| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAMBERT, VERONICA 0494 (AR08101995) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HIS/HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193; ON 030308, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF MULBERRY and HUNTINGTON DRIVE, IN REFERENCE TO A CRASH. UPON ARRIVAL, I IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED A SMALL SILVER SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY. UPON EXITING MY PATROL VEHICLE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE SUV HIT A POWER AND TELEPHONE POLE, and THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS SUSAN MERENDA, WAS SITTING in the DRIVER SEAT AND THE AIRBAGS WERE DEPLOYED. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE COULD TURN OFF THE IGNITION AND STEP OUT OF the VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS looking FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE. I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS HURT AND IF SHE NEEDED AN AMBULANCE, TO WHICH SHE STATED, NO SHE WAS FINE. UPON OBSERVING MY SURROUNDINGS, I MADE DISPATCH AWARE THAT A POWER POLE HAD BEEN HIT AND POWER LINES WERE DOWN. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT ONE more TIME TO STEP out of THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS WORRIED FOR HER SAFETY,. DUE TO THE POWER LINES BEING AROUND THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH she STATED, WAIT A MINUTE THAT SHE WAS looking FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE and THAT I NEEDED TO RELAX. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD HAPPED, AND SHE STATED THAT SHE WENT TO THE GAS STATION TO GET GAS AND WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE BACK ROAD HOME, WHEN SHE GOT CONFUSED WITH THE ROAD AND SOMEHOW VEERED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE AND HIT A TREE. I THEN ADVISED HER THAT SHE DID NOT HIT A TREE, THAT SHE HIT A power POLE. the DEFENDANT THEN LOOKED aT ME AND STATED that I WAS LYING and that IT WAS CONSPIRACY. I ASKED HER AGAIN TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND she STARTED STEPPING out OF THE VEHICLE ALMOST LOST her BALANCE FALLING, AT WHICH TIME I REACHED out TO HELP HER SO THAT SHE would NOT FALL. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED TO ME "GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF ME". I THEN ASKED HER TO WALK TOWARDS MY VEHICLE AWAY FROM THE POWER LINES AND AS SHE WAS WALKING SHE WAS STAGGERING. I AGAIN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE WAS HURT, AND SHE REPLIED, NO, TO STOP "FUCKING" ASKING HER THAT IF SHE WAS HURT SHE WOULD SAY SOMETHING. I THEN CHECKED HER NECK AREA AND FACIAL AREA WITH MY FLASHLIGHT TO CONFIRM that THERE WAS NO VISIBLE MARKINGS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, AND I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING AT THIS TIME. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT MY INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE TRAFFIC CRASH WAS OVER and THAT I NOW WAS GOING TO BEGIN AN INVESTIGATION REGARDING DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI). I ADVISED HER THAT I BELIEVED THAT SHE WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE, and THAT IF SHE WOULD BE WILLING TO SUBMIT TO FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS TO RULE THAT OUT. THE DEFENDANT STATED YES, THAT SHE WOULD DO THEM. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANY AILMENTS that would HINDER HER ABILITY TO PERFORM THE TASKS, AND SHE STATED, NO. I ASKED HER IF she HAD ANY PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT would HINDER HER FROM DOING THE WALK AND TURN OR ANY OTHER TEST, AND SHE STATED NO. she THEN ADVISED ME, THAT IF I WAS GOING TO DO THE "FUCKING" TEST TO STOP talking AND DO THEM. I ADVISED the DEFENDANT THAT I would BE WAITING ON ANOTHER UNIT TO ARRIVE ON SCENE SO THAT I HAD SOMEONE MAKING SURE THAT NOBODY would DRIVE OVER THE POWER LINES. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED TO ME THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT REFERENCE THE POWER LINES, AND STATED THAT I WAS MAKING THINGS UP and THAT ALL SHE DID WAS HIT A TREE. AT THAT TIME DEPUTY BERRIOS THEN ARRIVED ON SCENE and MS MERENDA'S DAUGHTER ARRIVED ON SCENE. I THEN ASKED MS MERENDA AGAIN IF SHE WAS WILLING TO SUBMIT TO THE FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS, AND SHE LOOKED AT ME AND STATED, NO I TOOK TOO "FUCKING" LONG TO START THE TEST AND SHE DID NOT FELL LIKE doing THEM. I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT IF SHE REFUSED THAT SHE Could BE ARRESTED, AND SHE STATED TO ME, GO AHEAD AND ARREST HER because she WAS NOT going TO DO THEM. I THEN ADVISED HER TO PUT HER HANDS BEHIND HER BACK, AND SHE STATED, NO. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT ONE MORE TIME TO PUT her HANDS BEHIND her BACK, AND SHE BECAME BELLIGERENT AGAIN STATING THAT EVERYONE IS AGAINST HER. I THEN PLACED ONE HANDCUFF ON HER LEFT HAND TURNING HER AROUND AND PUTTING THE OTHER HANDCUFF ON her RIGHT HAND. I THEN ADVISED her THAT SHE WAS UNDER ARREST and I PATTED her DOWN. THE DEFENDANT STATED TO ME THAT SHE WAS ON PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. SHE STATED that SHE TAKES DIAZEPAM, SEROQUEL and SEVERAL other MEDICATIONS AND THAT WAS PROBABLY WHY SHE WAS ACTING THE WAY SHE WAS ACTING. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE TOOK HER MEDICATION TODAY, and SHE STATED YES. I THEN SECURED THE DEFENDANT IN the REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I SPOKE TO HER DAUGHTER WHO STATED THAT HER MOTHER TAKES SEVERAL TYPES OF MEDICATIONS BUT WAS NOT SURE OF THE NAMES. UPON SEARCHING THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE THIS DEPUTY FOUND A BOTTLE OF DIAZEPAM 10 MILLIGRAMS WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT PILLS INSIDE, SOME BEING VIAGRA, AND ANOTHER BOTTLE OF SEROQUEL 50 MILLIGRAMS WITH THREE PILLS INSIDE. I ALSO DISCOVERED A MANILA ENVELOPE WITH SEVERAL LOOSE PILLS INSIDE, IT IS UNKNOWN WHAT THEY ARE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING and PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT SUBMITTED TO A URINE TEST. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY 5 STAR TOWING. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
