| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BEETOW, CHARLES 0295 (AR08102334) DID KNOWINGLY, WHILE HIS OPERATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A). ON 032408 AT APPROXIMATELY 2305 HOURS, WHILE TRAVELING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 41 NEAR VAN NESS ROAD, I OBSERVED A WHITE FOUR DOOR LINCOLN BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE H761UC, TRAVELING SOUTH AT A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN A 55 MPH ZONE. THE VEHICLE'S SPEED DID FLUCTUATE FROM 45 MPH UP TO 55 MPH THEN BACK DOWN TO 45 MPH AND STRADDLED the LEFT DOUBLE YELLOW LINE. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED ONTO INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY IN WHICH IT'S SPEED STILL FLUCTUATED. A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED AND CONTACT WAS made with the DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR JULIO MASSA. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED WHY his DRIVING PATTERN AND SPEED WAS FLUCTUATING THE WAY THAT IT WAS, AND HE STATED, HE WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR his DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE PROVIDED ME with FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD M200420564611. A CHECK IN NCIC/FCIC and TELETYPE DID ADVISE that THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVING STATUS WAS SUSPENDED NUMEROUS TIMES, DATES FOLLOWING AS: 081601, 040201, 060104, 090105, 112305, AND 122005. THESE WERE FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (DWLS) KNOWINGLY AND FAILURE TO PAY COURT COSTS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF HE KNEW THAT HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, AND HE STATED, YES and HE HAS NOT PAID HIS FINES. the DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. the DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A UNIFORM TRAFFIC WARNING NUMBER 178003B, FOR SLOW IMPEDING SPEED, AND A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 7241-FGW, FOR KNOWINGLY DWLS, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 041008 AT 1300 HOURS. CONTACT WAS MADE with THE VEHICLE'S OWNER IN WHICH IT WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO HER. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
