| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEATHERFORD, DAVID 0710 (AR11121325) 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)(A). ON 061811, I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON TURKEY OAK IN THE AREA OF NORTH HOLIDAY DRIVE WHEN I PASSED A RED PICKUP TRUCK HEADING SOUTH WHICH DID NOT HAVE A FRONT BUMPER. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED AROUND AND INITIATED MY OVERHEAD TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP AND WE CAME TO A STOP AT NORTH TURKEY OAK AND WEST BALLOON LANE. UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR JERRY WRIGHT. I ADVISED HIM THE REASON FOR THE STOP AND REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, INSURANCE, AND REGISTRATION, AT WHICH TIME, MR WRIGHT HANDED ME HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE ALONG WITH THE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT I HAD REQUESTED. UPON RETURNING TO MY VEHICLE, I RAN MR WRIGHT THROUGH FCIC/NCIC WHICH REVEALED THAT MR WRIGHT HAD A SUSPENDED LICENSE AND HAD RECEIVED A COURT ORDERED NOTICE. UPON RUNNING MR WRIGHT'S INFORMATION THROUGH "DAVID" IT REVEALED THAT HIS LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR TWO COUNTS OF DELINQUENT CHILD SUPPORT. BOTH NOTICES WERE received 060811, AS WELL AS ONE FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES COURT WITH THE ORDER received ON 061611. AT THAT TIME, I COMPLETED A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC) FOR NO FRONT BUMPER, CITATION NUMBER 6599-GJX3, WHICH THE DEFENDANT SIGNED. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR KNOWINGLY DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. MR WRIGHT CONTINUED TO DENY THAT HE KNEW THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, HOWEVER, PER NCIC/FCIC MR WRIGHT HAD RECEIVED THE PROPER NOTICE OF HIS LICENSE BEING SUSPENDED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00. I THEN COMPLETED A UTC FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, CITATION NUMBER 6600-GJX1, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 071411 AT 1300 HOURS. BOTH CITATIONS WERE LEFT IN MR WRIGHT'S PROPERTY AT THE DETENTION FACILITY. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE MR WRIGHT REQUESTED THAT HIS VEHICLE BE TURNED OVER TO MS POOL, WHO WAS A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE, BUT DUE TO THE FACT OF HER NOT KNOWING HOW TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, MS POOL CALLED MR WRIGHT'S FATHER TO COME AND PICK THEM UP. "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* |
