| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LOVULLO, SARAH 0723 (AR-1956) UNLAWFULLY ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF ANOTHER OR THEIR PROPERTY WHILE INTOXICATED OR DID WHILE INTOXICATED OR DRINKING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN A PUBLIC PLACE CAUSE A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 856.011. ON 071212, AT APPROXIMATELY 2109 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND EAST ORANGE DRIVE IN HERNANDO IN REFERENCE TO AN INTOXICATED FEMALE. I RESPONDED TO THAT AREA AND BEGAN TO âBOLOâ THE AREA, WHERE I LOCATED A SUBJECT/DEFENDANT, CARRYING A CAN IN HER RIGHT HAND WALKING NORTHBOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF HIGHWAY 41 AND ORANGE AVENUE. I FURTHER OBSERVED ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH DIRECTION TO HAVE TO STOP AND SWERVE TO NOT HIT THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT APPEARED TO BE HEAVILY INTOXICATED AND SHE WAS STUMBLING AROUND WITH NO BALANCE, AT WHICH TIME, I OBSERVED HER TO FALL ON TO HER KNEES ON TO THE ROAD. I THEN APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT AND OBSERVED A BLACK AND SILVER BEER 16 OUNCE CAN SITTING NEXT TO HER. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WAS OKAY, AT WHICH TIME, SHE YELLED YES. I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL EMITTING FROM HER BREATH. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STAND UP, AT WHICH TIME, SHE ATTEMPTED TO STAND AND ALMOST FELL BACK DOWN, AND I THEN GRABBED HER RIGHT ARM AND ASSISTED HER OVER TO THE SIDEWALK AND ASKED HER TO SIT DOWN. AT THAT TIME I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANY IDENTIFICATION, WHICH SHE ADVISED NO. I THEN ASKED HER WHAT HER NAME WAS, WHICH SHE STATED, THAT SHE WAS NOT TELLING ME, AND THEN SHE BEGAN TO STUTTER A SENTENCE THAT I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND. I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO BE SO INTOXICATED THAT SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC, BASED ON HER LACK OF ABILITY TO WALK, OR BALANCE HERSELF, AND NOT BEING ABLE TO REMAIN OUT OF TRAFFIC. I THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO HAVE MINOR CUTS AND SCRAPES ON HER KNEES, I ASKED HER IF SHE NEEDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES AT WHICH TIME SHE YELLED AT ME, THAT SHE WOULD BE FINE. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I WAS PLACING HER UNDER ARREST FOR DISORDERLY INTOXICATION. I ASKED HER TO PLACE HER HANDS BEHIND HER BACK, SHE WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE BEER CAN WAS COLLECTED, WHICH WAS COLD TO THE TOUCH AND HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIQUID IN IT THAT SMELLED LIKE ALCOHOL, AT WHICH TIME, I DUMPED THE LIQUID OUT AND PLACED THE CAN IN TO BROWN BAG AND LATER TURNED IT IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE DIVISION. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DUE TO THE DEFENDANTâS REFUSAL TO IDENTIFY HERSELF, AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, BOND WAS SET AT NO BOND, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
