| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HESSE, NICHOLAS 0689 (AR10117142) DID, BEING A PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS, UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 562.111 ON 093010, AT APPROXIMATELY 0200 HOURS, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MR MELVIN PATTERSON, DRINKING FROM A CAN LABELED "MAX VIBE", WHICH IS AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WITH 12% ALCOHOL BY VOLUME. I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT WHILE ON AN EXTRA PATROL AT GRIFF'S BAR LOCATED AT 102 WEST MAIN STREET AS the DEFENDANT STEPPED IN TO his VEHICLE AND LEFT IN A BLUE DODGE STRATUS BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE R973FP. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THAT the DEFENDANT DID POSSESS THE OPEN CONTAINER AS HE ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND I ALSO OBSERVED AN INOPERABLE HEADLIGHT ON the DRIVERS SIDE. I THEN FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE NORTHBOUND ON US 41 WHERE I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP BY INITIATING MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS, AT which TIME the VEHICLE CAME TO REST IN THE AREA OF 1010 NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE. I IMMEDIATELY MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT WHO WAS IDENTIFIED VIA D.A.V.I.D., AND IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE WAS 19 YEARS OF AGE. I SPOKE WITH THE DEFENDANT FURTHER, WHO SPONTANEOUSLY STATED THAT HE DID DRINK FROM the ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BEFORE GIVING IT TO the PASSENGER WHO CLAIMED IT AS HIS. AT THAT TIME, I CONDUCTED A WANTS and WARRANTS CHECK ON THE DEFENDANT VIA NCIC/FCIC, WHICH REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD A VALID FLORIDA LICENSE AND CURRENTLY HAS NO WARRANTS. I AGAIN MAD CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ADVISED HIM TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS SEARCHED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) AND PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL BY PERSON UNDER 21. I THEN SPOKE WITH DEPUTY VALDES, WHO REMAINED ON SCENE AND COMPLETED A VEHICLE TOW SHEET and AWAITED THE ROTATION WRECKER TO REMOVE the VEHICLE; FOR FURTHER REFER TO HIS SUPPLEMENT. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE HE WAS PROCESSED and TURNED OVER TO STAFF. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $250.00, 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* |
