| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WARD, JOHN 0603 (AR07005573) DID KNOWINGLY, WHILE HIS OPERATOR'S OR CHAUFFEUR'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34. ON 101007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1050 HOURS, I WAS RUNNING TRAFFIC AT THE CORNER OF EAST DAWSON DRIVE AND EAST ROOKS AVENUE, WHEN A WHITE CHEVY PICKUP TRUCK DID NOT STOP FOR THE STOP SIGN. I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS MR RUBEN D QUESSI. I ASKED MR QUESSI FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, AT WHICH TIME, MR QUESSI HANDED ME AN EXPIRED ARGENTINA DRIVER'S PERMIT. WHILE MR QUESSI HANDED IT TO ME, I DID NOTICE A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE IN HIS WALLET. I ASKED MR QUESSI IF I COULD SEE THE FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, AT WHICH TIME, HE HANDED ME A COPY OF HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN ASKED MR QUESSI TO STAY IN HIS VEHICLE WHILE I RAN HIS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION THROUGH DISPATCH. DISPATCH NOTIFIED THIS DEPUTY THAT MR QUESSI'S FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD EXPIRED ON 122605. THEY THEN INFORMED ME THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY FOUR TIMES, WITH DATES OF 030707, 030807, 051607, AND 080107, FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES. DISPATCH ALSO ADVISED THAT MR QUESSI'S VEHICLE REGISTRATION HAD EXPIRED ON 053107. I MADE CONTACT WITH MR QUESSI AGAIN AND ASKED HIM TO STEP OUT OF HIS VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, I PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. I THEN PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SEATED HIM IN MY PATROL VEHICLE. MR QUESSI WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 5434-FGW FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED, UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 5435-FGW FOR RUNNING A STOP SIGN, AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 5436-FGW FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH TELETYPE AND REQUESTED A ROTATION WRECKER, AT WHICH TIME, HOLMAN'S TOWING RESPONDED AND TOWED MR QUESSI'S VEHICLE. I THEN TRANSPORTED MR QUESSI TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
