| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HRYC, CHRISTOPHER 0701 (AR11122168) 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 080711, I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM DETECTIVE MARSHALL 0453, STATING THAT HE received INFORMATION THAT A BLACK MALE NAMED MARTAVIUS HOUSTON WAS DRIVING in the CRYSTAL RIVER AREA IN A 2003 MERCEDES BENZ BEARING TAG 566THZ AND THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. ALSO ON THAT DATE I REVIEWED MR HOUSTON'S "D.A.V.I.D." PROFILE TO LOOK AT his PHOTOGRAPH AND TO CONFIRM HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED IN CASE I RAN ACROSS HIM. ON TODAY'S DATE I SAW A SILVER MERCEDES TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19 AT THE INTERSECTION OF NE 3RD AVENUE. I WAS ABLE TO SEE DIRECTLY IN THE WINDSHIELD OF THE MERCEDES AND WAS ABLE TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY THE DEFENDANT MARTAVIUS HOUSTON WAS OPERATING the VEHICLE. I POSITIONED MY PATROL VEHICLE DIRECTLY BEHIND MR HOUSTON'S VEHICLE and RAN A LICENSE PLATE CHECK. NCIC/FCIC ADVISED THAT HIS LICENSE WAS NOT VALID. I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP USING MY LIGHTS AND SIREN AT THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 19 AND NE 6TH STREET. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MR HOUSTON, AND REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. HE ADVISED HE DID NOT HAVE ONE. HE STATED THAT IT WAS SUSPENDED FOR A WINDOW TINT TICKET THAT HE HAD RECENTLY GOTTEN. I THEN RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND RAN THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE HISTORY IN OUR PS-NET SYSTEM and I NOTICED THAT ON 080711 DEPUTY NEAL HAD ISSUED A CITATION, NUMBER 9494-RYU-1, TO THE DEFENDANT FOR UNKNOWINGLY DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I NOTICED THAT SINCE THAT DATE, HIS LICENSE HAS NOT BEEN REINSTATED. I ALSO NOTICED THAT HE HAD THREE SEPARATE SUSPENSIONS. THE FIRST ONE ON WAS 062911 FOR CHILD SUPPORT, THE NEXT ON 071811 FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES, and ALSO ON 072511 FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH MR HOUSTON ONCE AGAIN, PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. GREGG'S CAR CARE RESPONDED TO MY LOCATION TO TOW THE VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HE WAS ISSUED A CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION 4480-GQF-X FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED WITH A MISDEMEANOR COURT DATE OF 082511 AT 1300 HOURS. A COPY OF THE CITATION WAS TURNED IN with HIS PROPERTY. HE WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF AND BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 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* |
