| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, LAID 0544 (2012-2495AR) 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(1). ON 082612 AT 0215 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 101 SE US HIGHWAY 19 TO ASSIST CANINE DEPUTY RITLI WITH A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED THE DEFENDANT, MS JULIE M HOFFMAN, HAD SUDDENLY CHANGED LANES DIRECTLY INTO HIS LANE AS HE WAS TRAVELLING NORTH ON US HWY 19. DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED ME HE HAD TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO AVOID A COLLISION. DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED ME WHEN HE INSTRUCTED MS HOFFMAN TO EXIT HER VEHICLE AND GO TO THE FRONT OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE SHE WALKED OUT ALMOST INTO THE MIDDLE LANE OF TRAVEL. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE CLEAR WITH A LIGHT WIND. THE ROADWAY CONDITIONS WERE DRY WITH NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS. I NEXT MET WITH MS HOFFMAN, WHO WAS LEANING AGAINST THE FRONT OF DEPUTY RITLIâS PATROL CAR FOR SUPPORT. I OBSERVED MS HOFFMANâS EYES TO BE WATERY AND REDDENED. I NOTICED HER SPEECH TO BE SLURRED AND THICK TONGUED AND SHE WAS UNSTEADY WHILE WALKING. I DIRECTED MS HOFFMAN TO A PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AT THIS TIME, I ACTIVATED MY IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO PERFORM ANY OF THE SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE STATED NO. TASK ONE, HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. DURING THIS TASK I OBSERVED LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYES AND DISTINCT NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYES. TASK TWO, WALK AND TURN. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT HAD TO BE EXPLAINED THE INSTRUCTIONS TWICE. MS HOFFMAN NEVER TOUCHED HEEL-TO-TOE ON ANY OF THE STEPS. ON THE RETURN SHE COUNTED FOUR, SKIPPED FIVE, THEN COUNTED SIX, THEN BEGAN A THIRD TRIP. TASK THREE, ONE LEG STAND. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT HAD TO BE EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO TWICE. SHE PUT HER FOOT DOWN MORE THAN THREE TIMES AND COULD NOT COMPLETE THE TASK. TASK FOUR, FINGER TO NOSE: THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD. DURING THIS TASK, NO INDICATORS WERE OBSERVED. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS DIRECTED TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. MS HOFFMAN WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI). SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK AND SEARCHED. MS HOFFMAN WAS THEN PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, MS HOFFMAN WAS TURNED OVER TO CORRECTIONS OFFICER OVERBECK. CORRECTIONS OFFICER OVERBECK PROVIDED THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH TEST. THE RESULTS WERE A REFUSAL. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. MS HOFFMAN WAS ISSUED DUI CITATION NUMBER 7157-XGA3 WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE TO BE SET BY THE JUDGE. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 7393-WLQ5, FOR IMPROPER LANE CHANGE, FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 316.085(2). PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, MS HOFFMANâS VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT BY HER PASSENGER AT HER REQUEST. A DVD COPY OF THIS INCIDENT WAS BURNED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE, ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE PROPERTY RECEIPT. |
