| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR09109969) 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 STATUE 322.34(2). ON 071209, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 HOURS, WHILE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 486 AND THATCHER, I OBSERVED A BLACK HONDA BEARING THE TAG NUMBER V708ME, TRAVELING WESTBOUND IN FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, ON HIGHWAY 486. UPON RUNNING THE VEHICLE'S TAG NUMBER FOR VALIDATION THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE TAG WAS EXPIRED AS OF 060708, AND THAT IT WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO A VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON SAID VEHICLE, ON HIGHWAY 486 JUST WEST OF THATCHER. UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THE TAG VALIDATION STICKER TO READ 0909 AND IT APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN ALTERED. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE AND REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. THE DRIVER ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE HONEST WITH ME, AND STATED THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED DUE TO CHILD SUPPORT. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DRIVER FOR THE VEHICLE INFORMATION AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY VEHICLE INFORMATION, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REGISTERED. AT THAT TIME, I REQUESTED THE DRIVER EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER THEN PROVIDED ME WITH A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD, IDENTIFYING HIM AS MR GEORGE FRIBLEY, with A DATE OF BIRTH OF 010456. MR FRIBLEY ACKNOWLEDGED HE HAD ALTERED THE VALIDATION STICKER IN ORDER TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM WORK. FURTHERMORE, MR FRIBLEY ADVISED THAT HE DOES NOT HAVE INSURANCE ON THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY SHAFFER ARRIVED ON SCENE AND I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO CHECK THE STATUS OF MR FRIBLEY'S DRIVING PRIVILEGES. UPON DOING AN FCIC/NCIC CHECK, AND A "D.A.V.I.D." CHECK OF MR FRIBLEY'S DRIVER'S LICENSE, IT REVEALED THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AS OF 2005, AND WAS CURRENTLY SUSPENDED FOR FAILURE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT. UPON RUNNING the VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN), IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNREGISTERED AND UNINSURED. ONCE AGAIN, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR FRIBLEY, AND HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. MR FRIBLEY WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON SCENE UPON MR FRIBLEY'S REQUEST. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC), NUMBER 2524FIR, FOR DRIVING WHILE DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENDED, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 073009, AT 1300 HOURS. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED A FLORIDA UTC, NUMBER 2525FIR, FOR AN ALTERED TAG AND DECAL, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 073009, AT 1300 HOURS. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED A WARNING, NUMBER 252106B, FOR NO PROOF OF INSURANCE, AND A WARNING, NUMBER 252107B, FOR A TAG ATTACHED NOT ASSIGNED, AND A WARNING, NUMBER 252108B, FOR AN UNREGISTERED VEHICLE. MR FRIBLEY'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR DRIVING WHILE DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENDED. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
