| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PATTERSON, DEREK 0560 (AR10116833) DID DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A HIGHWAY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT HAVING A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE AUTHORIZING HIM TO DO SO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 322.03(1). ON 091510 I WAS TRAVELLING WEST ON STATE ROAD 44 NEAR FOREST DRIVE WHEN I OBSERVED A FORD PICKUP PULLING A TRAILER AND ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER WAS GEORGIA TAG TL8J445. UPON RUNNING THAT TAG THROUGH FCIC/NCIC IT WAS LEARNED THAT THE TAG HAD EXPIRED ON 080410 AND THE REGISTRATION STATUS WAS LISTED AS "EXPIRED". I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH PULLED IN TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE RACE TRAC GAS STATION IN INVERNESS. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT AND ASKED FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION, WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD EVER HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE HAD NOT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED IF HE HAD ANY IDENTIFICATION AT ALL, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID NOT. THE DEFENDANT THEN PROVIDED ME WITH A NAME OF MR DIEGO P HERNANDEZ WITH A DATE OF BIRTH OF 111990. I THEN RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE A DRIVER'S LICENSE IN GEORGIA, WHICH IS WHERE THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE LIVES, IN TEXAS WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS HEADING TO OR IN FLORIDA; HOWEVER, ALL THREE STATES INDICATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT LICENSED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATES. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) PLACED IN TO THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. A SEARCH INCIDENT TO ARREST REVEALED AN "INTERNATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE" IN THE DEFENDANT'S WALLET THAT IDENTIFIED HIM AS MR DIEGO HERNANDEZ PEREZ WITH A DATE OF BIRTH OF 111990. A FCIC/NCIC OF GEORGIA REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD A VALID IDENTIFICATION CARD IN GEORGIA; HOWEVER, SINCE AN INTERNATIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE IS NOT A SECURE FORM OF IDENTIFICATION IN AND OF ITSELF, I AM NOT ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE DEFENDANT IS IN FACT THE SAME INDIVIDUAL WHO HOLDS A GEORGIA IDENTIFICATION CARD. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT 'S BOND WAS SET AT SINCE, AT THIS TIME, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE HIS IDENTITY AND HE HAS NO CONNECTIONS TO FLORIDA. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC) NUMBER 8070FRY3 FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 093010 AT 1300 HOURS. "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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
