| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, KYLE 1266 (AR16-20947)(16-125673) DID OPERATE A VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND, HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DID WILLFULLY REFUSE OR FAIL TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH DIRECTIVE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1935(1). ON 091316, AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WAL-MART LOCATED AT 6885 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE THEFT IN PROGRESS. UPON ARRIVAL, I ENTERED VIA THE SOUTH ENTRANCE WHILE DEPUTY DOWLING (0709) ENTERED ON THE NORTH SIDE. UPON ENTERING THE PARKING LOT, I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE SUSPECTS WERE TWO BLACK MALES, ONE WEARING A BLACK T-SHIRT AND BLUE SHORTS and the OTHER WEARING A BLACK T-SHIRT and BLUE JEANS. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE SUSPECTS WERE LEAVING IN A BLUE CHEVROLET EQUINOX. I THEN OBSERVED THAT VEHICLE TO PASS ME IN THE PARKING LOT, AT which TIME I CONDUCTED A U-TURN AND OBSERVED THE VEHICLE RUN THE STOP SIGN, EXITING FROM THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT ONTO HIGHWAY 19. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19, AT WHICH TIME I ATTEMPTED TO CATCH UP TO THE VEHICLE. I ACTIVATED MY LIGHTS AND SIRENS AT HIGHWAY 19, just SOUTH OF MCKINLEY. THE VEHICLE THEN INCREASED IN SPEED AND CUT BETWEEN A SEMI TRUCK and A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK, NEARLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. I WAS ABLE TO CATCH UP TO THE VEHICLE AND GIVE THE LICENSE PLATE TO DISPATCH AT HIGHWAY 19 AND GROVER CLEVELAND. the LICENSE PLATE OF THE VEHICLE WAS, Y79ETX. WHILE CONTINUING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19 THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED NORTH OF THE CRYSTAL DODGE DEALERSHIP AND WAS SWERVING IN AND OUT OF HIS LANE OF TRAFFIC; HOWEVER, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC BEING HINDERED. THE VEHICLE SPEED APPROACHED 105 MILES PER HOUR BETWEEN THE CRYSTAL DOGE DEALERSHIP and OZELLO TRAIL, AT WHICH TIME THE PURSUIT WAS CANCELLED. I TURNED OFF MY LIGHTS AND SIRENS BETWEEN OZELLO DRIVE AND PENN DRIVE. THE VEHICLE THEN PROCEEDED EASTBOUND ON VENABLE UNTIL I LOST SIGHT OF IT AT VENABLE AND SEVEN RIVERS DRIVE. I THEN RESPONDED BACK TO WAL-MART TO REVIEW THE VIDEO FOOTAGE. THROUGH THE VIDEO CAMERAS, I OBSERVED A BLACK MALE, APPROXIMATELY 5â8â 140 POUNDS, WEARING A BLACK T-SHIRT AND BLUE JEANS GET INTO THE DRIVER SEAT OF THE VEHICLE AND PROCEED WESTBOUND THROUGH THE PARKING LOT TOWARDS THE SOUTH ENTRANCE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED WHEN I FIRST ENTERED THE PARKING LOT THE ONLY VEHICLE THAT WAS EXITING THE PARKING LOT WAS THE SUSPECT VEHICLE. A SHORT TIME LATER I WAS ADVISED THAT EAST SIDE DEPUTIES HAD APPREHENDED TWO BLACK MALES FROM THE VEHICLE, AT which TIME I RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. DETECTIVE HUGHES (0500) CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WHERE THE DEFENDANT, MR CALVIN WHEELER, ADVISED HE WAS DRIVING the VEHICLE AND SAW THIS DEPUTYâS LIGHTS AND SIRENS, AND THE REASON THAT HE RAN WAS because HE HAS NEVER HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR FELONY FLEEING TO ELUDE LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN RELEASED TO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. |
