| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RUBY, SAMUEL 0562 (09091121) ON 092809, WHILE DIRECTING TRAFFIC ON A CRASH SCENE AT GROVER CLEVELAND BOULEVARD AND SPRING SONG TERRACE, DISPATCH ADVISED OF A POSSIBLE DRUNK DRIVER HEADING EASTBOUND ON GROVER CLEVELAND FROM HIGHWAY 19, DRIVING A RED PICK-UP. AT THAT TIME, I WAS DIRECTING EASTBOUND TRAFFIC ONTO the SHOULDER BYPASSING THE ACCIDENT. I ATTEMPTED TO STOP A RED PICK-UP WITH TWO PASSENGERS. I ADVISED THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR JOHN HARTMANN, TO STOP (VERBALLY), BECAUSE HIS DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WAS DOWN, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND ME ON the SHOULDER NEARLY STRIKING THE STOP SIGN. I AGAIN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT TO STOP THE VEHICLE, AT which TIME THE DEFENDANT DROVE PAST ME AND STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF SPRING SONG. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE DID NOT FOLLOW MY COMMANDS, HOWEVER, HE DID NOT ANSWER. HE STATED THAT HE SAW MY LIGHT BUT DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I STATED TO HIM VERBALLY TO STOP SEVERAL TIMES, AND HE CONTINUED TO DRIVE PAST ME. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO PULL HIS VEHICLE OVER ONTO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD JUST EAST OF SPRING SONG WHERE HE WOULD BE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE DETOURING TRAFFIC. ONCE the DRIVER'S VEHICLE WAS OUT OF THE WAY, I AGAIN APPROACHED THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, AT WHICH TIME I OBSERVED HIS SPEECH TO BE SLURRED. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD BEEN DRINKING, AND HE STATED, NO. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE HAD A HEAD INJURY AND A METAL PLATE WAS PLACED IN HIS HEAD WHICH SOMETIMES INTERFERED WITH HIM MAKING GOOD DECISIONS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND HE STATED, NO ONLY AN IDENTIFICATION CARD. I ASKED HIM IF HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, AND HE STATED, YES THAT HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED THREE TIMES FOR DRIVING WITH HIS LICENSE SUSPENDED, BUT ONLY ONCE IN FLORIDA. THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES IN PENNSYLVANIA FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE ONLY DROVE because HE WAS PICKING UP HIS ROOMMATE FROM THE HOSPITAL WHO JUST HAD HIP SURGERY. I THEN ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANYONE WHO COULD COME AND GET HIS FRIEND AND THE VEHICLE, BECAUSE HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (DWLS). THE DEFENDANT ADVISED TO CONTACT HIS LANDLORD WHO WOULD COME AND RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE AND HIS PASSENGER. CONTACT WAS MADE BY DEPUTY DAVIS WITH THE DEFENDANT'S LANDLORD, WHO ADVISED THAT HE would COME AND RETRIEVE THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, AND HE WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. A CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER, 1372-FYA, FOR DWLS, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 102209, AT 1300 HOURS WAS PROVIDED TO THE DEFENDANT. THE TRAFFIC CITATION WAS PLACED WITH THE ARREST PAPERWORK FOR THE DEFENDANT. the DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
