| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COLEMAN, BRIAN 0247 (AR09110010) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(1). ON 071409 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 HOURS, DEPUTIES WERE ADVISED OF A RECKLESS DRIVER ON HIGHWAY 486 NORTH OF HIGHWAY 44. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER OF A RED DODGE BEARING FLORIDA TAG I342WF HAD RUN APPROXIMATELY FIVE VEHICLES OFF OF THE ROADWAY AND WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD. I PROCEEDED TOWARD DUNKENFIELD AND HIGHWAY 44, AT WHICH TIME DISPATCH ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS SOUTHBOUND ON DUNKENFIELD. AFTER HEADING SOUTHBOUND, I OBSERVED THREE VEHICLES AHEAD OF MY LOCATION, WITH THE FIRST BEING A RED SMALLER VEHICLE MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CATCH UP TO THE VEHICLE, I COULD OBSERVE THE VEHICLE CROSSING OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ABOUT ONE HALF WAY INTO THE OPPOSITE LANE. THE VEHICLE WOULD THEN DRIFT BACK WITH BOTH TIRES GOING INTO THE GRASSY SHOULDER. DUE TO THE ROAD HAVING A FEW HILLS, I ACCELERATED WITH MY LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND OBSERVED THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY CROSS OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES ON THE BOTTOM OF A HILL, WITH THE COMPLETE VEHICLE IN THE WRONG LANE OF TRAFFIC. BEING FEARFUL THAT THE VEHICLE MIGHT CAUSE A HEAD-ON COLLISION, I WAS ABLE TO GET BEHIND THE VEHICLE AFTER PASSING TRAFFIC. AT THAT TIME I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE RETURN INTO THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF TRAFFIC, THEN DRIVE COMPLETELY OFF THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD WITH ALL FOUR TIRES BEING ON THE GRASSY SHOULDER. UPON GETTING DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VEHICLE, I COULD OBSERVE A FEMALE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP AND CONTINUED SOUTHBOUND, WITH ME APPROXIMATELY TWO CAR-LENGTHS BEHIND WITH LIGHTS AND SIREN ACTIVATED. AT THE SAME TIME, DEPUTY CLAUDE WAS NORTHBOUND WITH HIS LIGHTS ACTIVATED AND POSITIONED HIMSELF IN THE NORTHBOUND LANE HOPING THE DRIVER WOULD STOP. THE DRIVER CONTINUED SOUTHBOUND PAST DEPUTY CLAUDE, AGAIN CROSSING OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE INTO THE ONCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC. THE DRIVER STILL FAILED TO COME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AT WHICH TIME I PROCEEDED TO PULL ALONGSIDE THE VEHICLE AND COULD SEE THE DRIVER SLIGHTLY HUNCHED OVER, LOOKING FORWARD. AFTER ANOTHER PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET, THE DRIVER FINALLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE ROADWAY AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. I IMMEDIATELY APPROACHED THE DRIVER AND ASKED THE DRIVER TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF, AT WHICH TIME KEYS WERE REMOVED AND PLACED ON THE ROOF OF THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HER DRIVERS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION, AT WHICH TIME SHE PROCEEDED TO FUMBLE THROUGH HER WALLET. THE DRIVER WAS VERY SLOW IN HER RESPONSES, AND WHILE FUMBLING THROUGH HER WALLET, CONTINUED TO DROP MONEY AND DIFFERENT CARDS ONTO THE FLOORBOARD AND BETWEEN THE DOOR AND SEAT AREA. AFTER APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE OF FUMBLING, I ASKED THE DRIVER TO PLACE THE WALLET ON THE PASSENGER SEAT AND TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME SHE FAILED TO PLACE THE WALLET ON THE SEAT AND AFTER ASKING HER A SECOND TIME, PLACED IT ON THE PASSENGER SEAT AND PICKED UP HER POCKETBOOK AND STARTED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AFTER ASKING THE DRIVER TO LEAVE HER POCKETBOOK IN THE VEHICLE, SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND STUMBLED, BENDING AT THE WAIST ALMOST TOUCHING THE GROUND WITH HER HANDS. I ESCORTED HER TO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER APPEARED SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AND HAD FIXED DILATED PUPILS AND WAS VERY SLOW IN HER RESPONSES. WE THEN PROCEEDED ACROSS THE ROADWAY TO CONDUCT FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES AND LOCATED A FLAT SURFACE. I ASKED THE DRIVER IF SHE HAD TAKEN ANY MEDICATIONS, SHE ADVISED SHE HAD NOT. THE DRIVER ALSO ADVISED SHE HAD NO DISABILITIES EXCEPT FOR A SORE BACK. THE FIRST EXERCISE TO BE CONDUCTED WAS THE ONE LEG STAND. DURING THIS EXERCISE, THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN AND DEMONSTRATED BY THIS DEPUTY, AND THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD. DURING THAT TIME, SHE PLACED HER FOOT DOWN AFTER TEN SECONDS AND FAILED TO LOOK AT HER FEET WHILE COUNTING AND NEEDED TO HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS REDONE. AFTER REPEATING THE INSTRUCTIONS AND DEMONSTRATING THE EXERCISE, SHE PLACED HER FOOT DOWN AFTER TWENTY SECONDS, HOPPED AT THAT TIME AND PUT HER FOOT DOWN THREE OTHER TIMES WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE TO EIGHT SECONDS, AT WHICH TIME THE TEST WAS STOPPED. THE NEXT TASK WAS THE WALK AND TURN TASK, DURING THE INSTRUCTION PORTION OF THE EXERCISE, I HAD TO DEMONSTRATE TWICE TO THE DRIVER HOW TO POSITION HER FEET ON THE LINE AND SHE WAS UNABLE TO KEEP HER BALANCE AND STEPPED OFF THE LINE. AFTER REPEATING THE INSTRUCTIONS TWICE AND THE EXERCISE BEGAN, SHE FAILED TO COUNT OUT LOUD ON ALL STEPS, FAILED TO TOUCH HEEL TO TOE ON EACH STEP AND STEPPED OFF THE LINE ON STEP SEVEN. WHILE TURNING, SHE COMPLETELY STEPPED OFF LINE BY APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET, THEN FAILED TO CONDUCT THE TURN PROPERLY AND, WHEN WALKING BACK, THE FIRST SEVEN STEPS WERE OFF THE LINE, AND SHE NEEDED HER ARMS FOR BALANCE. THE THIRD TEST WAS FINGER TO NOSE. DURING THIS TEST, INSTRUCTIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS WERE CONDUCTED. THE DRIVER ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD. DURING THE FIRST ATTEMPT, SHE PLACED HER FINGER ON HER NOSE, BUT LEFT IT THERE AND FAILED TO COMPLETE THIS EXERCISE. I AGAIN NEEDED TO STOP THE EXERCISE AND REDO THE INSTRUCTIONS AND DEMONSTRATION. DURING THE SECOND ATTEMPT, I STARTED OUT HAVING THE DEFENDANT USE HER RIGHT HAND, BUT THE DEFENDANT BEGAN WITH HER LEFT HAND, FAILED TO MOVE HER HAND OUTWARD PRIOR TO TOUCHING HER NOSE. THE SECOND ATTEMPT WAS WITH HER LEFT HAND AND SHE USED HER RIGHT HAND. DURING THE THIRD ATTEMPT, SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO USE HER RIGHT HAND, BUT AGAIN USED THE WRONG HAND, OPENED HER EYES AND STATED SHE "HAD IT BACKWARDS.” AT THAT POINT, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS AND WAS PLACED INTO MY PATROL VEHICLE. MIRANDA WAS READ VIA CARD WITH DEPUTY ANSTED PRESENT. THE DEFENDANT WAIVED HER RIGHTS AT THAT TIME. SHE ADVISED SHE HAD NOT BEEN TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS OR NARCOTICS AND THAT SHE HAD JUST COME FROM BABYSITTING. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE BELIEVED IT WAS 1100 HOURS AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1330 HOURS AT THAT TIME. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS INVENTORIED BY DEPUTY CLAUDE AND TOWED BY GREGG'S TOWING, AND I PROCEEDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITH THE DEFENDANT. WHILE EN ROUTE, THROUGH FURTHER QUESTIONING, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THERE WERE NUMEROUS PEOPLE COMING TO THE RESIDENCE WHERE SHE BABYSAT LAST NIGHT AND THAT AT ONE POINT SHE WAS PROVIDED WITH ONE AND A HALF PILLS, WHICH SHE ADVISED SHE BELIEVED WERE PERCOCET. I ASKED IF SHE WAS SURE THEY WERE PERCOCET, SHE ADVISED SHE WAS NOT SURE. I ALSO ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE TOOK NARCOTICS SOCIALLY, OR IF SHE WAS ADDICTED. SHE ADVISED SHE ONLY TOOK DRUGS ON SOCIAL BASIS. WE THEN ARRIVED AT DETENTION FACILITY WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS READ IMPLIED CONSENT AND AGREED TO TAKE AN INTOXILIZER TEST. THE RESULTS WERE .000, AT WHICH TIME IMPLIED CONSENT WAS READ FOR HER TO CONDUCT A BLOOD TEST FOR NARCOTICS WITH THE BLOOD BEING DRAWN BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS) PERSONNEL AND PLACED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY EVIDENCE LOCKER FOR ANALYSIS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A CRIMINAL CITATION FOR DUI OF NARCOTICS, CITATION NUMBER 8171FYK, WITH A COURT DATE OF 072709 AT 0830 HOURS. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED A TRAFFIC CITATION FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH AN EXPIRED TAG, CITATION NUMBER 8172FYK. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
