| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WHITSEL, MICK FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL (AR13-7808) \tDID, KNOWING HER DRIVER'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 322.34(5). ON 102713, I WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19, JUST SOUTH OF THE BARGE CANAL BRIDGE. AT THAT TIME, I OBSERVED A SILVER FORD MUSTANG BEARING ALABAMA TAG, 2C96F48, AND OBTAINED A SPEED OF 71 MILES PER HOUR IN A 60 MILES PER HOUR ZONE. AT THAT TIME I DID A TURN AROUND ON THE VEHICLE TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP. I WAS ABLE TO CATCH UP TO SAID VEHICLE JUST NORTH OF THE BARGE CANAL, AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE PULLED OVER ONTO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROADWAY. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND ASKED THE DRIVER WHY SHE WAS DRIVING SO FAST. THE DRIVER STATED THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS ONLY GOING 65 MILES PER HOURS, AND THERE MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH HER SPEEDOMETER. I THEN ASKED HER FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. AT THAT TIME, THE DRIVER HANDED ME A VALID FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD WHICH IDENTIFIED HER AS MS SHANNONJEAN BOOTH (DEFENDANT). I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY SHE HANDED ME A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD AND NOT A FLORIDA DRIVERâS LICENSE, WHERE SHE ADVISED THAT IT WAS A LONG STORY. SHE THEN ADVISED THAT HER DRIVERâS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND HER FATHER HAD PAID ALL THE ASSOCIATED FINES. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT SHE DID NOT GET THE DRIVERâS LICENSE RE- INSTATED BECAUSE SHE IS MOVING TO ALABAMA, AND THOUGHT THAT HER IDENTIFICATION CARD WAS SUFFICIENT BECAUSE SHE HAD PAID ALL OF HER FINES. I CONDUCTED A CHECK OF THE DEFENDANTâS DRIVERâS LICENSE THROUGH THE âDAVIDâ SYSTEM, WHICH REVEALED THE DEFENDANTâS DRIVERâS LICENSE WAS REVOKED. IT FURTHER SHOWED THE DEFENDANT HAD SEVERAL SUSPENSIONS, INCLUDING ONE FOR A DUI IN 2004 AND ONE FOR HABITUAL OFFENDER IN 2006. AT THAT TIME I RETURNED TO THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE AND ASKED HER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST AS A HABITUAL OFFENDER FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED KNOWINGLY. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SEATED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THE DEFENDANT WAS DRIVING BELONGED TO HER BOYFRIEND, MR CHRIS ODOM, WHO WAS THE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. MR ODOM TOOK OF THE CUSTODY OF THE VEHICLE PRIOR TO LEAVING SCENE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, A12HJ4E, FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVERâS LICENSE AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, A12HJ3E, FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED. |
