| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOYLE, CHAD 0438 (AR09111860) DID, KNOWING HER 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 STATUE 322.34(2)(A) ON 111109, WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON U S HIGHWAY 19 AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 490 (HOMOSASSA TRAIL), I NOTICED A WHITE JEEP SITTING AT THE LIGHT WAITING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN TO TRAVEL SOUTH. THE JEEP HAD A RED LIGHT BUT WAS STOPPED PAST THE WHITE STOP BAR AND WAS IN THE PEDESTRIAN CROSS WALK. AT THIS TIME I CONTINUED TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES IN THE AREA. AS I PASSED THE INTERSECTION OF WEST GROVER CLEVELAND, WHILE LOOKING IN MY MIRROR, I WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS DRIVING THE WHITE JEEP, MAKE THE LEFT TURN WHILE RUNNING THE RED LIGHT. I COULD SEE THAT THE NORTHBOUND LIGHT WAS GREEN AND I COULD ALSO SEE THE WHITE ENFORCEMENT LIGHT WHICH WAS ON, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE LIGHT COMING OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 490. THIS WHITE ENFORCEMENT LIGHT IS WIRED DIRECTLY INTO THE RED LIGHT AND WHEN THE ENFORCEMENT LIGHT IS ON IT INDICATES THE LIGHT COMING OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 490 IS RED. AT THIS TIME I WAITED FOR THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE TO PASS, AT WHICH TIME I GOT IN BEHIND IT AND RAN THE VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE. AFTER OBTAINING THIS INFORMATION I FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE SOUTH ON U S HIGHWAY 19. THE VEHICLE WAS SWERVING BETWEEN THE LINES ON THE INSIDE LANE AND AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED WEST GREEN ACRES STREET IT ALMOST CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT THEN SLOWLY STARTED TO ACCELERATE, AT which TIME IT GOT INTO THE TURNING LANE TO MAKE A LEFT TURN. I THEN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE ON WEST GREEN ACRES STREET JUST OFF OF U S HIGHWAY 19. AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, I ASKED FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION. SHE DID PROVIDE ME WITH A VEHICLE REGISTRATION. WHILE WAITING FOR HER TO HAND OVER HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, SHE STATED SHE DID NOT HAVE IT ON HER. AT THIS TIME I ASKED HER FOR HER NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. WHILE GETTING THIS INFORMATION, SHE STATED SHE WAS SUSPENDED OUT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. SHE STATED SHE WAS SUSPENDED A COUPLE YEARS AGO. I ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW WHAT IT WAS FOR, TO WHICH SHE STATED, DUI. I ASKED HER HOW LONG AGO SHE HAD RECEIVED THAT DUI, TO WHICH SHE STATED TEN OR ELEVEN YEARS AGO. AT THIS TIME I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND RAN A FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN DRIVER'S LICENSE QUERY THE STATE OF FLORIDA ADVISED THE DEFENDANT ONLY HAD AN IDENTIFICATION CARD WHICH WAS EXPIRED AND THE MICHIGAN CHECK REVEALED THAT SHE WAS SUSPENDED IN REFERENCE TO ALCOHOL, AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN 1999. AT THIS TIME I MADE CONTACT BACK WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHERE SHE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED AND SEARCHED BY DEPUTY GRAMLICH AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. A SEARCH OF THE DRIVER'S AREA, SUBSEQUENT TO ARREST, REVEALED AN OPEN BUD LITE BEER BOTTLE UNDER THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE BOTTLE WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER FULL. IT WAS ALSO COLD AND SWEATY. AT THIS TIME A ROTATION WRECKER DID RESPOND AND TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS BOOKED AND PROCESSED FOR ONE COUNT OF DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE, KNOWINGLY, WITH BOND SET AT $500. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED THREE FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS; 9619RHU8 FOR RUNNING RED LIGHT CIVIL FINE OF $231.00. CITATION 9620 RHU1 FOR OPEN CONTAINER WITH CIVIL FINE OF $166.00, AND CITATION 9621RHU2 FOR KNOWINGLY OPERATING A VEHICLE WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED WITH COURT DATE OF 120309 AT 1300 HOURS CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
