| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR08102315) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, TO THE EXTENT HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193; ON 032308 AT APPROXIMATELY 2240 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF EAST HARVARD STREET AND HIGHLANDS BOULEVARD IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A VEHICLE PARKED IN the ROADWAY WITH the LIGHTS ON, AND THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS MICHELE BUEN, WAS SLUMPED OVER THE STEERING WHEEL. UPON APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION OF EAST HARVARD STREET AND HIGHLANDS BOULEVARD, I OBSERVED A GREEN VEHICLE RUNNING with THE LIGHTS ON, STATIONARY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHLANDS BOULEVARD. AFTER STOPPING AT THE STOP SIGN AT HARVARD STREET AND HIGHLANDS BOULEVARD, I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO BE TO the LEFT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AS I PROCEEDED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, I OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE/DEFENDANT SITTING IN THE DRIVER SEAT SLUMPED OVER WITH HER HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL. AT THIS TIME the DEFENDANT DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DEPUTY. I THEN CONDUCTED A U-TURN ON THE VEHICLE AND APPROACHED THE VEHICLE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT IT TOOK SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET HER ATTENTION, AS SHE SEEMED TO BE SOMEWHAT PASSED OUT IN THE VEHICLE. UPON THE DEFENDANT ACKNOWLEDGING ME HER SPEECH WAS VERY SLURRED AND SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF what WAS going ON. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE SHE CAME FROM AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS she STATED, STUMPKNOCKERS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE could PROVIDE ME WITH her DRIVER'S LICENSE and VEHICLE REGISTRATION, TO which SHE MADE NO ATTEMPT TO RETRIEVE and CONTINUED TO SAY THAT SHE JUST CAME FROM STUMPKNOCKERS. I THEN REQUESTED DISPATCH TO HAVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) RESPOND TO MY LOCATION DUE TO THE DEFENDANT BEING SO INCOHERENT. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY HAYNES ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WE ASKED the DEFENDANT TO STEP OUT OF HER VEHICLE. IT TOOK THE DEFENDANT SEVERAL MINUTES TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE. UPON GETTING OUT, SHE WAS VERY UNSTEADY ON HER FEET and WE HAD TO HELP THE DEFENDANT out of THE VEHICLE AND STEADY HER AGAINST her VEHICLE. EMS THEN ARRIVED ON SCENE HOWEVER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS NOT DIABETIC AND DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. DEPUTY HAYNES ATTEMPTED TO GATHER some INFORMATION FROM THE DEFENDANT AS FAR AS IF SHE HAD CONSUMED ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND/OR IF SHE HAD TAKEN ANY TYPE OF MEDICATION, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE HAD NOT HAD ANYTHING TO DRINK. HOWEVER, SHE STATED SHE HAD TAKEN SOME STEROID PILLS that WERE PRESCRIBED TO HER LAST WEEK AROUND FRIDAY 032108. AT THAT TIME I ASKED the DEFENDANT IF SHE WOULD SUBMIT TO FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE DID NOT REPLY. DEPUTY HAYNES THEN READ the DEFENDANT THE INFORMATION THAT IS ON HER DRIVER'S LICENSE REFERENCE TO SUBMITTING TO FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS. WHILE SPEAKING with THE DEFENDANT I DID DETECT A SLIGHT ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM her PERSON and THE DEFENDANT'S EYES WERE EXTREMELY BLOOD SHOT and GLASSY, and SHE COULD NOT SEEM TO KEEP HER EYES OPEN. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO GET the DEFENDANT TO SUBMIT TO she would NOT SUBMIT TO ANY TASKS. HOWEVER, WE ATTEMPTED THE HORIZONTAL GAZE AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT DID NOT PURSUE THE TIP OF THE PEN WITH her EYES SHE CONTINUED TO LOOK STRAIGHT AT DEPUTY HAYNES AND I. DEPUTY HAYNES ATTEMPTED TO have THE DEFENDANT TOUCH THE TIP OF HIS PEN with her RIGHT FINGER, TO WHICH she COMPLETELY MISSED the TIP OF THE PEN, TOUCHING HER HAND ON TO THE TIP OF THE PEN. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DEPUTY HAYNES REMAINED ON SCENE WITH THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE AWAITING A TOW ROTATION WRECKER TO RESPOND. WHILE EN ROUTE TO the DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT APPEARED TO PASS OUT SEVERAL TIMES, TO WHICH I HAD TO STOP my PATROL VEHICLE AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHECK ON her WELLBEING. UPON ARRIVAL AT the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY the DEFENDANT WAS READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT AND MIRANDA WARNINGS. THE DEFENDANT REFUSED the FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS AND TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH. THE DEFENDANT ALSO REFUSED TO SIGN HER BREATH TEST PAPERWORK. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A $500.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 7182-XDO WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 041008 AT 1300 HOURS, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
