| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HORTON, TIMOTHY 0614 (AR13-6500) 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 HIS/HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193. 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 AND WHILE DOING SO CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(A)(B)(C)(1). ON 071813, AT APPROXIMATELY 2026 HOURS, I WAS REQUESTED BY DEPUTY KYLE FERGUSON TO RESPOND TO NE HIGHWAY 19 AND NE 2ND STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER, IN REFERENCE TO A TRAFFIC CRASH WHICH INVOLVED ONE VEHICLE. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY KYLE FERGUSON AND HE ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED. HE ADVISED THAT WHEN HE FIRST OBSERVED THE VEHICLE, IT WAS PARKED IN THE OUTSIDE TRAFFIC LANE WITH THE LIGHTS OFF AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS DEBRA ROWE, SHE WAS SLUMPED OVER THE WHEEL. HE STATED THAT SHE WAS ADVISED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND AS SHE DID, SHE FELL TO THE GROUND. AT THAT TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND NEAR THE SIDEWALK OF NE HIGHWAY 19 AND WAS ALSO CRYING. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED HER WHAT HAD OCCURRED AND SHE REFUSED TO SPEAK WITH ME. AT THAT POINT, I LOOKED AT THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS A 1997 WHITE PONTIAC FOUR DOOR BEARING OHIO LICENSE PLATE FQY1253. IT WAS PARKED IN THE OUTSIDE TRAFFIC LANE OF NE HIGHWAY 19. BOTH THE RIGHT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR TIRES WERE FLAT WITH THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION DAMAGED. THE FRONT RIGHT WHEEL WAS TURNED OUTWARD WITH THE TIRE BEING SHREDDED. AT THAT TIME, I LOOKED AT THE ROADWAY AND WAS ABLE TO SEE MARKS ALONG THE SIDEWALK WHICH LED TO THE INTERSECTION OF NE 1ST TERRACE. ON THE NE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION, NEAR THE STOP SIGN AND THE STORM DRAIN, I OBSERVED THAT THE SIDEWALK HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND THE MARKS WHICH FOLLOWED FROM THE VEHICLE LED TO THIS POINT. I THEN WALKED FURTHER SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 19 PAST THE INTERSECTION AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY OTHER MARKS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE TRAFFIC CRASH. I ESTIMATED THE DAMAGE TO THE SIDEWALK TO BE APPROXIMATELY $100.00. THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $2,000.00. A TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT WILL BE COMPLETED AND THE TRAFFIC CRASH REPORT NUMBER IS 82405565. AT THAT POINT, MEDIC 112 FROM NATURE COAST EMS ARRIVED ON SCENE IN REFERENCE TO A POSSIBILITY THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS SUFFERING FROM ALCOHOL POISONING. WHILE SHE WAS BEING TREATED BY EMS SHE REQUESTED TO BE TRANSPORTED TO SEVEN RIVERS HOSPITAL TO BE CHECKED FURTHER. DEPUTY KYLE FERGUSON ALSO RESPONDED TO THE HOSPITAL TO SIT WITH THE DEFENDANT. DURING THE TRAFFIC CRASH A SMALL DOG WAS IN THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE AND IT WAS TURNED OVER TO A FRIEND OF HERS. PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SCENE, INCLUDING THE DAMAGE TO THE SIDEWALK, ALONG WITH THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE WERE TAKEN. AFTER THAT WAS COMPLETED THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY ALL PRESTIGE TOWING AND TOWED TO THEIR IMPOUND LOT. I COMPLETED A VEHICLE STORAGE RECEIPT FOR THIS VEHICLE. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED, I RESPONDED TO SEVEN RIVERS HOSPITAL, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY K FERGUSON. AT THAT POINT, THE DEFENDANT WAS BEING TREATED AND CHECKED OUT. APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR AND SEVEN MINUTES LATER SHE STATED THAT SHE WANTED TO LEAVE THE HOSPITAL. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED AND HER EYES WERE GLASSY AND BLOODSHOT. I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL EMITTING FROM HER BREATH. WHILE SHE STOOD, SHE WAS STAGGERING AND IT APPEARED THAT SHE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME STANDING UP. AFTER HER DISCHARGE PAPERWORK WAS COMPLETED SHE WAS ESCORTED OUT TO THE FRONT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WHERE I ADVISED HER THAT MY TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED AND I WAS SWITCHING MY INVESTIGATION FROM A TRAFFIC CRASH TO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN REFERENCE TO DUI (DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE). AT THAT TIME, I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED THAT SHE DID. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED IF SHE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THAT TIME TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD. I ASKED IF SHE WOULD PERFORM SOME FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS AND SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS REFUSING TO DO THEM. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DUI, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT REQUESTING HER TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ALCOHOL CONTENT OF HER BLOOD. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE WOULD NOT SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A $500.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DUI WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE WITH A BOND OF $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND IS $1,000.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 4813XDX9 WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE OF 081313 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 4814XDXX FOR DUI WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 081313 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 5567GZP2, FOR CARELESS DRIVING WITH A $166.00 FINE, PAYABLE IN THIRTY DAYS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 5568GZP3, FOR PARKING ON THE ROADWAY WITH $166.00 FINE, PAYABLE IN THIRTY DAYS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. |
