| Date of birth: | Sep 30, 1959 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: WELLS, CHANDLER (0748) FWC (AR16-20114) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HIS NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, AND HAS A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .08 OR MORE GRAMS OF ALCOHOL PER 210 LITERS OF BREATH, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 327.35(1)(C) ON FRIDAY JULY 2, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 2030 HOURS F.W.C. LIEUTENANT JOHN JONES AND I WERE ON WATER PATROL IN KINGS BAY CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA. WE OBSERVED A VESSEL VIOLATE THE POSTED IDLE SPEED ZONE IN FRONT OF PETEâS PIER MARINA. I INITIATED A VESSEL STOP ON THE VESSEL AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE OPERATOR, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, PERRY WHITMAN. I ADVISED THE WHITMAN WHY WE STOPPED HIM AN ASKED HIM TO PRODUCE THE FOLLOWING BOATING SAFETY GEAR, A LIFE JACKET FOR EACH PERSON ON BOARD, TYPE FOUR THROW ABLE, SOUND PRODUCING DEVICE, FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND HIS BOATING REGISTRATION. WHITMAN MUMBLED AND STARED AT ME FOR A FEW MINUTES. WHITMAN THEN BEGAN DIGGING AROUND IN THE CENTER CONSOLE BOX. WHITMANâS MOVEMENTS WERE SLOW, HIS SPEECH WAS SLURRED AND HE HAD A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL EMITTING FROM HIS PERSON. WHITMAN WAS ALSO USING THE STEERING WHEEL TO BRACE HIMSELF. WHITMAN THEN HANDED ME A SEA TOW MEMBERSHIP CARD THAT I DID NOT ASK FOR. I THEN ASKED WHITMAN AGAIN FOR THE REQUIRED BOATING SAFETY GEAR AND HE STATED IT WAS UP FRONT IN THE BOAT. I ASKED WHITMAN TO SHOW ME THE ITEMS I HAD REQUESTED. WHITMAN STOOD UP BUT NEEDED TO HOLD ONTO THE CENTER CONSOLE TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE. WHITMAN MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE VESSEL AND BEGAN TO RETRIEVE THE REQUESTED SAFETY GEAR. WHITMAN STOPPED BEFORE LOCATION THE ITEMS AND BEGAN STARING AT US WITH A BLANK STARE. AT THAT TIME I ADVISED WHITMAN THAT I HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS OPERATING HIS VESSEL WHILE BEING IMPAIRED. I ASKED WHITMAN IF HE WOULD STEP ABOARD MY VESSEL TO CONDUCT FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS TO MAKE SURE HE WAS OK TO OPERATE HIS VESSEL. WHITMAN COMPLIED AND STARTED TO STEP ABOARD MY VESSEL AND REQUIRED THE HELP OF LT. JONES SO HE WOULD NOT FALL. WHILE I WAS CONDUCTING THE FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS LT. JONES MANEUVERED OUR VESSELS TO THE DOCK AT PETEâS PIER MARINA. TASK 1: HORIZONTAL GAZE AND NYSTAGMUS THE TASK DIRECTIONS WERE READ FROM A PREPARED TEXT. THE FOLLOWING CLUES WERE NOTED WHITMAN HAD LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. DISTINCT AND SUSTAINED NYSTAGMUS IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. WHITMAN ALSO HAD ONSET OF NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO 45 DEGREES IN BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. TASK 2: FINGER TO NOSE THE TASK DIRECTIONS WERE READ AND DEMONSTRATED FROM A PREPARED TEXT. WHITMAN USED THE WRONG HAND AND HESITATED. WHITMAN DID NOT USE HIS FINGER TIP AND MISSED HIS NOSE 5 TIMES. WHITMAN SEARCHED FOR HIS NOSE WHILE PERFORMING THIS TASK ALSO. TASK 3: ONE LEG STAND THE TASKS WERE READ AND DEMONSTRATED FROM A PREPARED TEXT. WHITMAN SWAYED AND USED HIM ARMS FOR BALANCE. WHITMAN PUT HIS FOOT DOWN AFTER COUNTING TO ONE THOUSAND ONE. WHITMAN THEN STARTED THE TASK AGAIN AND SET HIS FOOT DOWN WITHOUT COUNTING AND STATED HE DID NOT WANT TO DO ANYMORE. AT THIS TIME I ADVISED WHITMAN I HAD PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE HE WAS OPERATING HIS VESSEL WHILE IMPAIRED. AT THAT TIME HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL BY THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE JAIL WHITMAN WAS READ HIS IMPLIED CONSENT AND ASKED TO SUBMIT AN APPROVED TEST OF HIS BREATH TO DETERMINE THE ALCOHOL CONTENT. WHITMAN CONSENTED TO THE TEST WITH THE RESULTS OF. SAMPLE 1 .246, SAMPLE 2 .248. WHITMAN WAS ISSUED A CITATION, (V469005) FOR OPERATING A VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND A CITATION, (V469004) FOR VIOLATION OF AN IDLE SPEED MANATEE ZONE. WHITMAN WAS ISSUED A COURT DATE TO APPEAR ON JULY 21, 2016 AT 1:00PM AT THE CITRUS COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS IN INVERNESS FLORIDA. |
| Inmate name: | PERRY WHITMAN |
| Arrest number: | 20114 |
| Arrest date: | Jul 2, 2016 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 327.35(1)(C) |
| Charge description: | Boat Under Influence - 1st Off - BAC .08 Grams per 210 |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
