| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, ROY 0421 (AR10117584) DID, KNOWING her 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, SECOND OFFENSE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(B). ON 102610 AT APPROXIMATELY 1356 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF INDEPENDENCE AND STATE ROAD 44 AS BACKUP FOR DEPUTY SMITH ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON MAKING CONTACT, DEPUTY SMITH ADVISED THAT HE HAD STOPPED THIS VEHICLE FOR IMPEDING the FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND UPON MAKING CONTACT with the DRIVER (MS LORI KOHLS/DEFENDANT) SHE ADVISED HER LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION THROUGH NCIC/FCIC I DID LOCATE THAT HER LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED in the STATE OF ARKANSAS (LICENSE NUMBER 503946933) FOR "DUI", AS WELL AS IN THE STATE OF WYOMING (LICENSE NUMBER 102293-222) FOR "DUI". IT SHOWED MULTIPLE ARRESTS IN WYOMING FOR "DUI", AS WELL AS A CONVICTION FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. I ADVISED THE DRIVER I WAS PLACING HER UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING ON SUSPENDED LICENSE. WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, WHO RESPONDED TO MY LOCATION. AT THAT POINT, I ADVISED THE OWNER THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR HER TO ALLOW THIS DRIVER TO OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE in the STATE OF FLORIDA DUE TO the MULTIPLE SUSPENDED LICENSES. I THEN HANDCUFFED THE DEFENDANT BEHIND HER BACK, CONFIRMED SHE HAD NO WEAPONS AND SECURED HER IN THE BACK OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. she WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE WITH COURT DATE OF 111810 AT 1300 HOURS. "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* |
