| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BRIGGS, RICHARD 0089 (AR08101656) 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). ON 020908 AT APPROXIMATELY 1812 HOURS, WHILE CONDUCTING MOVING RADAR, TRAVELING NORTHBOUND IN THE LEFT LANE OF HIGHWAY 41, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TRAVELLING SOUTHBOUND IN THE LEFT LANE AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. AS THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE APPROACHED MINE, THE AUDIO DOPPLER FROM THE RADAR SOUNDED WITH A CLEAR TONE, REVEALING THE DEFENDANT WAS, IN FACT, GOING OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WITH A SPEED OF 60 MILES PER HOUR IN 45 MILES PER HOUR ZONE. AT THAT TIME I ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND SIREN, TURNED MY PATROL VEHICLE AROUND, AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 41 AND WATSON STREET. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT AT HIS VEHICLE AND ASKED FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN INQUIRED AS TO WHERE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HIS LICENSE WAS AT HIS RESIDENCE. I THEN OBTAINED THE DEFENDANT'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH, AND RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO CONDUCT A LICENSE CHECK THROUGH DISPATCH. THE LICENSE CHECK REVEALED AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT 'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY AS OF 011008, FOR FAILURE TO PAY A TRAFFIC FINE. AFTER RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION, I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT HIS VEHICLE, AND AGAIN ASKED ABOUT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HIS LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED. HE ADVISED HE HAD ALREADY PAID THE TICKET, BUT FAILED TO REINSTATE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. AT THAT TIME I HAD THE DEFENDANT EXIT HIS VEHICLE AND I THEN PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER TO HOLMAN'S TOWING SERVICE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY, WITH A $500.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC) 8989BUDX FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE OF 022808 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED FLORIDA UTC 8990BUD3 FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED, 60 MILES PER HOUR IN 45 MILES PER HOUR ZONE, WITH A $163.50 FINE PAYABLE IN 30 DAYS TO THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
