| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RUBY, SAMUEL 0562 (AR11120000) 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A). DID KNOWINGLY AND UNLAWFULLY ATTACH FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 6303JA TO A VEHICLE OF WHICH IT WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 320.261. ON 032911, I WAS CONDUCTING ROUTINE PATROL ON SOUTH KINDNESS TERRACE WHEN I OBSERVED the DEFENDANT, MS MELISSA DUNHAM DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON SOUTH KINDNESS TERRACE IN A TEAL MAZDA TWO-DOOR. HAVING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF MS DUNHAM'S SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE DUE TO PREVIOUS CONTACT, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AS MS DUNHAM WAS BACKING INTO HER DRIVEWAY ON SOUTH KINDNESS TERRACE. MS DUNHAM EXITED THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE and APPROACHED MY PATROL VEHICLE. I ASKED MS DUNHAM WHY SHE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE KNOWING THAT HER LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND/PASSENGER OF the VEHICLE, HAD BEEN ARGUING ALL DAY BECAUSE HE NEEDED A RIDE TO PROBATION. MS DUNHAM ADVISED THAT SHE FELT OBLIGATED TO TAKE HER HUSBAND TO PROBATION. I ASKED MS DUNHAM WHY THE TAG THAT WAS ON the VEHICLE DID NOT BELONG TO THAT VEHICLE, TO WHICH SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE and A FRIEND GAVE HER THAT TAG TO PUT ON the VEHICLE. CITATION NUMBER 8698-FJX2 WAS PROVIDED TO MS DUNHAM FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (DWLS) AND CITATION NUMBER 8697-GJX1 WAS ALSO GIVEN FOR ATTACHING TAG NOT ASSIGNED. MS DUNHAM WAS GIVEN A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 041411 AT 1300 HOURS FOR BOTH TRAFFIC OFFENSES. MS DUNHAM ADVISED THIS DEPUTY TO CONTACT HER PROBATION OFFICER MR BAKER AT THE INVERNESS OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT 352-560-6000, AND ADVISED THAT SHE WAS CURRENTLY ON PROBATION FOR CHILD NEGLECT. OFFICER BAKER WAS NOT IN the OFFICE AT THE TIME, AT WHICH TIME I SPOKE WITH HIS SUPERVISOR WHO ADVISED TO VIOLATE MS DUNHAM'S PROBATION FOR NEW LAW VIOLATION. MS DUNHAM WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK and TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. MS DUNHAM'S VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT the RESIDENCE. the DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $750.00, 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* |
