| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, LAIRD 0544 (AR12-3444) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(1). ON 110813 AT APPROXIMATELY 2147 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF CROFT AND TRAILBLAZER IN HERNANDO TO ASSIST SERGEANT (SGT) FISCHER WITH A RECKLESS DRIVER. PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, SGT FISCHER STOPPED THE VEHICLE IN THE AREA OF CROFT AND HAYES. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MS CLYDE ADEL WILLIAMS, LEANING AGAINST THE FRONT OF SGT FISCHERâS PATROL VEHICLE. I ALSO OBSERVED MS WILLIAMSâ VEHICLE TO BE POINTED NORTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF CROFT AVENUE ALONG WITH SGT FISCHERâS PATROL VEHICLE. I MET WITH SGT FISCHER. SGT FISCHER ADVISED HE FIRST OBSERVED THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE STOPPED AT THE GREEN LIGHT IN THE SOUTHBOUND TRAVEL LANES OF CROFT AVENUE AT TRAILBLAZER. SGT FISCHER TOLD ME WHEN HE TURNED AROUND AND GOT BEHIND THE VEHICLE THAT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO TRAVEL SOUTHBOUND ON CROFT AVENUE. SGT FISCHER ADVISED ME THE VEHICLE BEGAN WEAVING BACK AND FORTH IN THE LANE AND RAN OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE RIGHT. SGT FISCHER TOLD ME HE ACTIVATED HIS EMERGENCY WARNING LIGHTS TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP. SGT FISCHER TOLD ME MS WILLIAMS STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND AS HE WAS GETTING OUT OF HIS CAR SHE ABRUPTLY MADE A U-TURN AND STOPPED ON A NORTHBOUND SHOULDER. I NEXT MADE CONTACT WITH A WITNESS, MR TIMOTHY LOWE. WITNESS LOWE STATED HE OBSERVED MS WILLIAMSâ VEHICLE TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 200 IN MARION COUNTY. WITNESS LOWE STATED AS THEY CROSSED THE BRIDGE INTO CITRUS COUNTY MS WILLIAMSâ VEHICLE STRUCK THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AND CONTINUED SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 200. AN INSPECTION OF MS WILLIAMSâ VEHICLE REVEALED MINOR DAMAGE ON THE RIGHT, FRONT FENDER AND RIGHT, FRONT WHEEL THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH STRIKING A CONCRETE BARRIER. I ALSO OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE FRESH DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR BUMPER OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY CASOLA RESPONDED TO THE BRIDGE AND ADVISED ME THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE BRIDGE. I NEXT MADE CONTACT WITH MS WILLIAMS. MS WILLIAMS AT FIRST STATED SHE WAS COMING FROM CHILIâS ON US 19 IN CRYSTAL RIVER. SHE THEN STATED IT WAS THE CHILIâS ON HIGHWAY 200 IN MARION COUNTY. MS WILLIAMS STATED SHE WAS JUST TRYING TO GET HOME, BUT HAD âTOO MUCH TO DRINK.â AT THIS TIME I OBSERVED HER EYES WERE WATERY AND GLASSY. HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED. SHE WAS UNSTEADY AND UNABLE TO STAND WITHOUT SUPPORT. THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON OR ABOUT HER PERSON. AT THAT TIME, 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. I THEN POSITIONED MY PATROL VEHICLE TO RECORD THE FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS WITH THE IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM. TASK ONE, HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. THERE WAS LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE STIMULUS (PEN) AND UNABLE TO HOLD HER HEAD STILL. TASK TWO, WALK AND TURN. PRIOR TO STARTING THIS TASK THE DEFENDANT FELL ON THE GROUND AND HAD TO BE HELPED UP. THE DEFENDANT WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING AND WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE TASK. TASK THREE, ONE LEG STAND. THIS TASK WAS NOT GIVEN. THE DEFENDANT WAS IN DANGER OF FALLING DOWN. TASK FOUR, FINGER TO NOSE: PRIOR TO PERFORMING THIS TASK THE DEFENDANT WAS DIRECTED TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD. THE DEFENDANTâS RIGHT â RIGHT NOSTRIL, LEFT â UNDER NOSE, RIGHT â RIGHT NOSTRIL, LEFT â UNDER NOSE, RIGHT â RIGHT NOSTRIL, RIGHT â UNDER NOSE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. WHILE EN ROUTE TO JAIL MS WILLIAMS HAD ASKED ME WHY SHE WAS HANDCUFFED AND BEING TREATED LIKE A CRIMINAL. SHE ADVISED THAT I BETTER NOT STOP SO QUICK OR SHE WILL SUE MY ASS AND THAT SHE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE JAIL, MS WILLIAMS WAS TURNED OVER TO CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SIBILIA TO CONDUCT A BREATH TEST. CORRECTIONAL OFFICER SIBILIA ADVISED THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH TEST WERE .202 AND .206. I ISSUED THE DEFENDANT DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE (DUI) CITATION NUMBER 7183-XGA5, FOR DUI WITH BOND OF $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED CITATION NUMBER 7634-WLQ3, FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE LANE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, MS WILLIAMSâ VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH SGT FISCHER UNTIL PRECISION TIRE COULD RESPOND. A DVD COPY OF THIS INCIDENT WAS BURNED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE ALONG WITH A COMPLETED PROPERTY RECEIPT. |
