| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, ROY 0421 (AR08105178) did, knowing HER driver's license or driving privilege had been cancelled, suspended or revoked, drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license or privilege was cancelled, in violation of Florida Statute 322.34(2)(B) AND DID, KNOWINGLY DRIVE ON AN EXPIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE, EXPIRED SINCE 030503, OUT OF NEW YORK, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.03(5). ON 091208 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 HOURS, I OBSERVED A BEIGE FORD IN A PARKING LOT AT DAN'S CLAM STAND. WHEN I RAN THE TAG, IT CAME BACK TO A RED VEHICLE, HOWEVER, THE VEHICLE I WAS LOOKING AT WAS BEIGE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE COMPUTER SHOWED A VALID LICENSE PLATE, HOWEVER, the LICENSE PLATE DECAL WAS ALTERED TO INDICATE IT WAS VALID UNTIL OCTOBER OF 2008, WHEN IN FACT IT WAS VALID UNTIL FEBRUARY OF 2009. I WAS IN THIS AREA WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL BUS TO DROP OFF STUDENTS WHEN I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE LEAVING THE PARKING LOT AT WHICH TIME, MYSELF AND CORPORAL BONURA kept an eye out for the beige ford. corporal BONURA ENDED UP STOPPING THE VEHICLE AND THEN I MADE CONTACT SHORTLY THEREAFTER. UPON MAKING CONTACT with THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS CHRISTINA MCBRIDE, who i observed GETTING IN TO THE VEHICLE. I ASKED FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION. SHE happened TO STOP AT THE GAS STATION ADJACENT TO CREED AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 44. THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT ADVISED ME HER DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND ALL SHE HAD WAS AN IDENTIFICATION CARD. UPON NCIC/FCIC CHECK I CONFIRMED HER FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD/DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE and FOR FAILURE TO PAY. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION, I CONFIRMED SHE DID HAVE AN EXPIRED DRIVER'S LICENSE OUT OF NEW YORK, DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER 632156600, WHICH EXPIRED ON 030503. I ALSO SHOWED A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE OUT OF NEW YORK, EFFECTIVE 122901, AS WELL AS 041603 FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR. I ALSO SHOWED A WARRANT OUT OF NEW YORK, REFERENCE FRAUD. UPON THIS KNOWLEDGE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO ADVISED SHE DID HAVE A NEW YORK DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT WAS SUSPENDED AND ADVISED SHE KNEW IT WAS SUSPENDED AND KNEW IT WAS EXPIRED. HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE SAW NO REASON TO TAKE CARE OF IT because she LIVED IN FLORIDA. I ASKED HER WHY SHE WAS DRIVING ON THE FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AND SHE STATED SHE NEEDED TO GET TO WORK. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE DEFENDANT LIVES APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES AWAY FROM DAN'S CLAM STAND. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE WAS ON PROBATION FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE, IN FLORIDA. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE KNEW THE LICENSE PLATE HAD BEEN ALTERED, HOWEVER, SHE DID NOT DO IT. SHE STATED THE OWNER OF the VEHICLE MUST HAVE ALTERED THE PLATE IN ORDER TO DRIVE IT, WHEN IT WAS NOT PROPERLY REGISTERED. I ADVISED the DEFENDANT IT WAS CURRENTLY PROPERLY REGISTERED and she STATED SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT I WAS PLACING HER UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND DUE TO HER HISTORY OF FAILING TO APPEAR, and REFUSING TO SATISFY THE COURTS ORDERS, I would HAVE TO TAKE HER TO JAIL. THE VEHICLE'S LICENSE PLATE WAS REMOVED DUE TO THE FACT IT HAD BEEN ALTERED AND the VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY, WHICH WAS RECORDED ON A VEHICLE STORAGE RECEIPT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE SHE WAS BOOKED WITH HER BOND SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
