| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: INDORATO, THOMAS 0712 (AR10118149) 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'S STATE STATUTE NUMBER 322.03(1). ON 113010 AT APPROXIMATELY 0123 HOURS, DEPUTY HESSE AND I WERE CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK ON SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE AT THE CORNER OF GOBBLER DRIVE. WHILE CONDUCTING THE SECURITY CHECK I NOTICED A TAN 4-DOOR MERCURY DRIVING SOUTH ON FLORIDA AVENUE AND TURN EAST ONTO GOBBLER DRIVE. SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE GARBAGE CANS OF THE CIRCLE K AT WHICH TIME AN UNKNOWN SUBJECT EXITED THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE AND PLACED AN OBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS A NATURAL LIGHT BEER CAN NEXT TO THE GARBAGE CAN AND PROCEEDED TO WALK INTO THE CIRCLE K. SHORTLY AFTER, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO HEAD EAST ONTO GOBBLER DRIVE AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE WAS PLACED INTO REVERSE AND BACKED UP INTO THE PARKING LOT OF 8410 GOBBLER DRIVE IN FLORAL CITY (BUDGET RENTAL AND STORAGE) AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE'S LIGHTS. DEPUTY HESSE AND I THEN DROVE TOWARDS THE 4-DOOR MERCURY AND UPON DRIVING INTO THE PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND BEGAN TO DRIVE AWAY, AT WHICH TIME WE INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AND ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS DUE TO THE VEHICLE BEING SUSPICIOUS PARKED AT A CLOSED BUSINESS. DEPUTY HESSE THEN WALKED UP TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW AND SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JACOB BUNCH. DEPUTY HESSE THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. DEPUTY HESSE THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE EVER HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SEARCHED AND SEATED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN SPOKE WITH THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE MR MILAGROS CALDERON WHO STATED THAT THE ONLY REASON HE WAS DRIVING WAS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING. K-9 DEPUTY DEARDEN ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER AND WALKED HIS K-9 AROUND THE VEHICLE AND THE K-9 ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS THEN CONDUCTED BY DEPUTY HESSE AND DEPUTY DEARDEN WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA IN THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SEARCHED, AN OPEN COLD CAN OF NATURAL LIGHT BEER WAS FOUND UNDER MS CALDERON'S SEAT AND ANOTHER CAN OF OPENED COLD NATURAL LIGHT WAS FOUND NEAR THE FEET OF THE REAR PASSENGER LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JOHN GORDON. I RAN ALL PARTIES THROUGH FCIC/NCIC TO CHECK FOR WANTS AND WARRANTS WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. I THEN WALKED BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF HIS RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND IF HE STILL WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME, TO WHICH HE STATED YES. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT AGAIN IF HE EVER HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE WAS DRIVING TONIGHT, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WAS DRIVING DUE TO HIS FRIENDS BEING INTOXICATED. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHO THE REAR PASSENGER WAS THAT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WENT INTO THE CIRCLE K, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW, THAT THEY WERE THERE TO PURCHASE MORE BEER. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN RELEASED TO THE REGISTERED OWNER. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT AND HIS PROPERTY TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $150.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I THEN ISSUED THE DEFENDANT A CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 4134GJX WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE OF 121610 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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
