| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOWARD, RUSSELL 0297 (AR11121958) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVER'S 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2). THE DEFENDANT, MR DENNIS PONCE, WAS PLACED ON PROBATION FOR DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE (DUI), ALCOHOL OR DRUG, SECOND OFFENSE. HIS PROBATION COMMENCED ON 090710. THE DEFENDANT DID VIOLATE THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 948.06, TO WIT: COMMITTING A NEW LAW VIOLATION OF DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED (KNOWINGLY). ON 072811, SERGEANT (SGT) AMSLER AND DETECTIVE MARSHALL WERE DRIVING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 41 IN THE AREA JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 41 AND INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY WHEN THEY OBSERVED A WHITE PICKUP TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER LOADED DOWN WITH FURNITURE AND/OR HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. BEING TRANSPORTED ON THE TRAILER, THERE WAS A LONG PIECE OF WOOD STICKING OUT THE SIDE WHICH WAS AN OBVIOUS DANGEROUS HAZARD TO OTHER VEHICLES AS WELL AS TO PERSONS WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE PIECE OF WOOD STICKING OUT OF THE TRAILER CAUGHT A STREET SIGN JUST NORTH OF THAT LOCATION, AT WHICH POINT, A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED ON SAID VEHICLE PULLING THE TRAILER. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DRIVER BY SGT AMSLER. THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS MR DENNIS PONCE, LATER ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE AND IT WAS SUSPENDED/REVOKED. HE ALSO ADVISED HE WAS CURRENTLY ON PROBATION. A COMPUTER CHECK REVEALED MR DENNIS PONCE'S DRIVER'S LICENSE TO BE REVOKED AS WELL AS SHOWING AN ACTIVE CITRUS COUNTY WARRANT FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION (VOP), SEE CASE 11071150 FOR FURTHER. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, MR PONCE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED (DWLS/R) AS WELL AS THE LOCAL WARRANT AND A VIOLATION OF HIS PROBATION NEW LAW VIOLATION. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC), NUMBER 7822-GJX-6, WITH A COURT APPEARANCE OF 081111 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO THE DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
