| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, ROY 0421 (AR10112727) VIOLATE FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 316.1935(2); 918.13; 893.13(6)(B); 893.147(1) AND 843.02 ON 010710, I OBSERVED A VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTHEAST ON COUNTY ROAD 486 WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT OUT, IN THE AREA OF COUNTY ROAD 486 AND INDUSTRIAL STORAGE. I ACTIVATED MY LIGHTS, TURNING AROUND ON THE VEHICLE TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP, AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. COMING TO THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 486 AND PINE RIDGE BOULEVARD, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABRUPT LEFT TURN. I ALSO TURNED LEFT AND PURSUED THE VEHICLE, STILL WITH MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND FRONT RED AND BLUES ON. UPON THE APPROACH OF DEPUTY DRIVE, I ACTIVATED MY SIREN AND THE VEHICLE STILL REFUSED TO PULL OVER. UPON APPROACHING WEST RANGER STREET AND PINE RIDGE BOULEVARD, I NOTIFIED DISPATCH OF THE ATTEMPTED TRAFFIC STOP. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED ON PINE RIDGE BOULEVARD, THEN TURNED RIGHT ON WEST RANGER STREET. AT THAT POINT, MY SIREN REMAINED IN THE ON POSITION. DISPATCH ADVISED THEY WERE SENDING ANOTHER UNIT AS BACKUP WHEN THE VEHICLE PULLED OVER ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5294 WEST RANGER STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS. AT THIS LOCATION, THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS JONATHON CHARLES DUPLAIN, GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE I WAS EXITING MY PATROL VEHICLE. I ORDERED THE DRIVER TO STAND STILL AS HE STARTED WALKING AWAY; HE ATTEMPTED TO WALK AWAY AND I ORDERED HIM TO PUT HIS HANDS ON THE VEHICLE, WHICH HE DID DO. HE THEN TOOK HIS HANDS OFF THE VEHICLE AND STARTED TO WALK AWAY AGAIN. I ORDERED THE DRIVER TO THE GROUND WHICH HE DID DO. ONCE THE DRIVER WAS ON THE GROUND, I ORDERED HIM TO PLACE HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK SO I COULD SECURE HIM IN HANDCUFFS. THE DRIVER REFUSED, THEN STARTED TO TAKE OFF A BIG HEAVY JACKET. I ADVISED THE DRIVER I WOULD TASER HIM IF HE DID NOT COMPLY WITH MY ORDERS. THE DRIVER DID PUT HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL BACKUP ARRIVED. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF DEPUTY SMITH, I HANDCUFFED THE DEFENDANT. ONCE THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, HE WAS PLACED ON HIS FEET. AT THAT TIME, BOTH DEPUTY SMITH AND I NOTICED THAT HE WAS CHEWING SOMETHING AND WE DETECTED THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA. AT THAT POINT, IT WAS DETERMINED THE DEFENDANT WAS CHEWING MARIJUANA. WE HAD THE DEFENDANT OPEN HIS MOUTH. AFTER A COUPLE OF MORE SWALLOWS, I DID IN FACT OBSERVE THAT HE WAS CHEWING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WHICH DID APPEAR TO BE MARIJUANA WHICH WAS STILL STUCK TO HIS TEETH. THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. WHILE I WAS DOING THIS, DEPUTY SMITH ADVISED UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION OF THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVERS FEET, HE DID LOCATE GREEN LEAFY MARIJUANA ON THE DRIVER'S FEET. ALSO, DEPUTY SMITH RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND IN CHECKING THE DEFENDANT'S SHIRT, DID OBSERVE SOME SPECKS OF GREEN LEAFY MARIJUANA ON THE DEFENDANT'S SHIRT. DEPUTY SMITH ALSO ADVISED HE FOUND A PLASTIC ZIPLOC BAGGIE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR WHICH CONTAINED SMALL FRAGMENTS OF A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WHICH ALSO APPEARED TO BE MARIJUANA. I CALLED FOR A TOW TRUCK FOR THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE AND GREG'S CAR CARE TOWED THE VEHICLE ON A SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOW SHEET. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED AND CITED FOR FLEEING, CITATION NUMBER 1709-RPA4. HE WAS ALSO CITED FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT, INOPERABLE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT, CITATION NUMBER 1710-RPA5. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, HE WAS BOOKED AND PROCESSED. HIS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $8,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
