| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUNTER, JEFFERY 0441 (AR07004656) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY OBTAIN, USE OR ENDEAVOR TO OBTAIN OR USE THE PROPERTY OF THE VICTIM OF THE VALUE OF THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($300.00) OR MORE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), TO WIT: A WHITE FORD F-350 PICK UP TRUCK WITH THE INTENT TO EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY DEPRIVE THE VICTIM OF A RIGHT TO THE PROPERTY OR A BENEFIT THEREOF, OR DID APPROPRIATE THE SAID PROPERTY TO HIS OWN USE OR THE USE OF ANY PERSON NOT ENTITLED THERETO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 812.014. DID OPERATE A VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND, HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT HE/SHE HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DID WILLFULLY REFUSE OR FAIL TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH DIRECTIVE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1935(1). did knowingly and willfully resist, obstruct or oppose DEPUTY HUNTER, who was then and there in the lawful execution of a legal duty, or execution of legal process, by offering or doing violence to the person of such officer, in violation of Florida Statute 843.01; did unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally threaten, by word or act, to do violence to the person of DEPUTY HUNTER, while said person was engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, coupled with an apparent ability to carry out said threat, and utilized a deadly weapon, to-wit: A FORD F-350 PICK-UP TRUCK, without the intent to kill, and did an act or acts which created a well-founded fear in the said (C) that such violence was imminent, in violation of Florida Statutes 784.021(1)(a) and 784.07; DID KNOWINGLY, WHILE HIS OPERATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A). ON 082307 AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON STATE ROAD 44, IN THE AREA OF SOUTH KENSINGTON AVENUE. I OBSERVED A WHITE FORD F-350 TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED HEADING WESTBOUND. I THEN ACTIVATED MY AGENCY ISSUED RADAR AND RECEIVED A CLEAR DOPPLER TONE AND SPEED READING OF 77 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN A 60 MPH ZONE. I TURNED AROUND AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE WHICH PULLED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ROAD JUST WEST OF SOUTH HAID TERRACE. I THEN APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MR HOWARD HAWKINS JR, AND ASKED TO SEE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE ON HIM. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO PROVIDE HIS VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. I OBSERVED a TAN SKINNED MALE PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, AND A WHITE HAND TOWEL DRAPED OVER THE VEHICLE'S STEERING COLUMN. THE DEFENDANT THEN REACHED TOWARD THE GLOVE BOX OF THE VEHICLE. AS HE DID SO HE THREW THE VEHICLE INTO DRIVE AND SPED AWAY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE MADE A HARD LEFT TURN AND DROVE THROUGH the MEDIAN AND CONTINUED EASTBOUND ON STATE ROAD 44. I GAVE PURSUIT AND NOTIFIED DISPATCH OF THE SITUATION. I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TURN NORTH ONTO SALISBURY TERRACE AS I TURNED ONTO SOUTH SALISBURY TERRACE I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE PARALLEL ACROSS THE ROAD FACING WEST. I EXITED MY PATROL VEHICLE AND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE TURNED DIRECTLY TOWARDS ME AND APPROACHED THIS DEPUTY AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I FELT ENDANGERED BY THE VEHICLES RAPID APPROACH AND DREW MY AGENCY ISSUED SERVICE WEAPON. THE SUSPECT VEHICLE APPEARED TO LOOSE TRACTION AND VEERED AROUND ME ON MY LEFT SIDE WHERE I WAS ABLE TO CLEARLY OBSERVE THE SUSPECT DRIVING THE VEHICLE, AND CONTINUED TURNING EAST ONTO STATE ROAD 44. I RESUMED PURSUIT AND OBSERVED THE VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY ¼ MILE IN FRONT OF ME, AND THEN TURN NORTH ONTO RUN FOR THE ROSES DRIVE. AS I TURNED ONTO RUN FOR THE ROSES DRIVE, I OBSERVED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE SPIN AROUND AND AGAIN FACE MY PATROL VEHICLE. I STOPPED APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE VEHICLE AND APPROACHED SLOWLY WITH MY AGENCY WEAPON DRAWN, WHERE I FOUND THE VEHICLE RUNNING AND UNOCCUPIED. THE TAG ON THE VEHICLE WAS FLORIDA TAG FJ73GVS WHICH WAS FOUND NOT TO BE ASSIGNED TO THE TRUCK. the STEERING COLUMN WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE BROKEN OPEN. A CHECK OF THE VEHICLE'S VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN) SHOWED THE VEHICLE TO BE STOLEN AS OF 081407 FROM OSCEOLA COUNTY. CANINE DEPUTY PRICE AND CANINE KONG ARRIVED ON SCENE AND I ASSISTED IN A TRACK WHICH LED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE WEST PARALLELING STATE ROAD 44. THE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED AND APPREHENDED; AFTER THE DEFENDANT STRUGGLED WITH THIS DEPUTY AS HE WAS BEING HANDCUFFED. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR GRAND THEFT AUTO, FLEEING AND ELUDING, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, AND RESISTING with VIOLENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS RUN THROUGH the (DHSMV) AND SHOWN TO HAVE A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH MULTIPLE SUSPENSIONS. THE DEFENDANT WAS SITED FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (DWLS) UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 0945-ELU, ATTACHED TAG NOT ASSIGNED NUMBER 0944-ELU, AND VIOLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE EXCEEDING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT 0943-ELU. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED VIA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT REFERENCE TO A DOG BITE. HE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
