| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: INDORATO, THOMAS 0712 (AR11123641) DID DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A HIGHWAY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT HAVING A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE AUTHORIZING HIM TO DO SO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 322.03(1). ON 112111 AT APPROXIMATELY 1615 HOURS WHILE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC CONTROL HEADING WESTBOUND ON EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, I NOTICED A 1993 CHEVY GRAY IN COLOR PICKUP HEADING EASTBOUND ON GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN THE FAR LANE. THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WAS DOWN EXPOSING THE DRIVER WHO WAS CURRENTLY NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. AT THAT TIME, I MADE A U-TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO CATCH UP TO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SPEED UP AND TURNED ONTO SHADY TERRACE. THE VEHICLE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ON SHADY TERRACE AND TURNed DOWN A DIRT DRIVEWAY AT 1651 SOUTH SHADY TERRACE. I THEN ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY OVERHEAD LIGHTS TO INITIATE A TRAFFIC STOP, AT WHICH TIME, THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE. THE DRIVER TRIED TO OPEN UP THE DOOR TO WALK AWAY FROM the vehicle, AT tHaT time, the driver was ordered tO STAY InSIDe HIS VEHiCLE. I THeN APProached the DRIVER, who was LATer IDentified AS the DEFENDANT, mr LEON QUILLEN, WHO WAS CURrently IN CONTrOl OF THe VeHicle. I ASKEd THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS Driver's license, REGistration AND PrOoF OF INSUraNcE, TO WHiCH HE STAted HE Did NOT HaVE ONE AND THAT HE JUST RAN OUT OF GAS. I asKed THE DEFENDANT what HE MEaNt BY NOT HAVing ONE. THE DEFENDANT STated HE HAD NeVEr had A Driver's license OR AN IDentification CARD in the STAte OF FLORiDa. I THEN ADvised the DEFENDANT of THe REASON FOR the TRAFFIC STOP, TO WHiCH HE REPLIED, "YEAH, I KNOW I WAS JUST RUNNING OUT OF GAS.” I THEN OBtained the DEFendant's NAME AND DATE-OF-BIRTH AND WENT BACK TO MY PATRol VEHiCLE. I RAN the DEFENDANT's INformation through TELETYPE TO CONFIRM THaT tHe DEFENDANT HAS never HAD a DRIVER'S LICENSE. TELETYPE CONFIRMED THE DEFENDANT DID NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE; HOWEVER, A NUMBER OF Q450530931390 WAS LOCATED. TELETYPE ADVISED THAT THE INFORMATION WAS CLASSIFIED. I THEN ORDERED the DEFENDANT TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AT which TIME, HE WAS PATTED DOWN FOR WEAPONS OR CONTRABAND, WHICH WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. I THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. HE WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS SEATED IN the REAR SEAT OF DEPUTY WILLIAM'S PATROL VEHICLE. DEPUTY WILLIAMS THEN TRANSPORTED the DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ONCE AT the JAIL, HE WAS TURNED OVER TO THE BOOKING STAFF. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED CRIMINAL CITATION NUMBER 8035-GJX2, FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 120811 AT 1300 HOURS the DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED WARNING CITATION NUMBER 337236B FOR NOT HAVING HIS SEAT BELT ON WHILE OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE. BOTH COPIES WERE TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF. A VIDEO OF THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS COPIED ONTO A "CD" WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE, ALONG WITH A PROPERTY RECEIPT. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $150.00, 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* |
