| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOYLE, CHAD 0438 (AR08105323) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED AND BY REASON OF SUCH OPERATION WITH CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER TO WIT: STRIKING THE VICTIMS MAILBOXES WITH HER VEHICLE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUE 316.193(3)(C)(1); AND DID, BEING THEN AND THERE THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT RESULTING IN DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE OR OTHER PROPERTY WHICH IS DRIVEN OR ATTENDED BY ANOTHER PERSON, FAIL TO IMMEDIATELY STOP HER VEHICLE AT THE SCENE OF SUCH ACCIDENT AND FULFILL THE REQUIREMENT OF FLORIDA STATUES 316.062, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUE 316.061(1). THE DEFENDANT, ON 092108, IN CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST HALLS RIVER ROAD AND WEST HADLEY COURT WAS INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE HIT AND RUN CRASH. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRAVELING WEST BOUND ON WEST HALLS RIVER ROAD WHEN SHE CAME AROUND THE CURVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT SIDE TIRES LEFT THE ROADWAY CAUSING HER TO ENTER INTO A SLIDE. THE VEHICLE THEN SLID ACROSS THE ROADWAY AND ONTO THE EASTBOUND SHOULDER WHERE IT STRUCK TWO MAILBOXES. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ON THE SHOULDER UNTIL IT CROSSED OVER A DRAINAGE DITCH WERE IT WENT AIRBORNE ACROSS THE DITCH. WHEN IT LANDED IT BLEW THE FRONT LEFT TIRE AND BROKE THE AXLE. THE DEFENDANT AT THAT TIME, CONTINUED TO DRIVE WEST ON WEST HALLS RIVER ROAD. WITNESS ONE AT THAT TIME, BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE DEFENDANT DOWN THE ROAD AND INTO THE SUBDIVISION OF RIVER HAVEN. THE DEFENDANT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE AFTER THE CRASH BEFORE HER VEHICLE WOULD NOT TRAVEL ANYMORE. SHE ABANDONED THE VEHICLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON RIVER HAVEN DRIVE AND THEN BEGAN TO WALK AWAY FROM IT. UPON MY ARRIVAL, THE WITNESS WAS FOLLOWING THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS NOW WALKING. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS FROM HER VEHICLE. I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO THE DEFENDANT AND INFORMED HER THAT I WAS CONDUCTING A CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATION AT THAT TIME. I ASK THE DEFENDANT IF SHE KNEW WHY I WAS THERE. SHE STATED BECAUSE SHE HAD A FLAT TIRE ON HER VEHICLE. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED DOWN THE ROAD BY MARGARITA GRILL. SHE STATED THAT SHE HIT A MAILBOX. I ASKED HER WHY SHE DID NOT STAY AT THE SCENE AND SHE DID NOT HAVE AN ANSWER. I COULD DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM HER PERSON. HERE EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND HER FACE WAS FLUSH. SHE WAS UNSTEADY ON HER FEET AND HER CLOTHES WERE IN DISARRAY. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO SUBMIT TO FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES. I 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. THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY RELUCTANT TO DO THE EXERCISES. TASK ONE, HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THIS TASK, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH HER EYES. DURING THIS TASK, THERE WAS LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. ALSO, THERE WAS ONSET OF NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO FORTY-FIVE DEGREES IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. THERE WAS DISTINCT NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. I HAD TO REPEATEDLY EXPLAIN THAT SHE NEEDED TO KEEP HER HEAD FACING FORWARD AND TO FOLLOW THE TIP OF THE PEN WITH HER EYES ONLY. AFTER REPEATED ATTEMPTS, THE TASK WAS COMPLETED. TASK TWO, FINGER TO NOSE. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THE TASK THE DEFENDANT WAS EXPLAINED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND STATED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD THEM. THE DEFENDANT WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS EXPLAINED. SHE ALSO MISSED TOUCHING THE TIP OF HER NOSE WHEN BRINGING HER FINGER TOWARDS IT AS EXPLAINED. THE DEFENDANT WAS TOLD TO DO HER RIGHT HAND FIRST, THEN HER LEFT, THEN RIGHT, THEN LEFT, THEN LEFT, THEN RIGHT. DURING EACH TIME SHE DID NOT POINT HER FINGER OUT IN FRONT OF HER AND EACH TIME UPON ATTEMPTING TO TOUCH HER NOISE INSTEAD TOUCHED HER UPPER LIP. THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY UNSTEADY AND OPENED HER EYES AND WANTED TO RUSH THROUGH THE EXERCISE. TASK THREE, ONE LEG STAND. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THE TASK THE DEFENDANT WAS EXPLAINED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND STARTED THE EXERCISE WHILE I WAS STILL EXPLAINING IT. AFTER I FINISHED EXPLAINING IT I ASKED HER IF SHE UNDERSTOOD WHAT I HAD TOLD HER. SHE STOOD THERE STARING AT ME. I AGAIN EXPLAINED THE INSTRUCTION AND ASKED HER IF SHE UNDERSTOOD THEM, TO WHICH SHE STATED YES. SHE WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY MEDICAL PROBLEMS WITH HER LEGS, TO WHICH SHE STATED NO. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO RAISE HER RIGHT LEG. SHE BROUGHT HER RIGHT LEG UP AND COUNTED TO FOUR AND STOPPED. SHE STOOD THERE SWAYING BACK AND FORTH LOOKING AT ME. I ASKED HER IF SHE UNDERSTOOD THE INSTRUCTIONS, TO WHICH SHE STATED YES. SHE THEN SAID SHE COULD NOT GO TO 30 AND STOPPED THE EXERCISE. TASK FOUR, RHOMBERG RECITATION. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THE TASK THE DEFENDANT WAS EXPLAINED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND ASKED WHAT HER HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION WAS, IF SHE FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL, AND KNEW HER ABC'S. THE DEFENDANT STATED YES. THE DEFENDANT COULD NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AS EXPLAINED. SHE KEPT OPENING HER EYES, RAISED HER ARMS FOR BALANCE, AND SANG THE ALPHABET IN A SPEEDY MANNER. WHEN SHE GOT TO THE LETTERS "H" "I" SHE STATED "L" "M" "N" "O" "P" "Q" "R" "T" "U" "Z". SHE WAS ALSO SWAYING DURING IT AND WAS WORRIED ABOUT DOING THESE IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD. TASK FIVE, WALK AND TURN. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THE TASK THE DEFENDANT WAS EXPLAINED THE INSTRUCTIONS. WHILE EXPLAINING THEM SHE STARTED TO WALK DOWN THE LINE BEFORE BEING INSTRUCTED TO. I ASKED HER TO RETURN TO THE START POINT. I FINISHED THE INSTRUCTIONS AND ASKED HER IF SHE UNDERSTOOD THEM, TO WHICH SHE STATED YES. THE DEFENDANT DID NOT STAND AS INSTRUCTED. SHE WAS TOLD TO PLACE HER RIGHT FOOT ON THE LINE WITH HER LEFT FOOT IN FRONT OF IT TOUCHING HEEL TO TOE. THE DEFENDANT KEPT FALLING OFF THE LINE UNABLE TO KEEP HER BALANCE. AS THE DEFENDANT WAS WALKING SHE USED HER ARMS FOR BALANCE AND DID NOT TOUCH HER HEEL TO TOE. SHE TOOK THE FIRST NINE STEPS FORWARD NOT TOUCHING HER HEEL TO TOE ON STEPS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND NINE. WHEN SHE GOT TO THE PIVOT PORTION OF THE TASK SHE STOPPED AND USED HER ARMS TO BALANCE. SHE THEN TOOK THE NEXT NINE STEPS BACK DOWN THE LINE NOT TOUCHING HEEL TO TOE ON STEPS ONE, TWO, THREE, SIX, EIGHT, AND NINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND HANDCUFFED BEHIND HER BACK. THEY WERE DOUBLE LOCKED AND SHE WAS PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT WARNING AND SHE REFUSED TO TAKE A BREATH TEST. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WERE SHE WAS BOOKED AND PROCESSED FOR COUNT ONE DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND COUNT TWO LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE OVER $50.00. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE WAS $750.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED THE FOLLOWING FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 8314-XBD, WITH A COURT DATE OF 100908 AT 1300 HOURS. FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS 8732-RHU, FOR CARELESS DRIVING WITH A PAYABLE CIVIL FINE OF $141.00 WITHIN 30 DAYS AND 8733-RHU, FOR LEAVING THE SCENE OF A CRASH WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 100908 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURT HOUSE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
