| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HOLTZHOUSE, JONATHAN 0616 (AR11121369) DID, KNOWING her DRIVER'S 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). ON 062111 AT APPROXIMATELY 0040 HOURS WHILE TRAVELING NORTH BOUND ON SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, I OBSERVED A SMALL VEHICLE TURN ONTO SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD INTO THE OUTSIDE LANE AND IT WAS BEARING FLORIDA TAG F164LK. I RAN THE TAG THROUGH FCIC/NCIC AND THE TAG CAME BACK WITH A SEIZE TAG ORDER AND THE REGISTERED OWNER AS A WHITE FEMALE, 5'5" TALL, BORN IN 1983. AS I PULLED UP NEXT TO THE VEHICLE, I DID OBSERVE A WHITE FEMALE DRIVING THE VEHICLE and SHE APPEARED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 27 YEARS OF AGE. AT THIS TIME, I PULLED IN BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS ROBIN ESTEVES, AND ASKED her FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT LOCATED HER DRIVER'S LICENSE IN HER MIDDLE CONSOLE. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED HER THAT HER LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND ASKED HER IF SHE HAD KNOWLEDGE TO which SHE STATED SHE DID AND SHE WAS ONLY DRIVING BECAUSE SHE WAS TAKING TWO DRUNK FRIENDS HOME. THE SUBSEQUENT CHECK OF HER DRIVER'S LICENSE REVEALED THAT IT WAS SUSPENDED FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES ON 031411, 050211, AND 062811, AND IT WAS SUSPENDED ON 051611 FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (FR) SUSPENSION. AT THIS TIME, I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. I DID SEIZE THE TAG FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT WITH K-9 DEPUTY BEHNEN TO BE TOWED BY DAVE'S TOWING. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HER BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED INTO THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ON THE WAY TO THE DETECTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT DID STATE THAT SHE KNEW SHE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING BUT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING IN TAKING HER DRUNK FRIENDS HOME SO THEY WOULD NOT DRIVE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC), NUMBER 8746-ROZ-X, FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE WITH KNOWLEDGE WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE DATE OF 071411 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN A BOND OF $250.00. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
