| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, JASON 0583 (AR12-00148) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS 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 STATUTE 322.34(2). ON 022812, AT APPROXIMATELY 1823 HOURS, WHILE I WAS STOPPED AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND EDEN DRIVE, I OBSERVED A MAROON IN COLOR DODGE NEON BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE ARMW31, IN FRONT OF ME AND I ALSO OBSERVED that VEHICLE PASSENGER BREAK LIGHT TO NOT BE WORKING. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I THEN INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP BY ACTIVATING MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS, AT WHICH TIME, THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER to the RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. AT THAT TIME, I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT AND THEN ASKED HIM FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WHERE HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE IT ON HIM. I THEN OBTAINED THE DEFENDANTâS NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, WHICH WAS MR KEVIN ANTHONY WEST JR, WITH A DATE OF BIRTH OF 061690. UPON RETURNING TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, I RAN THE DEFENDANTâS INFORMATION IN FCIC/NCIC AND ALSO D.A.V.I.D., WHERE IT REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANTâS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED THREE TIMES FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINE PENALTY AND ALSO FOR FAILURE TO PAY COURT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION. THE LAST DATE THE DEFENDANT HAD RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE SUSPENSION WAS 041811. AT THAT TIME, CONTACT WAS THEN AGAIN MADE with THE DEFENDANT, WHERE HE THEN WAS ASKED TO EXIT HIS VEHICLE AND THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SEARCHED AND SECURED in the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. BEFORE LEAVING THE TRAFFIC STOP SCENE, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER to the PASSENGER, MS MABLE VASQUEZ, AND THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED TWO FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS. FIRST ONE BEARING CITATION NUMBER 5098-GQF-2 FOR INOPERABLE PASSENGER BRAKE LIGHT WITH $116.00 FINE, SECOND ONE BEARING CITATION NUMBER 5097-GQF-1FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED âKNOWINGLY WITH A MISDEMEANOR COURT DATE OF 031512 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
