| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ALEXANDER, DAWN 0561 (AR12-3760) DID OPERATE A VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND, HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT SHE HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DID WILLFULLY REFUSE OR FAIL TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH DIRECTIVE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1935(1). 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; DID REFUSE TO SIGN A CRIMINAL CITATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW AFTER BEING EXPLAINED THAT SIGNING THE CITATION WAS NOT ADMISSION GUILT IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 318.14(3). DID REFUSE TO SIGN A CRIMINAL CITATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW AFTER BEING EXPLAINED THAT SIGNING THE CITATION WAS NOT ADMISSION GUILT IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 318.14(3). ON 120812, I RECEIVED A DISPATCH CALL IN REFERENCE TO A DRUNK DRIVER IN THE AREA OF ROCK CRUSHER AND HIGHWAY 44. I WAS ADVISED THAT A WHITE FEMALE DRIVING A WHITE JEEP CHEROKEE WITH A UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI LICENSE PLATE OF X68EQ WAS DRIVING IN THE AREA OF ROCK CRUSHER AND THAT SHE WAS VERY INTOXICATED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN ROCK CRUSHER APPROACHING HIGHWAY 44 AND OBSERVED A WHITE JEEP CHEROKEE. I ACTIVATED MY RADAR WHICH CONFIRMED THAT THE WHITE JEEP CHEROKEE WAS DOING 43 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN A POSTED 35 MPH ZONE. AS I PASSED THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER LOOKED RIGHT AT ME. I TURNED AROUND ON THE VEHICLE AND ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS. THE DRIVER OF THE JEEP CHEROKEE TURNED DOWN SUNNYLAND LANE AND ACCELERATED AND ATTEMPTED TO FLEE FROM THIS DEPUTY. THE DRIVER HAD SEEN ME ACTIVATE MY OVERHEADS AND HIT MY SIREN BUT REFUSED TO STOP. I ADVISED DISPATCH THAT THE DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO RUN FROM THIS DEPUTY. THE DRIVER MADE TWO QUICK TURNS AND THEN PULLED INTO HER DRIVEWAY LOCATED AT 6156 WEST PINEDALE CIRCLE, RUNNING OVER THE GRASS, KICKING UP GRAVEL AND TRIED TO GET OUT OF HER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ORDERED BACK INTO HER VEHICLE WHERE I ADVISED HER TO GIVE ME HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. SHE PRODUCED A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AND AN INSURANCE CARD BUT SHE COULD NOT LOCATE A REGISTRATION. AS SOON AS I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMING FROM HER PERSON. I THEN TOOK HER DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH THE NAME OF MS MEGAN BRAMLETT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT. I WENT BACK TO MY VEHICLE AND WAITED FOR A BACK UP DEPUTY TO ARRIVE. DEPUTY CAREY ARRIVED AND I THEN EXITED MY VEHICLE. I ASKED MS BRAMLETT TO EXIT HER VEHICLE TO PERFORM FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES. MS BRAMLETT WAS VERY ARGUMENTATIVE, SAYING SHE DID NOTHING WRONG TO GET PULLED OVER. I INFORMED HER THAT SHE HAD BEEN SPEEDING AND I WAS GOING TO GIVE HER FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES. SHE THEN COMPLIED. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO PERFORM ANY OF THE SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT. TASK ONE, HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THIS TASK, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANY PROBLEMS WITH HER EYES AND SHE ADVISED SHE HAD A STIGMATISM IN BOTH EYES AND STATED THAT SHE WORE GLASSES, BUT HER DRIVER'S LICENSE DOES NOT REQUIRE HER TO WEAR GLASSES AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH HER EYES. DURING THIS TASK, THERE WAS LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. WHEN I WAS EXPLAINING THE TASK I ASKED HER TO TOUCH MY PEN WITH HER RIGHT INDEX FINGER AND SHE USED HER LEFT INDEX FINGER. ALSO, THERE WAS ONSET OF NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO FORTY-FIVE DEGREES IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. THERE WAS DISTINCT NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. TASK TWO; ALPHABET WITH ROMBERG, THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK THE DEFENDANT SWAYED MORE THAN 6 INCHES AND DID NOT SITE THE ALPHABET CORRECTLY. THE DEFENDANT PUT AN X BETWEEN M AND N, THEN DID NOT RECITE THE END OF THE ALPHABET. TASK THREE; ONE LEG STAND. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT LIFTED HER LEG MORE THAN 6 INCHES OFF THE GROUND AND DID NOT LOOK AT HER TOE. TASK FOUR, FINGER TO NOSE. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT DID NOT TOUCH HER NOSE ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS AND DID NOT KEEP HER EYES CLOSED. TASK FIVE: WALK AND TURN. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT DID NOT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS, DID NOT WALK HEEL TO TOE, DID NOT TAKE A SMALL PIVOT WHILE SHE TURNED, AND DID NOT COUNT OUT LOUD. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR FLEEING AND ELUDING AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT REQUESTING HER TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ALCOHOL CONTENT OF HER BLOOD. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE WOULD SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT THE SCENE DUE TO IT BEING IN HER DRIVEWAY. THE DEFENDANTâS MOTHER WHO WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT FLEEING FROM THIS DEPUTY ADVISED SHE WOULD GIVE A WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANTâS MOTHER STATED THAT IT WAS VERY NOTICEABLE THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS TRYING TO FLEE FROM THIS DEPUTY SO THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE ARRESTED AGAIN. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT AND MIRANDA WARNINGS. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH WITH THE TEST RESULTS BEING 0.214 AND 0.199. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT, AFTER MIRANDA, STATED SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING VODKA FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE KNOWS SHE HAS A PROBLEM WITH DRINKING. A COPY OF THE VIDEO OF THE DEFENDANT FLEEING WILL BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH FLEEING AND ELUDING WITH A BOND OF $5000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE AND DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A $1,000.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT I WAS INFORMED AFTER I GOT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY THAT DEPUTY CRIDLAND AND DEPUTY DOYLE HAD BEEN OUT TO THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE, JUST PRIOR TO THIS ARREST. THEY ADVISED THE DEFENDANT NOT TO DRIVE BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO DRUNK AND HAD FAILED FIELD SOBRIETY ACTIONS THEN. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 9704XEI7 WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 010313 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 9467GQF1, FOR FLEEING AND ELUDING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 010313 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED A VERBAL WARNING FOR DOING 43 MPH IN A POSTED 35 MPH ZONE. I EXPLAINED TO THE DEFENDANT THAT SIGNING THE CITATION WAS NOT ADMISSION OF GUILT, IT WAS JUST STATING SHE GOT A COPY OF THE CITATION. THE DEFENDANT REFUSED AND STATED SHE WAS NOT SIGNING ANYTHING BECAUSE I HAD NO REASON TO STOP HER. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF FAILURE TO SIGN A TRAFFIC CITATION, WITH A TOTAL BOND OF $300.00. IT SHOULD BE NOTED ALSO THAT THE DUI IS ENHANCED BECAUSE THE DEFENDANTâS BREATHALYZER TEST RESULTS WERE MORE THAN 0.20. MY IN CAR VIDEO STOPPED WORKING DURING THE FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES. |
