| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOWARD, RUSSELL 0297 (AR15-16644) 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 HIS NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(1)(A). DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE AT A TIME WHEN HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS .08 PER CENT OR ABOVE AND BY REASON OF SUCH OPERATION OF A VEHICLE CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER, TO WIT: A LIGHT POLE AND SHRUBS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(A)(B)(C)(1). DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS 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). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: POWDERED COCAINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: THREE CRACK COCAINE PIPES WITH RESIDUE, A ROLLED UP TWENTY DOLLAR BILL USED AS A NOSE STRAW, ONE CHORE BOY SCREEN, AND ONE PIPE PACKER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY WILLIAMS (1120) AND DEPUTY MILLER (1337), WHO WERE THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT RAN INTO THE WOODS AND FAILED TO SHOW HIS HANDS WHEN ORDERED TO BY BOTH DEPUTIES, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 093015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1535 HOURS, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF 9147 NORTH GOLFVIEW DRIVE, IN DUNNELLON, IN REFERENCE TO AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING A DRIVER WHO WAS POSSIBLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. DISPATCH ADVISED THAT THE SUBJECT WAS IN A VERBAL CONFRONTATION WITH THE HOMEOWNER WHERE THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. DEPUTY WILLIAMS (1120) RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AS THE PRIMARY DEPUTY AND DEPUTY MILLER (1337) RESPONDED AS THE PRIMARY BACKUP UNIT. DEPUTY BRIGGS (0089) AND I RESPONDED AS SECONDARY BACKUP UNITS. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY WILLIAMS WHO ADVISED THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED ON SCENE HE SAW A WHITE MALE THAT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT, WHO WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, WALKING ALONG THE SIDE OF NORTH GOLFVIEW DRIVE NEAR AGATHA DRIVE. DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HE EXITED HIS PATROL VEHICLE, WHERE HE SAW THE WHITE MALE SUBJECT/DEFENDANT ENTER THE WOODS. DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HE THEN SAW THE DEFENDANT STICK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WOOD LINE AND YELL THAT HE HAD A GUN AND EITHER THE DEPUTY OR HE WOULD DIE. DEPUTY WILLIAMS THEN DREW HIS SERVICE WEAPON AT A LOW READY POSITION AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF, SHERIFFâS OFFICE COME OUT OF THE WOODS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT PRETENDED TO HAVE A FIREARM BY STICKING HIS HAND IN HIS WAISTBAND AND TELLING DEPUTY WILLIAMS THAT HE HAD A GUN. DEPUTY MILLER ARRIVED ON SCENE A SHORT TIME LATER TO ASSIST DEPUTY WILLIAMS, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT TOOK FLIGHT DEEPER INTO THE WOODED AREA. BOTH DEPUTIES PURSUED THE DEFENDANT INTO THE WOODED AREA. THE DEFENDANT THEN TURNED AROUND AND FELL TO THE GROUND. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED THAT HE HAD A .380 PISTOL ON HIM AND STATED AGAIN, ââITâS EITHER ME OR YOU.ââ THE DEFENDANT WAS INSTRUCTED BY DEPUTIES TO SHOW HIS HANDS; HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT WOULD NOT COMPLY. DEPUTY MILLER THEN DEPLOYED HIS TASER, WHICH DID NOT HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE DEFENDANT. AT THAT POINT, DEPUTY MILLER AND DEPUTY WILLIAMS SWITCHED POSITIONS, WHERE DEPUTY MILLER PULLED HIS SERVICE WEAPON AND DEPUTY WILLIAMS PULLED HIS TASER AND DEPLOYED HIS TASER. THIS TIME THE TASER WAS SUCCESSFUL; HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT STILL REFUSED TO REMOVE HIS HANDS FROM UNDERNEATH HIM AND STATED AGAIN HE HAD A GUN. BOTH DEPUTIES THEN TOOK A TACTICAL POSITION AND WERE ABLE TO SECURE THE DEFENDANT AND PLACE HIM IN HANDCUFFS. NO FIREARM WAS LOCATED ON SCENE. UPON ARRIVAL I ASSISTED DEPUTY WILLIAMS AND DEPUTY MILLER WHO WERE IN A WOODED AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA WHERE THE TRAFFIC CRASH OCCURRED AND WERE IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING THE DEFENDANT, MR MICHAEL JOSEPH TOWNSHEND, INTO CUSTODY. AFTER HANDCUFFING THE DEFENDANT THEY REMOVED HIM FROM THE WOODED AREA AND TOOK HIM TO THE ROADWAY AREA ON NORTH GOLFVIEW DRIVE. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WAS CONTACTED TO EVALUATE THE DEFENDANT DUE TO HIS EXCITED SPEECH PATTERN, UNSTEADINESS ON HIS FEET, AND HIS INABILITY TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS SWEATING PROFUSELY AND APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOME TYPE OF NARCOTIC OR DRUG. WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS BEING TREATED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, I WALKED OVER TO WHERE THE CRASH SCENE OCCURRED, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON NORTH GOLFVIEW DRIVE IN HIS MOTHERâS 2006 CHRYSLER CONVERTIBLE, GOLD IN COLOR, WHEN HE LEFT THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH GOLFVIEW DRIVE, DROVE OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND DROVE ACROSS THE SIDEWALK INTO THE YARD OF 9147 NORTH GOLFVIEW DRIVE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STRUCK A LIGHT POLE AND HEDGES LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE LIGHT POLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPERTY, AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE THEN BECAME INOPERABLE. I MADE CONTACT WITH VICTIMS, MS ANGELINA NAVETTA AND MR BILLY HOFFMAN, WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WERE OUTSIDE IN THE YARD WHEN THEY OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT DRIVING HIS VEHICLE, A 2006 CHRYSLER CONVERTIBLE, GOLD IN COLOR, THROUGH THEIR YARD WHERE IT STRUCK THEIR LIGHT POLE AND SHRUBS. THE VICTIMS STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN RAN OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO THEIR FRONT DOOR, WHERE HE TRIED TO GET INSIDE; HOWEVER, THEIR FRONT DOOR WAS LOCKED. THE VICTIMS ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN PICKED UP TWO VASES AND RAN OFF WITH THE VASES. BOTH VICTIMS PROVIDED WRITTEN STATEMENTS. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS IN THE AMBULANCE BEING EVALUATED BY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD OCCURRED IN REFERENCE TO THE TRAFFIC CRASH. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE WAS HIGH ON COCAINE AND HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DRIVING BECAUSE HE DOES NOT HAVE A LICENSE. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I WAS SWITCHING HATS FROM A TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATION TO A DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CRIMINAL CRASH INVESTIGATION. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS, VIA CARD, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED TO SPEAK TO ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD TAKEN A LOT OF COCAINE AND HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN DRIVING. ROAD SIDE SOBRIETY TASKS WERE NOT COMPLETED ON SCENE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS A FLIGHT RISK AND HE HAD NOT BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED AT THAT POINT. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF HIS IMPLIED CONSENT AND ASKED HIM TO PROVIDE A BLOOD SAMPLE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WOULD. I HAD MEDIC 114 (MR TOM DAWICZKOWSKI) OBTAIN THE SAMPLE FROM THE DEFENDANT. THE SAMPLE WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO ME, WHERE IT WAS LATER PLACED IN EVIDENCE. WHILE LOOKING IN AND AT THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE DEPUTY WEAKS (0553) AND I LOCATED A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE THAT CONTAINED A WHITE POWDER, WHICH APPEARED TO POSSIBLY BE COCAINE. WE ALSO LOCATED SEVERAL CRACK COCAINE PIPES WITH RESIDUE ON THEM AND CHORE BOY, WHICH IS USED AS A SCREEN IN PIPES. THESE ITEMS WERE ALSO COLLECTED AND LATER PLACED IN EVIDENCE. THE WHITE SUBSTANCE WAS LATER TESTED AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TAKEN TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM TO BE CLEARED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADMITTED FOR OVERNIGHT OBSERVATION. UPON THE DEFENDANT BEING DISCHARGED FROM CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING UPON ARRIVAL TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 8860XBI5, FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, WITH AN OUT OF CUSTODY COURT DATE ON 102215 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 8862XBI7, FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE, WITH AN OUT OF CUSTODY COURT DATE ON 102215 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, CITATION NUMBER A44K2IE, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED (KNOWINGLY), WITH AN OUT OF CUSTODY COURT DATE ON 102215 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $11,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
