| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLTZHOUSE, JONATHAN 0616 (AR09112001) DID, KNOWING HE HAD NO VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUE 322.03 ON 111909, AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 HOURS WHILE ON PATROL IN THE AREA OF FORT ISLAND GULF TRAIL AND HIGHWAY 19. I OBSERVED A VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON THE INSIDE LANE AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 58 MILES PER HOUR. AT THAT TIME, I ACTIVATED MY RADAR UNIT, AND RECEIVED A HIGH AUDIO DOPPLER TONE AND A TARGET OF 57 MPH, IN A 45 MILES PER HOUR ZONE. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED AROUND ON THE VEHICLE, AND ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP JUST SOUTH OF FORT ISLAND GULF TRAIL AND HIGHWAY 19. AT THAT TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I ASKED HIM FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE STATED HE DID NOT HAVE ONE, AND HANDED ME A MEXICAN IDENTIFICATION CARD WITH HIS NAME ON IT. AT THIS TIME, I WENT back TO MY VEHICLE AND RAN HIS NAME THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, WHICH DID NOT REVEAL THE DEFENDANT TO HAVE A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN RAN THE DEFENDANT'S NAME THROUGH THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PS NET, AND IT REVEALED THAT ON 061409, THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN A CRIMINAL CITATION FOR OPERATION OF A VEHICLE WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE BY THIS DEPUTY. I THEN WENT BACK TO THE DRIVER'S VEHICLE AND ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE REMEMBERED ME GIVING HIM A TICKET A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, TO WHEN HE SAID YES, AND PLACED HIS HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. I ASKED HIM TO STEP OUT OF HIS VEHICLE AND ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH NO VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE RESPONDED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON SCÈNE, AND PARKED IN A PARKING LOT PER THE OWNER'S REQUEST. THE OWNER'S KEYS WERE GIVEN TO HIM. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, WHERE HE WAS GIVEN A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED (57/45, CITATION NUMBER, 6992 - FGW8), WITH A CIVIL FINE OF $131.00. THE DEFENDANT ALSO RECEIVED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH NO VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, WITH A COURT DATE OF 120309, AT I PM. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $150.00 DUE TO HIS CO-OPERATION. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
