| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLTZHOUSE, JONATHAN 0616 (AR11119713) DID, KNOWING HIS 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 STATUTE 322.34(2). ON 030411 AT 0900 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN the AREA OF 3429 WEST DUNNELLON ROAD. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY SCHAFFER and DEPUTY LAHERA, WHO HAD ALREADY ARRIVED ON SCENE. THEY ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR LAURIER DOSTIE, JR WAS DRIVING HIS PICKUP TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER HEADING WEST ON WEST DUNNELLON ROAD AND THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUS HEADING EAST ON WEST DUNNELLON ROAD. THEY ADVISED BOTH VEHICLES MADE CONTACT WITH THEIR LEFT, FRONT TIRE OF THE SCHOOL BUS AND the LEFT, BACK TIRE OF THE TRAILER. DEPUTY SCHAFFER GAVE ME MR DOSTIE'S DRIVER'S LICENSE AND INFORMATION, AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL BUS OPERATOR'S DRIVER'S LICENSE AND INFORMATION, ALONG WITH THE STUDENTS ON THE BUS. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT REVEALED THAT MR DOSTIE HAD A REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE FOR FOUR DUI'S IN the STATE OF MAINE. THIS WAS NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL THIS DATE 031011. I MADE CONTACT WITH MR DOSTIE, WHO THEN HAD HIS SISTER BRING HIM FROM his DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT TO the CITRUS COUNTY JAIL FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. REFER TO "DHSMV" ACCIDENT CRASH REPORT NUMBER 81556524 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. MR DOSTIE WAS GIVEN FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 8110-ROZ2, FOR DRIVING ON A REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE, WITH FOUR DUI'S IN THE STATE OF MAINE. A MANDATORY COURT DATE WAS SET FOR 032411 AT 1300 HOURS. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE AND STATED HE DID NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE HIS LICENSE HAD BEEN REVOKED AT TIME, BUT DID COOPERATE WITH MY INVESTIGATION IN TURNING HIMSELF IN TO THIS DEPUTY AT THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL. "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* |
