| Date of birth: | Jul 27, 1961 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: LYNN, KURT 0349 (AR08101991) ON 030208, I WAS DISPATCHED TO A VEHICLE CRASH AT SOUTH MARLENE POINT AND STATE ROAD 44, INVOLVING TWO VEHICLES. UPON ARRIVAL, I MET with AT A WITNESS WHO WAS AN OFF DUTY HERNANDO COUNTY DEPUTY and THE TWO DRIVERS. ONE OF THE DRIVE'S WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS the DEFENDANT MR DAVID WARD JONES. THE DEFENDANT IMMEDIATELY TOLD this DEPUTY THAT HE HAD BEEN DRINKING IN LAKE PANASOFFKEE AT THE "DAMN PUB", AND STATED HE WAS SORRY FOR BEING IN THE VEHICLE ACCIDENT. THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT HAD A GLAZED OVER LOOK TO HIS EYES, AND WAS INCOHERENT AND HAD TO BE ASKED QUESTIONS SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEFENDANT HAD SLURRED SPEECH and SMELLED OF ALCOHOL AS HE SPOKE. HE ALSO DISPLAYED the INABILITY TO follow DIRECTIONS AND CONTINUED TO WALK AROUND the SCENE EVEN THOUGH HE WAS WARNED SEVERAL TIMES TO STAY IN ONE PLACE DUE TO the HEAVY TRAFFIC PASSING BY ON STATE ROAD 44. AT THAT TIME I DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT MIGHT BE IMPAIRED AND BEGAN FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS. THE FIRST TASK WAS HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT DISPLAYED MODERATE NYSTAGMUS AND THE LACK OF ABILITY OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH HIS LEFT AND RIGHT EYES. THE DEFENDANT TEETERED ON HIS FEET SWITCHING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT FOOT and could NOT FOLLOW DIRECTIONS TO NOT MOVE HIS HEAD. SECOND TASK WAS ONE LEG STAND, TO which the DEFENDANT LOST BALANCE DURING THE INSTRUCTIONS AND KEPT TRYING TO BEGIN DURING the INSTRUCTIONS and THIS DEPUTIES DEMONSTRATION OF THE TASK. THE DEFENDANT RAISED HIS RIGHT ARM CONSTANTLY FOR BALANCE AND FAILED TO COUNT PROPERLY DURING the TASK AS INSTRUCTED. HE ALSO SET HIS FOOT DOWN THREE TIMES PRIOR TO THE COUNT OF TEN. TASK THREE WAS FINGER TO NOSE, TO WHICH the DEFENDANT HAD DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE INSTRUCTIONS and DEMONSTRATION. THE DEFENDANT KEPT HIS RIGHT EYE OPEN AND LEFT EYE PARTIALLY OPEN DURING THE TASK. HE FAILED TO RETURN HIS ARMS TO HIS SIDE AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TOUCH HIS NOSE. THE DEFENDANT USED HIS RIGHT HAND WHEN HE WAS TO USE HIS LEFT ON ONE occasion. HE ALSO MISSED the TIP OF HIS NOSE with HIS INDEX FINGER WITH BOTH HANDS TOUCHING his UPPER LIP AND CHEEKS. AT THAT TIME IT WS DETERMINED THE DEFENDANT WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER SUBSTANCE DUE TO HIS ACTIONS, TO WHICH HE DID STATE THAT HE HAD TAKEN ONE OXYCODONE EARLIER IN THE DAY. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN HAND RESTRAINTS (DOUBLE-LOCKED), READ MIRANDA WARNINGS AND IMPLIED CONSENT. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY BASS SO THAT THIS DEPUTY COLD FINISH the CRASH INVESTIGATION. DURING THE CRASH INVESTIGATION AND THE VEHICLE INVENTORY OF THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE, A BOTTLE OF OXYCODONE WAS FOUND IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. THE BOTTLE HAD ONE PILL INSIDE OF IT ALONG WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA. THERE WAS ALSO MARIJUANA PIECES ON THE INTERIOR CARPET ON the DRIVER SIDE and IN THE CENTER CUP HOLDER. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT PERFORMED A BREATH ALCOHOL TEST WHICH REGISTERED A 0.139 AND 0.138, ALMOST TWICE the ALLOWED LEGAL LIMIT in the STATE OF FLORIDA. HE WAS ISSUED DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI) PROPERTY DAMAGE CITATION NUMBER 8169-FIQ, AND A CARELESS DRIVING CITATION NUMBER 8170-FIQ. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHED *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Mar 2, 2008 |
| Booking number: | 08101991 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 316.193(3)(C)(1) |
| Charge description: | DUI W/DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OR PERSON OF ANOTHER |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(B) |
| Charge description: | POSSESSION CANNABIS (LESS THAN 20 GRAMS) |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
