| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, EVAN 1336 (AR15-14086) 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), AND DID KNOWINGLY ATTACH TO ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OR MOBILE HOME ANY REGISTRATION LICENSE PLATE, OR WHO KNOWINGLY ATTACHES ANY VALIDATION STICKER OR MOBILE HOME STICKER TO A REGISTRATION LICENSE PLATE, WHICH PLATE OR STICKER WAS NOT ISSUED AND ASSIGNED OR LAWFULLY TRANSFERRED TO SUCH VEHICLE, IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 320.261 ON 030315, I WAS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF EAST MARY LUE STREET IN INVERNESS RUNNING STATIONARY RADAR WAITING FOR SPEEDERS. THE AREA OF EAST MARY LUE STREET WHERE I WAS RUNNING TRAFFIC WAS A POSTED 25 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) SPEED ZONE. I OBSERVED A WHITE DODGE STATION WAGON TO BE DRIVING DOWN the ROAD IN MY DIRECTION AND I DID A VISUAL ESTIMATE OF THE VEHICLE AND BELIEVED IT WAS SPEEDING TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH. I THEN TURNED ON MY STATIONARY RADAR AND HEARD A DOPPLER TONE ACCOMPANIED BY A DIGITAL READOUT OF 36 MPH. I TURNED MY RADAR OFF and THEN BACK ON AGAIN, AND RECEIVED ANOTHER DOPPLER TONE and DIGITAL READOUT OF 36 MPH. I MADE A U-TURN ON the VEHICLE, ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN. THE DRIVER OF the VEHICLE KEPT ROLLING DOWN the ROAD and WE EVENTUALLY PULLED OVER AT 2665 EAST MARY LUE STREET WHERE HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND GOT OUT. I INSTRUCTED THE DRIVER, DUE TO NOT STOPPING, TO SHOW ME HIS HANDS AND WALK BACK TO MY VEHICLE. I MADE CONTACT WITH the DEFENDANT, MR ROBERT ERNEST CATARDI. THE DEFENDANT TOLD ME HE DID NOT HAVE A DRIVER'S LICENSE and that WAS WHY HE DID NOT STOP IMMEDIATELY. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, WHICH HE PROVIDED. I RAN THE DEFENDANT THROUGH TELETYPE AND LEARNED THAT HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I ALSO LEARNED THAT the TAG ON THE VEHICLE WAS COMING BACK STOLEN. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE HE HAD GOTTEN THE TAG. HE STATED THAT HE HAD FOUND IT IN HIS SISTER'S YARD AND that she LIVES OFF 581. I RESEARCHED the CASE NUMBER OF the STOLEN TAG AND DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NOT REPORTED STOLEN, BUT LOST OUT OF HOMOSASSA. I HANDCUFFED the DEFENDANT AND PLACED HIM IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL CAR. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT that HE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED AND ALSO FOR ATTACHED TAG NOT ASSIGNED. I WROTE the DEFENDANT A WARNING CITATION FOR SPEEDING, WARNING CITATION NUMBER 389600B, AS WELL AS A CITATION FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, CITATION NUMBER A1BTTQP, AND CITATION FOR ATTACHED TAG NOT ASSIGNED, CITATION NUMBER A1BTTRP. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HIS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $1,500.00. I CALLED the DEFENDANT'S SISTER and ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW IF THE DEFENDANT HAD STOLEN the TAG FROM HER HOUSE. SHE STATED SHE DID NOT KNOW and THAT MAYBE HE JUST FOUND IT IN THE YARD AND IF HE DID TAKE IT FROM THERE, SHE DID NOT WANT TO PRESS ANY CHARGES. I CONTACTED TELETYPE OPERATOR NUMBER 0732 AND the TAG WAS REMOVED FROM NCIC/FCIC AS STOLEN. SEE CASE NUMBER 2014-136175. THE DEFENDANT SIGNED BOTH CITATIONS and WAS PROVIDED A COURT DATE OF 031915, AT 1300 HOURS. ALSO, ALL CITATIONS, the WARNING and LICENSE PLATE WERE TURNED IN TO RECORDS, AND COPIES OF THE CITATIONS WERE TURNED IN TO the JAIL. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE ,ALONG WITH $360.00 CASH, WERE LEFT AT HIS FRIEND'S HOUSE AT 2665 EAST MARY LUE STREET PER the DEFENDANT'S REQUEST. |
