| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REEVES, CHRISTOPHER 0663 (AR09111604) did, knowing HIS 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)(a). ON 102509 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, WHILE RUNNING STATIONARY RADAR ON HIGHWAY 491 JUST NORTH OF LEISURE ACRES, I OBSERVED A GREEN PONTIAC FOUR DOOR TO PASS AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I ESTIMATED THE VEHICLE TO BE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 69 MILES PER HOUR (MPH). AT WHICH TIME, I received A CLEAR AND AUDIBLE TONE FROM MY RADAR UNIT AND VERIFIED THE SPEED ON THE RADAR AT 72 MILES AN HOUR. I AM A CERTIFIED RADAR AND LASER OPERATOR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I THEN PULLED OUT AND BEGAN FOLLOWING THE VEHICLE AND PACED IT FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH IN A 55 MPH ZONE. I THEN ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 491 SOUTH UNTIL IT CAME TO NOBLE STREET APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE AFTER I HAD INITIATED MY LIGHTS AND SIRENS. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED HEADING WESTBOUND ONTO NOBLE STREET AND STOPPED IN FRONT OF 1102 WEST NOBLE. I THEN APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR CHRISTOPHER MUTCH, TO BE SITTING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH HIS SEAT BELT ON. I THEN ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HIS DRIVER LICENSE, PROOF OF REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE TO WHICH HE REPLIED "I HAVE AN ID, BUT I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE. THIS AIN'T MY CAR IT'S MY MOM'S." I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE AND HE STATED THAT HE HAD NOT HAD A LICENSE SINCE HE WENT TO PRISON IN 2004. THE DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE REGISTRATION OR AN INSURANCE CARD FOR THE VEHICLE. I THEN RAN THE DRIVER FOR WANTS AND WARRANTS, which WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS, HOWEVER, A "DAVID" CHECK DID SHOW THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR TWO YEARS IN 2004, AND THEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. AT THAT TIME, I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR KNOWINGLY OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, BOND SET AT$500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, HANDCUFFED HIM (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS PERSON, SECURED HIM IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC) 1934FYA7, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED KNOWINGLY, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 111209 AT 1300 HOURS, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURT HOUSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED WARNING NUMBER 248509B, FOR TRAVELING AT 72 MPH IN A 55 MPH ZONE. THE VEHICLE WAS SECURED ON SCENE AND LEFT FOR THE DEFENDANT'S MOTHER TO PICK UP SO SHE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT TO BE RECOVERED FROM A TOW YARD. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
