| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOYLE, CHAD 0438 (AR07100265) 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)(B) AND DID BEING THE OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FAIL TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT IN WRITING OF ANY CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN 20 DAYS OF SUCH CHANGE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUE 320.02(4). ON 110807 WHILE IN CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA, I WAS ON WEST RIVER ROAD ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE A POSSIBLY STOLEN VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESCRIBED AS WHITE FORD TAURUS WITH ALABAMA LICENSE PLATE. AT THAT TIME, SAID VEHICLE PASSED MY LOCATION, TO WHICH I GOT BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND RAN THE LICENSE PLATE. THE LICENSE PLATE SHOWED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT STOLEN; HOWEVER THE TAGS ON THE VEHICLE DID EXPIRE IN AUGUST OF 2007. AT THAT TIME, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON the VEHICLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NORTHWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK, AT WHICH TIME, I made CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR LEONARD RAMSEY IV. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED ME WITH HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND AN EXPIRED INSURANCE CARD OF 2006. I THEN RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO CHECK THE STATUS OF THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE. UPON RUNNING the DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE IT WAS REVEALED THAT THIS DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED ON 102407 OUT OF CITRUS COUNTY FOR FAILURE TO PAY THREE TRAFFIC CITATIONS. I ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THE TAGS ON THE LICENSE PLATE WERE EXPIRED. I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD FAILED TO PAY TRAFFIC CITATIONS AND KNEW THAT HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF IT. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADVISED THAT HE WAS AWARE THAT HIS INSURANCE WAS EXPIRED AND THAT HIS REGISTRATION WAS EXPIRED. THE DEFENDANT INITIALLY STATED THAT HE DID NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE MUCH. I ASKED the DEFENDANT WHERE HE WAS CURRENTLY LIVING, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD JUST MOVED FROM OCALA TO THE NORTHWOOD MOBILE HOME PARK. I ASKED HIM HOW LONG HE HAD THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE HAD IT FOR MORE THAN 30 DAYS. I THEN INFORMED THE DEFENDANT that HE HAD ONLY HAD 20 DAYS TO CHANGE THE ADDRESS ON HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE and OBTAIN A FLORIDA REGISTRATION. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN the REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. A SEARCH OF the VEHICLE INCIDENT TO ARREST REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD A BUSH LIGHT BEER BOTTLE WITHIN HIS POSSESSION IN THE VEHICLE. the DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS BOOKED AND PROCESSED. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF KNOWINGLY DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED WITH A $500.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE and ONE COUNT OF REGISTERED OWNER OF VEHICLE FAILURE TO NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY and MOTOR VEHICLES (DHSMV) OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN 20 DAYS with A $500.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY WESTSIDE TOWING AND THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATIONS, 7418-RHU, FOR OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE WITH EXPIRED TAG SIX MONTHS OR LESS WITH A CIVIL FINE OF $73.50, 7419-RHU, FOR POSSESSION OF OPEN CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE BY DRIVER WITH A CIVIL FINE OF $76.50, 7420-RHU, FOR NO PROOF OF INSURANCE WITH A CIVIL FINE OF $76.50. ALL THREE CITATIONS ALL PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS TO THE CLERK OF COURTS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED TWO CRIMINAL CITATIONS, 7421-RHU, FOR KNOWINGLY OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENDED AND 7422-RHU, FOR REGISTERED OWNER OF VEHICLE FAILURE TO NOTIFY DHSMV OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN 20 DAYS. BOTH CITATIONS HAVE A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE OF 120607 AT 1300 HOURS, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
