| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR08102398) DID KNOWINGLY, WHILE HIS OPERATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED AS AN HABITUAL TRAFFIC VIOLATOR, DRIVE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(5). ON 032708 AT APPROXIMATELY 1825 HOURS, I WAS IN THE AREA OF SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE AND SLATE AVENUE IN INVERNESS WHEN I OBSERVED A SILVER JEEP BEING DRIVEN BY THE DEFENDANT, MR DOUGLAS WALLACE. DUE TO PRIOR KNOWLEDGE I KNEW THAT THE DEFENDANT'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AS AN HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, AT which TIME I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE DRIVEN BY THE DEFENDANT. UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE I COULD POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE DRIVER AS THE DEFENDANT. I REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY AGITATED ABOUT BEING STOPPED AND COULD ONLY PROVIDE ME WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HIS DOG HAD CHEWED UP HIS REGISTRATION AND HE HAD NOT YET PRINTED HIS CURRENT INSURANCE CARD. THE DEFENDANT HAD IN HIS POSSESSION AN AGENCY CARD BEARING MY NAME AND IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WHICH INDICATED I HAD ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH HIM ON 032608 AT 2300 HOURS IN REFERENCE TO HIS DOGS CREATING A DISTURBANCE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH HIS LICENSE DUE TO THE FACT I HAD KNOWLEDGE HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, TO WHICH HE STATED "IT'S ALL A PAPERWORK MISTAKE BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE." AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAD BEEN CITED FOR AN EXPIRED TAG BUT THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I DOUBTED HIS LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED AS HABITUAL OVER AN EXPIRED TAG, HOWEVER, I ASSURED HIM I WOULD DOUBLE-CHECK THE INFORMATION WHEN I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE. UPON RETURNING TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, I REQUESTED DEPUTY HAYNES RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. WHILE WAITING FOR DEPUTY HAYNES, I CHECKED THE D.A.V.I.D. SYSTEM WHICH REVEALED THE DEFENDANT 'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AS HABITUAL UNTIL 2013. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF DEPUTY HAYNES, WE HAD THE DEFENDANT EXIT HIS VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAD PAID SEVERAL TICKETS LATE AND HAD BEEN LATE IN RETURNING INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES (DHSMV) ABOUT HIS INSURANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, DEPUTY HAYNES REMAINED WITH THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WHICH WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE BY SCALLY'S TOWING. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 9388-FIQ, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPECT/REVOKED, HABITUAL, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 041008 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 217029-B, FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT BROKEN TAIL LIGHT; WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 217030-B, FOR NO PROOF OF INSURANCE; AND WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 217031-B, FOR NO CURRENT REGISTRATION ON DEMAND. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
