| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUGHES, JAMES 0500 (AR08101996) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY DRIVE UPON THE HIGHWAYS AND ROADS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITHOUT REGISTERING SAID VEHICLE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 320.02(1), AND 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(2)(A). ON 030308, AT 1144 HORUS, WHILE PATROLLING THE AREA OF WEST CRYSTAL STREET, IN CRYSTAL RIVER, I OBSERVED A SMALL RED VEHICLE TRAVEL THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AT NORTHEAST FIRST AVENUE AND WEST CRYSTAL STREET WITHOUT STOPPING, AT WHICH TIME, I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP. PRIOR TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE PLATE ON THE REAR OF IT. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR RUSSELL SCOUTEN, I ASKED HIM FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, AT WHICH TIME, HE ADVISED HE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF HIS STUFF. I ASKED HIM IF THE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED AND HE STATED IT WAS, HE JUST DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE PLATE. I ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HIS NAME, DATE OF BIRTH, AND IF HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS VALID, AT WHICH TIME, HE STATED "I THINK IT IS, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST GOT OUT OF JAIL AND THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE SUSPENDED." I THEN RAN THE DEFENDANT'S INFORMATION THROUGH "DAVID" WHICH REVEALED THAT ON 110707, HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR FAILURE TO A PAY COURT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION. IT ALSO REVEALED THE DEFENDANT HAD NO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN HIS NAME. I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM IF HIS VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED, AND HE ADVISED HE HAD JUST PURCHASED IT AND HAD NOT HAD A CHANCE TO GET THE TAGS. I ALSO ADVISED the DEFENDANT THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED AND THEN ASKED HIM FOR HIS CURRENT ADDRESS, AT WHICH TIME, HE ADVISED HE DID NOT KNOW IT BUT HE BELIEVED IT WAS OFF NORTHEAST 5TH AVENUE OR NORTHEAST 5TH STREET. I THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED (DWLS/R) AND UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE, HANDCUFFED HIM BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED), AND PLACED HIM IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. DEPUTY BEHNEN THEN ARRIVED ON SCENE AS BACKUP AND REMAINED UNTIL ALL PRESTIGE TOWING ARRIVED AND TOWED THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. DEPUTY BEHNEN COMPLETED A TOW SHEET, WHICH WILL BE TURNED INTO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 7802-FGW FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED (DWLS/R) , UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 7803-FGW FOR RUNNING A STOP SIGN WITH A FINE OF $123.50, AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION 7804-FGW FOR UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 032008, AT 1300 HOURS, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
