| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SETTLES, KATHERINE 0113 (AR10118181) DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY SETTLES, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: REFUSED TO OBEY COMMANDS TO STAND STILL UPON TRYING TO OBTAIN IDENTIFICATION, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 120210, I WAS DISPATCHED TO A VEHICLE SITTING IN THE TRAVEL LANE ON HIGHWAY 491 NORTH BOUND JUST SOUTH OF EDUCATIONAL PATH. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED A WHITE CADILLAC IN THE THROUGH LANE ON HIGHWAY 491. I PULLED IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE ACTIVATING MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SPOT LIGHT. UPON APPROACHING THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS RUNNING, I OBSERVED A WHITE MALE CURLED UP IN THE FRONT SEAT. THE SUBJECT DID NOT RESPOND TO ME TAPPING ON THE WINDOW, AT WHICH TIME, I OBSERVED THE DOOR KNOB TO BE UNLOCKED AND I OPENED THE DRIVER'S DOOR, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK, SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF, AND REMOVED THE KEYS FROM THE IGNITION PLACING THEM ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER SEVERAL VERBAL COMMANDS AND GETTING NO RESPONSE, I THEN EXECUTED A STERNUM RUB IN AN ATTEMPT TO REVIVE THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT. AFTER THREE TO FOUR MORE STERNUM RUBS, THE DEFENDANT OPENED HIS EYES AND STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY UNSTEADY ON HIS FEET AND STARTED STUMBLING. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO KEEP HIM FROM STUMBLING INTO TRAFFIC PASSING BY, HE BECAME IRATE AND STARTED PUSHING AGAINST THIS DEPUTY. AT THAT TIME, I GUIDED HIM TO THE REAR OF HIS VEHICLE WHILE CONTINUING TO GIVE VERBAL COMMANDS FOR HIM TO GIVE A NAME. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO PHYSICALLY PUSH AGAINST THIS DEPUTY, AT WHICH TIME, I PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT VIOLENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION WAS FOUND ON HIS PERSON IDENTIFYING HIM AS THE DEFENDANT, MR LARRY MCDONALD. OTHER UNITS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO TAKE CARE OF THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $500 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* |
