAD ALREADY GOTTEN HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION. UPON SPEAKING WITH THE DRIVER, SHE ADVISED SHE HAD BEEN TAKING MEDICATION, METHADONE, AND ALPRAZOLAM. (IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE BOTTLE WAS LOCATED IN HER PURSE. IT HAD BEEN FILLED YESTERDAY (062008) FOR 30 TABLETS AND AT THIS TIME, THERE WERE FOUR LEFT.) SHE ALSO ADVISED SHE MAY BE HAVING A REACTION TO TOO MUCH SUGAR. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE DRIVER WAS CHECKED BY EMS FOR HER SUGARS AS WELL AS HER BLOOD PRESSURE. BOTH WERE NORMAL AND THE DRIVER REFUSED ANY OTHER TREATMENT. AFTER BEING CLEARED BY EMS, I ASKED THE DRIVER TO STEP OVER TO AN AREA IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE WHERE DEPUTY KEITH SHAFFER CONDUCTED FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS ON THE DRIVER WHILE I OBSERVED. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY SHAFFER ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO PERFORM ANY OF THE SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT. WHAT I OBSERVED WAS THAT THE DRIVER DOING THE HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS TASK WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS. SHE WAS ALSO UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE PEN LIGHT. IN FACT, THE DRIVER FELL ASLEEP WHILE DOING THE HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS AND HAD TO BE AWOKEN BY THIS DEPUTY. TASK TWO, WALK AND TURN. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. SHE MISSED HEEL TO TOE ON EVERY STEP. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER. SHE PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE AS IN WALKING. SHE TOOK TOO MANY STEPS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS. ON THE ONSET, SHE WAS UNABLE TO PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER AND WAS DOING A CIRCLE TO THE LEFT IN HER ATTEMPT. TASK THREE, ONE LEG STAND. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. SHE LIFTED HER RIGHT LEG APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH OFF THE GROUND AND WITHIN THE COUNT OF TWO PLACED HER FOOT BACK DOWN. SHE DID THIS ON TWO ATTEMPTS AND STATED SHE COULD NOT DO THIS TASK. TASK FOUR, FINGER TO NOSE. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. SHE STARTED PRIOR TO THE INSTRUCTIONS BEING COMPLETED AND GOT CONFUSED AS TO WHICH HANDS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TOUCHING HER NOSE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS SECURED AT THE SCENE PER HER REQUEST. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT AND MIRANDA WARNINGS. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SUPPLY A URINE SPECIMEN WHICH WAS PLACED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A $1,000.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 8261-XBD, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE OF 071008 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 7843-RHU, FOR DRIVING AGAINST RESTRICTIONS (EYEGLASSES) WITH A $150 BOND. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
