| Date of birth: | Jun 10, 1989 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: TAYLOR, RICHARD 1373 (FHP) (AR13-5523) I, TROOPER RICHARD TAYLOR, ID 1373, WAS STATIONARY IN MY WHITE UNMARKED DODGE CHARGER, ON THE NORTH SHOULDER OF SR 44, FACING EAST, OBSERVING WESTBOUND TRAFFIC. I OBSERVED A YELLOW MOTORCYCLE, TRAVELING WESTBOUND AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I ESTIMATED THE VEHICLE SPEED TO BE BETWEEN 90 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) TO 95 MPH. I ACTIVATED MY STALKER DUAL RADAR AND RECEIVED A LOUD AUDIO DOPPLER TONE CONSISTENT WITH THE VEHICLE SPEED AND A READOUT ON MY DISPLAY UNIT OF 95 MPH. THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IN THAT AREA IS 60 MPH. AS THE MOTORCYCLE PASSED, I OBSERVED THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A BLACK LEATHER JACKET, WITH BLUE JEANS. THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A YELLOW HELMET THAT HAD BLACK ON IT. I THEN MERGED ONTO SR 44 IN AN ATTEMPT TO OVERTAKE THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ON THIS DATE AND TIME THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THE ROADWAYS WERE DRY. I ACCELERATED TO TRY AND CATCH THE MOTORCYCLE. I REALIZED THAT THE MOTORCYCLE HAD ALSO ACCELERATED AND I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN. I GOT A CLOCK ON THE MOTORCYCLE OF 162 MPH SAME DIRECTION MOVING RADAR BUT IT WAS ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME AS THE MOTORCYCLE WAS IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC. I OBSERVED MY IN CAR VIDEO AND MY PATROL SPEED WAS UP TO 149 MPH AND I WAS BARELY ABLE TO MAINTAIN A VISUAL. THE MOTORCYCLE WAS IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC AND PASSING ON THE SHOULDER WITH THE WANTON DISREGARD FOR HIS SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHER MOTORISTS. I HAD TO SLOW SEVERAL TIMES AS DID THE MOTORCYCLE BUT I WAS ABLE TO VISUAL SEE HIM IN FRONT OF ME. AS WE TRAVELED INTO CITRUS COUNTY AND APPROACHED THE CURVES NEAR CYPRESS COVE I OBSERVED THE MOTORCYCLE SLOW AND MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO THE AREA. THAT AREA HAPPENS TO BE ON AN ISLAND AND IS SURROUNDED BY WATER. AS I DROVE INTO THE AREA I OBSERVED THE YELLOW MOTORCYCLE PARKED IN FRONT OF THE DUMPSTERS. A YOUNG CHILD ( KEANU WADHAMS DOB 5/28/13) ON HIS BIKE HAD APPROACHED ME AND SAID HE SAW THE GUY PARK THE BIKE AND RAN BEHIND THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS. I ADVISED DISPATCH OF MY LOCATION AND HAD THEM SEND A TOW TRUCK. I MAINTAINED A PERIMETER AS THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY IN AND OUT OF THAT COMPLEX. I OBSERVED A SMALL RED HONDA DRIVE INTO THE AREA WITH ONLY THE DRIVER OCCUPYING THE VEHICLE SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER MY ARRIVAL. FLORIDA TAG # BDHR91 BELONGING TO STEPHEN S TIBBETS. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE YOUNG BOY WHO WAS RIDING HIS BIKE STATED HE SAW THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER GET INTO THAT VEHICLE. I OBSERVED THAT VEHICLE NOW HAVING TWO WHITE MALES OCCUPYING THE VEHICLE. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE WITH MY SERVICE WEAPON AT TACTICAL READY POSITION AND ORDERED THE VEHICLE TO STOP. THE DRIVER COMPLIED WITH MY DIRECTIONS. I APPROACHED THE PASSENGER VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER WHO APPEARED OUT OF BREATH AND WAS SWEATING. I ASKED HIM WHY HE RAN FROM ME AND HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I ASKED HIM FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND HE HANDED IT OVER TO ME. THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE MOTORCYCLE WAS ALSO THE NAME OF THE PASSENGER WHO I WAS TALKING TO. I EXPLAINED TO THE PASSENGER NOW IDENTIFIED AS THE DRIVER OF THE MOTORCYCLE (CHRISTOPHER M. BEDIENT DOB 6/10/1989) THAT ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS STOP AND I WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A SPEEDING CITATION. I ASKED AGAIN WHY DID YOU RUN FROM ME, YOU COULD HAVE KILLED YOURSELF AND ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. MR BEDIENT STATED THAT HE WAS SCARED. I STATED TO MR BEDIENT THAT HE WAS THE MOTORCYCLE RIDER AND HE STATED YES HE WAS. HE STATED THAT HE WAS SCARED AND THEN REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHY HE RAN FROM ME. I PLACED MR BEDIENT UNDER ARREST FOR FELONY FLEEING AND ELUDING. I CHECKED TO MAKE SURE THE HANDCUFFS FIT FOR COMFORT AND MADE SURE TO DOUBLE LOCK THE CUFFS. I ASKED MR BEDIENT WHO THE DRIVER OF THE HONDA WAS AND HE STATED HIS BROTHER. MR BEDIENT HAD CALLED HIS BROTHER TO COME PICK HIM UP. I ASKED MR BEDIENT WHERE HIS HELMET AND JACKET WERE AND HE STASHED THEM OVER BEHIND ANOTHER DUMPSTER. TROOPER FRANCHESCHI ,ID 1591, WENT OVER WITH MR STEPHEN TIBBETS TO RETRIEVE THE JACKET AND HELMET. SEE PHOTOS ATTACHED. TROOPER FRANCHESCHI AND MR. TIBBETS RETURNED WITH THE SAID HELMET AND JACKET AND MR BEDIENT STATED THAT HIS KEYS FOR THE MOTORCYCLE WERE IN THE POCKET OF THE JACKET. HIS BROTHER REMOVED THE KEYS FOR ME AND I REMOVED THE IGNITION KEY OFF OF THE MOTORCYCLE AND RETURNED TO HIS BROTHER THE OTHER KEYS. I HANDED THE IGNITION KEY OVER TO THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER FROM SCALLY'S TOWING WHO ARRIVED TO TOW THE MOTORCYCLE. I PLACED MR. BEDIENT IN MY PATROL VEHICLE AND READ HIM HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS PER THE CARD ISSUED TO ME FROM THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TRAINING ACADEMY. MR. BEDIENT AND I DISCUSSED WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND HE STATED THAT HE COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT I WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH HIM. HE AGAIN STATED THAT HE DID NOT REALLY KNOW WHY HE FLED FROM ME; HE GUESSED HE WAS JUST SCARED. HE WAS ON HIS WAY BACK FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE AND JUST WANTED TO GET HOME. MR. BEDIENT'S MOTORCYCLE WAS TOWED BY SCALLY'S TOWING. MR. BEDIENT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL CHARGES: 316.1935 FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER; AGGRAVATED FLEEING OR ELUDING.â (1) IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR THE OPERATOR OF ANY VEHICLE, HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT HE OR SHE HAS BEEN ORDERED TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, WILLFULLY TO REFUSE OR FAIL TO STOP THE VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH ORDER OR, HAVING STOPPED IN KNOWING COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH ORDER, WILLFULLY TO FLEE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ELUDE THE OFFICER, AND A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS SUBSECTION COMMITS A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE, PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN S. 775.082 OR S. 775.083 OR S. 775.084. CITATION: 316.187 ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE SPEED ZONES.â (1) WHENEVER THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DETERMINES, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION, THAT ANY SPEED IS GREATER OR LESS THAN IS REASONABLE OR SAFE UNDER THE CONDITIONS FOUND TO EXIST AT ANY INTERSECTION OR OTHER PLACE, OR UPON ANY PART OF A HIGHWAY OUTSIDE OF A MUNICIPALITY OR UPON ANY STATE ROADS, CONNECTING LINKS OR EXTENSIONS THEREOF WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MAY DETERMINE AND DECLARE A REASONABLE AND SAFE SPEED LIMIT THEREAT WHICH SHALL BE EFFECTIVE WHEN APPROPRIATE SIGNS GIVING NOTICE THEREOF ARE ERECTED AT THE INTERSECTION OR OTHER PLACE OR PART OF THE HIGHWAY. (2)(A) THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEED LIMIT ON LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS IS 70 MILES PER HOUR. (B) THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE SPEED LIMIT ON ANY OTHER HIGHWAY WHICH IS OUTSIDE AN URBAN AREA OF 5,000 OR MORE PERSONS AND WHICH HAS AT LEAST FOUR LANES DIVIDED BY A MEDIAN STRIP IS 65 MILES PER HOUR. |
| Inmate name: | CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL BEDIENT |
| Arrest number: | 5523 |
| Arrest date: | May 6, 2013 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 316.1935(1) |
| Charge description: | Fail to Stop or Fleeing LEO After Ordered to Stop |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
