| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BONURA, MATTHEW 0334 (11123502) THE DEFENDANT DID KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY SHINE, POINT OR FOCUS A BEAM OF A LASER LIGHTING DEVICE ON AN INDIVIDUAL OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, VESSEL OR AIRCRAFT IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.062(3)(A); ON 110911 AT APPROXIMATELY 2255 HOURS, DEPUTY CONDON AND I WERE ON FINAL APPROACH TO THE INVERNESS AIRPORT TO RUNWAY 19, WHEN WE WERE BOTH TEMPORARILY BLINDED BY A GREEN LASER LIGHT. DEPUTY CONDON WHO WAS WEARING HIS NIGHT VISION GOGGLES AT THE TIME, immediately HAD TO REMOVE THEM AND DISCONTINUED THE APPROACH BY BANKING THE HELICOPTER TO THE LEFT. AT THAT TIME, I BEGAN LOOKING TO WHERE THE LASER LIGHT WAS EMITTING FROM AND I WAS ABLE TO INFORM DEPUTY CONDON ON WHERE THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT WAS SHINING THE LASER LIGHT FROM THE AREA OF MOSSY OAK APARTMENTS. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY CONDON BEGAN TO ORBIT THE HELICOPTER AROUND THIS AREA. DURING THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO SHINE THE LASER LIGHT INTO THE COCKPIT. I WAS THEN ABLE TO GUIDE GROUND UNITS TO THE DEFENDANT'S LOCATION WHERE DEPUTY STANTON MADE CONTACT WITH THE WITNESS AND THE DEFENDANT. DEPUTY CONDON AND I SECURED THE AIRCRAFT BACK AT THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) HANGER AND RESPONDED TO DEPUTY STANTON'S LOCATION. DEPUTY STANTON ADVISED ME THAT THE WITNESS, MR DAVID VILCHEZ-HERRADOR, INFORMED HIM OF WHO THE SUSPECT WAS. DEPUTY STANTON ADVISED ME THAT HE DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT/DEFENDANT WHO TURNED OVER THE GREEN LASER LIGHT TO DEPUTY STANTON. DEPUTY STANTON ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD PLACED THE DEFENDANT IN HANDCUFFS AND SECURED HIM IN THE REAR OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE. DEPUTY STANTON INFORMED ME THAT HE WOULD TURN IN THE GREEN LASER LIGHT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) EVIDENCE DIVISION. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR BRADLEY WALKER, WHO IMMEDIATELY APOLOGIZED FOR SHINING THE LASER LIGHT AT DEPUTY CONDON AND ME. I THEN TOLD MR WALKER THAT I WOULD BE READING HIM HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA PREPRINTED CARD. MR WALKER ADVISED THAT HE DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK TO ME IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT. I ASKED HIM WHY HE WAS SHINING HIS LASER LIGHT AT OUR AIRCRAFT. HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS JUST BEING STUPID AND WAS EXTREMELY SORRY. I INFORMED MR WALKER THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR MISUSE OF A LASER LIGHT DEVICE. DEPUTY STANTON THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (CCDF) WHERE UPON ARRIVAL, HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF MISUSE OF A LASER LIGHT WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00 PER THE BOND schedule. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
