| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PATTERSON, DEREK 0560 (AR11103360) 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 Statute 322.34(2). ON 103011, WHEN DEPUTY STOKES AND I WERE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHURCH LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE INTERSECTION OF GREEN LEAF FOREST AND FORT ISLAND TRAIL, I OBSERVED A BEIGE BUICK TRAVELLING NORTH ON GREEN LEAF FOREST PASSING PLANTATION LANE AT AN EXCESSIVE RATE OF SPEED. DEPUTY STOKES THEN ACTIVATED HIS RADAR AND ADVISED ME THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELLING AT 36 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN THE 25 MPH SPEED ZONE. I THEN TURNED ONTO GREEN LEAF FOREST FROM THE PARKING LOT, AT WHICH TIME, THE VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT TURN ONTO FORT ISLAND TRAIL. I THEN ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE CIRCLE K. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, DEFENDANT JASON-JON SHOPLAND, AND REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION. MR SHOPLAND ADVISED ME THAT HE DID NOT HAVE HIS LICENSE BECAUSE IT WAS "NOT VALID" AND THAT IT "HAS RESTRICTIONS" ON IT. MR SHOPLAND THEN PROVIDED ME WITH HIS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. I THEN RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE AND LEARNED THAT MR SHOPLAND'S DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN REVOKED ON 050410 FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WAS CANCELLED ON 060810 AND WAS SUSPENDED NINE TIMES FOR VARIOUS REASONS. THE LATEST TIME WAS ON 021711 FOR FAILURE TO PAY A TRAFFIC FINE. MR SHOPLAND WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE SINCE HIS LICENSE IS CURRENTLY REVOKED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. MR SHOPLAND WAS ALSO ISSUED A WARNING CITATION FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED AND CRIMINAL CITATION NUMBER 5760-GJX(1), FOR DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED WITH KNOWLEDGE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE JAIL A PS.NET CHECK REVEALED THAT ON 061210 MR SHOPLAND HAD BEEN ISSUED A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION FOR DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED BY DEPUTY LUDLOW. "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* |
