| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOYLE, CHAD 0438 (AR11121041) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HIS/HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193. ON 060111, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 44 WEST AND NORTH HAGGERTY POINT IN REFERENCE TO ASSISTING DEPUTY TODD HOLLOWAY ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTY HOLLOWAY ADVISED ME HE WAS TRAVELLING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 44 IN AN UNMARKED VEHICLE WHEN HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS DRIVING A 2005 NISSAN PICKUP BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER LZA-034. HE STATED THAT THE DRIVER WAS FAILING TO MAINTAIN HIS LANE AS HE HAD HIT THE CURB ON ONE OCCASION WHICH CAUSED HIS TRUCK TO TRAVEL INTO THE INSIDE LANE. HE ALSO STATED JUST PRIOR TO STOPPING HIM THE DRIVER HAD ALMOST HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEPUTY HOLLOWAY ADVISED ME BASED ON THIS HE CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP WHERE HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MR JOSEPH A NORMOYLE. HE STATED HE ASKED HIM IF HE WAS ON MEDICATION OR HAVING ANY MEDICAL ISSUES, TO WHICH DEPUTY HOLLOWAY ADVISED THE DRIVER HAD INFORMED HIM NO, HE HAD BEEN DRINKING. AT THAT POINT, DEPUTY HOLLOWAY ADVISED ME HE NOTIFIED DISPATCH AND REQUESTED A TRAFFIC UNIT TO RESPOND TO HIS LOCATION. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MR JOSEPH NORMOYLE. I CONFIRMED HIS IDENTITY USING HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. UPON INTRODUCING MYSELF I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL EMITTING FROM HIS PERSON, HIS EYES WERE BLOOD-SHOT, HIS CLOTHES WERE IN DISARRAY AND HE HAD A WET STAIN ON THE FRONT OF HIS SHIRT. MR NORMOYLE WAS ALSO SWEATING PROFUSELY. I ASKED HIM IF HE WAS OKAY AND IF HE HAD ANY MEDICAL CONCERNS THAT I NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF, TO WHICH HE STATED HE HAD SOME DEPRESSION. I THEN ASKED MR NORMOYLE IF HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND THAT I COULD SMELL AN ALCOHOLIC ODOR, TO WHICH HE STATED YES AND STARTED TO SAY HE HAD A PINT OF AND THEN STOPPED. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD SUBMIT TO SOME FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES IN THE PARKING LOT WHERE WE HAD STOPPED, TO WHICH HE STATED NO HE DID NOT THINK HE WOULD PASS THEM. I ASKED HIM TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND INFORMED HIM I WAS PLACING HIM UNDER ARREST FOR SUSPICION OF DRIVING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE. HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK WITH TWO SETS OF CUFFS AND DOUBLE LOCKED. I READ MR NORMOYLE HIS IMPLIED CONSENT WARNINGS FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. HE DID STATE HE UNDERSTOOD THEM AND ALSO STATED THAT HE WOULD SUBMIT TO A BREATHALYZER AT THE JAIL. I PLACED MR NORMOYLE IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL CAR AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING THE RESULTS OF THE BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST WERE .114 AND .111. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING BY DEPUTY HOLLOWAY FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SINGLE LANE WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 333583B AND I ALSO ISSUED HIM A FLORIDA DUI TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 8717-XBIX, FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 061611 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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* |
