| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DUNN, MICHAEL 0754 (AR12124583) 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(10)(A). ON 012912 I WITNESSED A VEHICLE FAIL TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 44 AND TURKEY OAK DRIVE. I FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT 751 NE 5TH STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR EARL JOHNSON, IDENTIFICATION MADE BY FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE AND RAN THE DRIVER'S DRIVER'S LICENSE THROUGH DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE AT WHICH TIME, IT REVEALED THAT HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND REVOKED. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH MR JOHNSON AND ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND REVOKED, TO which HE AT FIRST STATED NO THAT HE DID NOT KNOW. UPON FURTHER QUESTIONING, HE ADMITTED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO SOMEONE IN REFERENCE TO CHILD SUPPORT ISSUES AND HIS DRIVING PRIVILEGES. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SEARCHED FOR WEAPONS OR CONTRABAND, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. the VEHICLE THE DEFENDANT WAS DRIVING WAS TURNED OVER TO THE PASSENGER WHO WAS ALSO THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A WARNING NUMBER 343020B FOR RUNNING A RED LIGHT AND WAS ISSUED A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 6132GQF2 IN REFERENCE TO DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE OF 020212 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. "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* |
