| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MATOS, THOMAS 0675 (AR12-185868) THE DRIVER OF ANY VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A CRASH RESULTING ONLY IN DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE OR OTHER PROPERTY DRIVEN OR ATTENDED BY ANY PERSON, SHALL IMMEDIATELY STOP SUCH VEHICLE AT THE SCENE OF SUCH CRASH OR AS CLOSE THERETO AS POSSIBLE, AND SHALL, FORTHWITH RETURN TO AND IN EVERY EVENT SHALL REMAIN AT THE SCENE OF THE CRASH UNTIL HE HAD FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS OF 316.061 ON 102012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 3249 SOUTH MICHIGAN BOULEVARD IN REFERENCE TO A HIT AND RUN THAT HAD JUST OCCURRED. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, MR SANTO CIARCIA. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND EXITED HIS GARAGE AND NOTICED HIS MAILBOX HAD BEEN HIT. THE VICTIM ADVISED WHEN HE WENT OUT TO INSPECT HIS MAILBOX, HIS NEIGHBOR FROM ACROSS THE STREET, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE WITNESS MR GEORGE ODOM, ADVISED HE HAD WITNESSED A WHITE MERCURY RUN OVER THE MAILBOX AND THEN WITNESSED THE DRIVER LEAVE THE AREA. WHILE THE VICTIM WAS TALKING TO THE WITNESS, THE WITNESS ADVISED âTHATâS HIMâ, REFERENCING A WHITE MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS WHICH WAS DRIVING DOWN MICHIGAN BOULEVARD TOWARD THE VICTIMâS RESIDENCE. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR MICHAEL GILBEAU. THE VICTIM ADVISED THE DRIVER THAT HE HAD HIT HIS (VICTIMâS) MAILBOX, TO WHICH THE DRIVER REPLIED BACK THAT HE DID NOT DO IT. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER THEN TOOK OFF QUICKLY. THE VICTIM ADVISED HE DID OBTAIN A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VICTIM ADVISED THE LICENSE PLATE TO BE A FLORIDA PLATE Z6CBU. A SEARCH OF THIS LICENSE PLATE IN FCIC/NCIC RETURNED RESULTS FOR THE DEFENDANT. A SEARCH OF THE LOCAL AREA WAS PERFORMED AND THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE WAS LOCATED AT HIS RESIDENCE AT 3173 SOUTH ALABAMA AVENUE. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS QUITE OBVIOUSLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL. THE DEFENDANT HAD A DISTINCT ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC SUBSTANCE EMITTING FROM HIS PERSON, GLASSY EYES, SLURRED SPEECH, AND WAS VISIBLY UNBALANCED. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD NOT LEFT HIS RESIDENCE FOR TWO WEEKS. AN INSPECTION OF THE VEHICLE WAS PERFORMED AND THE VEHICLE WAS FOUND TO BE HOT TO THE TOUCH ON BOTH THE HOOD AND THE TIRES, INDICATING IT HAD BEEN RECENTLY DRIVEN. I ALSO OBSERVED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT FRONT BUMPER, WITH BLACK PAINT TRANSFER CONSISTENT WITH THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE MAILBOX. THE DEFENDANT REITERATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN MOVED IN ALMOST TWO WEEKS. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED THAT HE WAS NOT DRIVING DOWN THE VICTIMâS ROAD, WHICH WAS A CONTRADICTION OF HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENT, WHERE HE CLAIMED TO NOT HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR TWO WEEKS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SEARCHED INCIDENT TO ARREST, AND PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT. TO THE DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $250.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. WHILE EN ROUTE TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT MADE SEVERAL SPONTANEOUS UTTERANCES CONTRADICTING PREVIOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT NOT DRIVING. ONE OF THOSE STATEMENTS INCLUDED THAT HE WAS DRIVING WITH A WITNESS SO HE KNEW HE DID NOT HIT THE MAILBOX. BOTH THE VICTIM AND WITNESS FILLED OUT SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WERE LATER TURNED OVER TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 8930GQFX FOR LEAVING THE SCENE OF ACCIDENT WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 110812 AT 1300 HOURS. CRASH REPORT NUMBER 12181036 WAS COMPLETED, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED OVER TO RECORDS. |
