| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR11120459) THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMES HAWTHORNE, 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(2). ON 042611, WHILE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA OF US HIGHWAY 19 AND VENABLE DRIVE, I OBSERVED A DARK COLORED PICK-UP TRUCK TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19. I ESTIMATED THE VEHICLE TO BE TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 55 MILES PER HOUR. UPON INITIATING MY RADAR UNIT, IT PUT OUT A HIGH AUDIO DOPPLER TONE AND MEASURED THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE AT 54 MILES PER HOUR IN A 45 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. UPON THE VEHICLE PASSING ME, I ALSO OBSERVED IT NOT TO HAVE AN OPERABLE TAG LIGHT. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED AROUND AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED (DWLSR). THE DEFENDANT DID STATE THAT I COULD LOOK IN HIS GLOVE COMPARTMENT FOR HIS BAIL PAPERWORK FROM the ARREST ON 042511. WHILE SEARCHING FOR THOSE DOCUMENTS, I FOUND A FLORIDA UNIFORM CITATION (UTC) FROM PASCO COUNTY, NUMBER 0170GKM, DATED 022611, FOR DWLSR (KNOWINGLY). THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON SCENE PER HIS REQUEST. AN OWNER DRIVER RELEASE FORM WAS SIGNED BY THE DEFENDANT. WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UTC NUMBER 7858FRY7, FOR DWLSR, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 051211 AT 1300 HOURS, AT the CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 1326631B FOR SPEEDING AND A WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 326632B FOR AN INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. COPIES OF THE UTC AND THE WRITTEN WARNINGS WILL BE PLACED INTO THE DEFENDANT'S PROPERTY. THE DEFENDANT WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. THE DRIVER'S RELEASE FORM AND COPIES OF THE WARNINGS AND THE UTC WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. "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* |
