| Probable cause affidavit: |
\tSUBMITTED BY: HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 0463 (AR15-14845) (15-58393) \tdid, knowing HIS driver's license or driving privilege had been cancelled, suspended or revoked AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license or privilege was cancelled, in violation of Florida Statute 322.34(5). \t \tON 050415, I WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY WHEN I OBSERVED A PIECE OF WHITE PAPER BLOW OUT THE BED OF A MAROON PICKUP TRUCK. I CONTINUED TO FOLLOW THE TRUCK AND CONDUCTED A MOVING CLOCK, WHERE I OBSERVED THE TRUCK TO BE GOING 42 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN A 30 MPH ZONE ON MAIN STREET IN INVERNESS. \t \tI THEN ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP. THE VEHICLE STOPPED IN THE MEDIAN LANE ON MAIN STREET JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 44 EAST. \t \tI THEN APPROACHED THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR CARVEST HORNE, AND REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHICH HE GAVE ME THE PASSENGER/CO-DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE. I AGAIN ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, AT WHICH TIME HE PRODUCED A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. I ASKED IF HE HAD A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, WHICH HE REPLIED IT WAS SUSPENDED. I ASKED HIM WHAT IT WAS SUSPENDED FOR AND HE STATED FOR MULTIPLE UNPAID TRAFFIC FINES. \t \tI IMMEDIATELY ASKED THE DRIVER TO STEP FROM THE VEHICLE WHERE HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED). I ADVISED HIM HE WAS NOT UNDER ARREST AS OF YET BUT WAS BEING LEGALLY DETAINED UNTIL I COULD DETERMINE WHY HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. \t \tUPON RUNNING DEFENDANT HORNE'S DRIVER'S LICENSE HISTORY, I FOUND THE DRIVER WAS DEEMED A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER ON 110513, with A 60 MONTH SUSPENSION. I FURTHER FOUND DEFENDANT HORNE HAD 13 OTHER SUSPENSIONS DATING BACK TO 030212. \t \tI ADVISED DEFENDANT HORNE HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. I ASKED DEFENDANT HORNE WHY HE WAS DRIVING AND HE STATED BECAUSE THE CO-DEFENDANT, MR RODRIGUEZ DOWE, HAS TROUBLE STAYING AWAKE DUE TO HIS SIZE AND HE WAS AFRAID OF HIM DRIVING. I ASKED HIM HOW HE KNEW DEFENDANT DOWE AND HE STATED THEY WERE LIKE BROTHERS. I ASKED IF DEFENDANT DOWE KNEW HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND HE STATED HE DID. \t \tI THEN APPROACHED DEFENDANT DOWE AND ASKED HIM WHY HE ALLOWED DEFENDANT HORNE TO DRIVE WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS SUSPENDED. I ADVISED HIM THAT DEFENDANT HORNE STATED THEY WERE LIKE BROTHERS AND THAT I FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT HE DID NOT KNOW DEFENDANT HORNE'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I THEN ADVISED DEFENDANT DOWE HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ALLOWING AN UNAUTHORIZED DRIVER TO DRIVE HIS VEHICLE. INITIALLY DEFENDANT DOWE TOLD ME THAT I COULD NOT CHARGE HIM WITH THAT because THERE WAS NO SUCH STATUTE TO SUPPORT THE CHARGE. DEFENDANT DOWE WAS THEN SHOWN THE STATE STATUTE. DEFENDANT DOWE, BECAUSE OF HIS LARGE SIZE, WAS HANDCUFFED IN THE FRONT USING FLEX CUFFS. DEFENDANT DOWE would NOT FIT IN THE BACK OF A PATROL VEHICLE SO DETECTIVE RUBY TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT DOWE IN THE FRONT SEAT OF HIS AGENCY ISSUED VEHICLE. \t \tDURING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE IN REFERENCE TO A POST CANINE DRUG ALERT, A 9MM HANDGUN WAS LOCATED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. DEFENDANT HORNE STATED THE GUN WAS HIS AND THIS GUN WAS BEING TURNED INTO EVIDENCE FOR SAFE KEEPING. \t \tDEFENDANT DOWE'S VEHICLE WAS MOVED INTO THE MCDONALD'S PARKING LOT AND THE KEYS WERE GIVEN TO HIS OTHER PASSENGERS. \t \tDEFENDANT HORNE'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. \t \tDEFENDANT HORNE WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 8031HBH5, FOR HABITUAL DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, WITH A COURT DATE OF 052115 AT 1300 HOURS. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 8030HBH4, FOR DRIVING 42 MPH IN 30 MPH ZONE, WITH A FINE OF $206.00, PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. |
