| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TROOPER DAVID DECARLIS (AR14-12889) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS 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 (THIRD CONVICTION OR ABOVE), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(C). ON 112114 AT 1422 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE INTERSECTION OF U S HIGHWAY 19 AND WEST IVY PLACE IN HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A TRAFFIC CRASH. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE CRASH VICTIM, WHO STATED THAT SHE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19 AND AS SHE SLOWED AND BEGAN TO MAKE A U-TURN IN THE CENTER MEDIAN BREAK, SHE WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE TO WIT: A 2003 FORD F-350 PICKUP TRUCK BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE JI207. THE VICTIM FURTHER STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR CODY LYNN MARTIN, WAS TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR HIS INJURIES. I WAS LATER INFORMED THAT HE WAS TAKEN TO THE BROOKSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. I WAS THEN GREETED BY A THIRD PARTY SUBJECT, WHO WORKS FOR THE DEFENDANT. SAID SUBJECT INFORMED ME THAT HE WAS REQUESTED TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE SO THAT HE COULD REMOVE THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE ON HIS LARGE UTILITY TRAILER AT THE REQUEST OF THE REGISTERED OWNER, WHO IS THE WIFE OF THE DEFENDANT. I SUBSEQUENTLY SPOKE TO THE REGISTERED OWNER VIA TELEPHONE AND CONFIRMED THAT SHE REQUESTED HER VEHICLE BE RELEASED TO THE SUBJECT ON SCENE. I RESPONDED TO THE BROOKSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. UPON ARRIVAL, I MET WITH TROOPER JOSHUA DAVENPORT WHO INFORMED ME THAT HE MADE CONTACT WITH the DEFENDANT, WHO IN TURN PROVIDED TROOPER DAVENPORT with A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD AND STATED THAT HE IS NOT CERTAIN OF THE STATUS OF HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, AT WHICH TIME HE TOLD ME THAT HIS ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HIM REGARDING HIS SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE. AT THAT TIME, HE SHOWED ME AN EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ON HIS SMART PHONE WHERE HIS ATTORNEY SUGGESTED THAT HE CHECK ON THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLESâ WEBSITE TO ASCERTAIN WHETHER OR NOT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE IS OR IS NOT VALID. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE FOLLOWED THE ADVICE OF HIS ATTORNEY TO WHICH HE STATED NO, HE DID NOT BOTHER TO CHECK. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER STATED AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH HE WAS EN ROUTE TO DIXIE COUNTY TO SERVE WEEKEND TIME IN THE DIXIE COUNTY CORRECTIONS FACILITY, OF WHICH HE HAS EIGHT MORE WEEKS TO PERFORM. UPON THE DEFENDANT RECEIVING A MEDICAL RELEASE FROM THE HOSPITAL, I PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. THE DEFENDANTâS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED ON 031314, FOR 18 MONTHS FOR REFUSING TO SUBMIT TO BREATH, URINE OR BLOOD TEST. SAID DRIVER'S LICENSE CANCELLED INDEFINITELY ON 101614. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HE WAS ISSUED TRAFFIC CITATIONS FOR CARELESS DRIVING AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, WITH A DATE TO BE SET BY COURT. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
