| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, LAIRD 0544 (AR13-8166) (13-164118)âââââ DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HIS/HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193. ON 112913 AT 2142 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO U S HIGHWAY 41 AND MIDDLE SCHOOL ROAD IN INVERNESS TO ASSIST DEPUTY TITUS WITH AN IMPAIRED DRIVER. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR WITH A LIGHT WIND. THE ROADWAY WAS DRY AND FREE FROM ANY OBVIOUS DEFECTS. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY TITUS, WHO ADVISED HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE IN A NO PASSING ZONE JUST SOUTH OF WHITE LAKE. DEPUTY TITUS ADVISED HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE, MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR JEFFERY B ADAMIK, WHO APPEARED TO BE IMPAIRED. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH MR ADAMIK WHO WAS SEATED IN THE DRIVER SEAT OF A WHITE CHEVROLET PICKUP TRUCK. I ASKED MR ADAMIK WHERE HE WAS COMING FROM, WHERE HE WAS GOING, AND IF HE HAD CONSUMED ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. MR ADAMIK STATED HE WAS COMING FROM DUNNELLON, HEADING HOME AND HE HAD CONSUMED A COUPLE OF BEERS. I OBSERVED MR ADAMIKâS EYES WERE WATERY AND GLASSY, HIS SPEECH WAS MUSH MOUTHED AND HE HAD A MODERATE ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE ON OR ABOUT HIS PERSON. AT THAT TIME I INSTRUCTED MR ADAMIK TO EXIT HIS VEHICLE AND GO TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE COMPLIED. I THEN ACTIVATED MY IN-CAR VIDEO SYSTEM. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO PERFORM ANY OF THE SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE HAD BROKEN HIS LEFT FEMUR IN 2011. MR ADAMIK STATED HE HAD NO FURTHER PHYSICAL DEFECTS THAT WOULD PREVENT HIM FROM PERFORMING THE TASKS. TASK ONE, HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THIS TASK, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH HIS EYES. TASK TWO, WALK AND TURN. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT LOST BALANCE DURING INSTRUCTIONS, TOOK THE WRONG NUMBER OF STEPS (10), FAILED TO TOUCH HEEL TO TOE ON STEPS ONE, TWO, NINE, TEN AND THREE THROUGH TEN. TASK THREE, ONE LEG STAND. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT TWICE. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT STARTED BEFORE INSTRUCTED, USED ARMS OVER SIX INCHES TO BALANCE, AND PUT FOOT DOWN FOUR TIMES. TASK FOUR, FINGER TO NOSE. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT LEFT â UNDER NOSE, RIGHT â UNDER NOSE, LEFT â FIRST JOINT OF FINGER, RIGHT â FIRST JOINT OF FINGER, RIGHT â FIRST JOINT OF FINGER, LEFT â FIRST JOINT OF FINGER. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT DIRECTED TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHERE HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, A ROTATION WRECKER WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE, WHERE DEPUTY TITUS STOOD BY WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE JAIL, HE WAS TURNED OVER TO CORRECTIONAL OFFICER RHODES TO CONDUCT A TEST OF HIS BREATH. CORRECTIONAL OFFICER RHODES ADVISED ME MR ADAMIK REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HIS BREATH THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A $500.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 8721XBI, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE TO BE SET BY THE JUDGE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 7715WQB, FOR PASSING IN A NO PASSING ZONE. A DVD COPY OF THIS INCIDENT WAS BURNED AND TURNED INTO EVIDENCE, ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE PROPERTY RECEIPT. NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN AT THIS TIME BY THIS DEPUTY. |
