| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CORBIN, TERRY 0288 (AR12-1989) THE DEFENDANT DID IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE DRIVE ON THE ROADWAYS OF THIS COUNTY WHILE HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED AND A SUBSEQUENT CHECK OF HER DRIVING RECORD SHOWED THIS TO BE HER THIRD ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI) NOT WITHIN TEN YEARS. ON 071512 WHILE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON US HIGHWAY 19, AS I TRAVELED SOUTHBOUND, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT’S VEHICLE PULLING ON TO US HIGHWAY 19 FROM THE PARKING LOT OF THE GRUMPY GATORS BAR AND GRILL. AS HER VEHICLE PULLED OUT INTO THE RIGHT HAND LANE OF TRAFFIC, SHE EXTENDED THE FRONT END OF HER VEHICLE PARTIALLY INTO THE LEFT LANE OF TRAFFIC, CAUSING A VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE LEFT LANE TO SLOW DOWN. THE DEFENDANT THEN CONTINUED SOUTHBOUND, WEAVING IN THE LANE, DRIFTING FROM SIDE TO SIDE, SEVERAL TIMES MAKING CONTACT WITH THE WHITE FOG LINE. THE VEHICLE WHOSE PATH SHE HAD AFFECTED, WHICH HAD BEEN TRAVELING AT A CONSISTENT 55 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 48 MPH AND WOULD NOT PASS THE DEFENDANT’S VEHICLE, APPARENTLY DUE TO HER DRIVING PATTERN. AS WE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION FOR THE ENTRANCE TO MIKE’S FRIENDLY PUB, THE DEFENDANT ACTIVATED HER TURN SIGNAL AND TURNED RIGHT, CROSSING COMPLETELY IN TO THE LEFT HAND LANE OF TRAFFIC AS SHE TURNED TOWARD MIKE’S FRIENDLY PUB. AT THIS TIME, I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND FOLLOWED HER INTO THE PARKING LOT. AS SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE, COMPLETELY IGNORING MY PATROL VEHICLE WITH FLASHING LIGHTS PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND HER, THE DEFENDANT STAGGERED, MOMENTARILY USED THE DOOR TO BALANCE HERSELF, THEN CLOSED THE DOOR AND BEGAN WALKING AWAY, COMPLETELY IGNORING THIS DEPUTY. I CALLED FOR HER TO STOP AND APPROACHED HER. WHEN THE DEFENDANT TURNED, I IDENTIFIED MYSELF, ADVISED HER OF THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP AND REQUESTED HER DRIVER’S LICENSE WHICH SHE PROVIDED. THE DEFENDANT, IDENTIFIED AS MS PAMELA FOX KELLEY, WAS VERY UNSTEADY ON HER FEET. HER EYES WERE GLOSSY, HER FACE WAS FLUSH AND WHEN SHE SPOKE, A STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTED FROM HER BREATH. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED HER HOW MUCH SHE HAD HAD TO DRINK AND SHE STATED “THREE BEERS, MAYBE FOUR.” I REQUESTED SHE SUBMIT TO A SERIES OF FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS WHICH SHE REFUSED. SHE ALSO REFUSED A SECOND REQUEST AFTER BEING TOLD I HAD ENOUGH PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST HER FOR DUI. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO BE VERY UNSTEADY ON HER FEET AND AFTER TWO REQUESTS, SHE EXTINGUISHED THE CIGARETTE SHE WAS HOLDING. SHE WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK, SEATED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHERE SHE WAS READ IMPLIED CONSENT FROM A PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND SHE AGAIN REFUSED. INSIDE THE CLOSED CONFINES OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, THE SMELL OF THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WAS EXTREMELY STRONG AND THE DEFENDANT’S SPEECH WAS SLURRED. AT HER REQUEST, I SECURED HER VEHICLE AND TRANSPORT HER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK SHOWED THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED BY PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 112487 FOR DUI, WITH A CONVICTION OF 121987. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ARRESTED BY PINELLAS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, 022197 FOR DUI, WITH A CONVICTION OF 051297. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH DUI, THIRD OFFENSE, NOT WITHIN TEN YEARS. THE DEFENDANT REFUSED ALL SOBRIETY TASKS AT THE DETENTION FACILITY. SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ISSUED FLORIDA DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 4392-XDX9, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE DATE ON 080212 AT 1300 HOURS. SHE WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 9275-FXZX, FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1939(1)(E) FOR REFUSAL TO SUBMIT. THE DEFENDANT’S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
