| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCLAUGHLIN, ALLISON 0507 (AR08106800) did, knowing HIS driver's license or driving privilege had been cancelled, suspended or revoked AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license or privilege was cancelled, in violation of Florida Statute 322.34(5) ON 121908, AT APPROXIMATELY 2000 HOURS, WHILE OBTAINING FUEL FOR MY UNMARKED PATROL VEHICLE AT the MOBILE GAS STATION LOCATED AT the INTERSECTION OF WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY AND SOUTH LECANTO HIGHWAY, I OBSERVED A WHITE MALE EXIT the MOBILE GAS STATION STORE AND BEGAN WALKING TOWARDS A WHITE IN COLOR FORD FOUR DOOR VEHICLE WHICH WAS PARKED AT the GAS PUMP TO the EAST OF MY VEHICLE. UPON HIS ARRIVAL TO the VEHICLE, HE BEGAN OBTAINING FUEL AND WHILE DOING SO, THIS DEPUTY RECOGNIZED THE SUBJECT TO BE MR CURTIS PRATT FOR WHICH THIS AFFIANT DID HAVE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND HISTORY WITH the SUBJECT. AFTER THE SUBJECT WAS FINISHED OBTAINING FUEL, HE BEGAN WALKING TOWARDS THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF the WHITE VEHICLE AND UPON DOING SO, A WHITE FEMALE EXITED the DRIVER'S SEAT, WALKED AROUND THE VEHICLE, AND RESPONDED TO the PASSENGER SEAT. AT THAT TIME, the WHITE MALE CONTINUED TO ENTER the VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE INTO the DRIVER'S SEAT. I CONDUCTED A DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECK IN "DAVID" TO CONFIRM THE SUBJECT'S IDENTITY AND the STATUS OF HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE HAVING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE THAT the DEFENDANT'S DRIVERS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. UPON DOING SO, I CONFIRMED the DEFENDANT'S IDENTITY VIA PHOTOGRAPH PROVIDED BY "DAVID" IN ADDITION; IT FURTHER CONFIRMED the SUBJECT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS STILL SUSPENDED. AT THIS TIME, MR PRATT HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO DRIVE OUT OF the MOBILE GAS STATION PARKING LOT ONTO SOUTH LECANTO HIGHWAY. THIS AFFIANT ALONG WITH DEPUTY CARRERAS RESPONDED IN OUR UNMARKED PATROL VEHICLE TO SOUTH LECANTO HIGHWAY PULLING BEHIND THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME, A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED BY ACTIVATING THE DASH AND VISOR PANEL LIGHTS THAT IS EQUIPPED IN the VEHICLE. UPON DOING SO, THE DEFENDANT BEGAN DRIVING EAST ON WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY AND THEN TURNING ONTO SOUTH ROE TERRACE COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH the DEFENDANT AT THE DRIVER'S DOOR, THIS DEPUTY OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO HAVE HIS HEAD DOWN AT WHICH TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND HE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING. the DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE KNEW HIS DRIVERS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND WAS JUST DOING A FAVOR OF DRIVING HIS GIRLFRIEND DUE TO IT BEING DARK AND HARD FOR HER TO SEE. AT THIS TIME I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW MANY TIMES HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED TO WHICH HE ADVISED TWO TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. AT THIS TIME, the DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED BY DEPUTY D PATTERSON TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE FEMALE PASSENGER WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR PRATT'S GIRLFRIEND. UPON INQUIRING AS TO WHY SHE WAS NOT DRIVING SINCE SHE HAD A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE, SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD DRIVEN TO THE GAS STATION HOWEVER; MR PRATT HAD ADVISED HER THAT HE WANTED TO DRIVE AND SO SHE HAD SWITCHED PLACES WITH HIM AT THE GAS STATION. SHE STATED THAT SHE KNEW THAT HE HAD A SUSPENDED DRIVERS LICENSE HOWEVER; SHE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP HIM FROM DOING WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. AT THIS TIME, the VEHICLE WAS RELEASED BACK TO the GIRLFRIEND WHO IS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY A COMPLETE DRIVER'S LICENSE HISTORY WAS CONDUCTED REVEALING THAT ON 111506, THE DEFENDANT WAS LABELED AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR WITH A REVOCATION OF SIXTY MONTHS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION BEARING CITATION NUMBER 9423-EVX FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE LICENSE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED (HABITUALLY) the DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
