| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CASOLA, JOSEPH 0314 (AR07004585) DID DRIVE OR WAS IN THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED AND BY REASON OF SUCH OPERATION DID CAUSE DAMAGE THE PROPERTY OF ANOTHER, TO-WIT: THE VEHICLE BELONGING TO A CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DETECTIVE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 316.193(A)(B)(C)(1) ON 081907 AT APPROXIMATELY 1813 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE KASH N KARRY SUPERMARKET LOCATED AT 1651 SOUTHEAST US HIGHWAY 19 IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A MINOR VEHICLE CRASH, INVOLVING TWO VEHICLES. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE CRASH, I WAS NOTIFIED BY DEPUTY B LAMBERT THAT PRIOR TO THE CRASH OCCURRING, HE HAD BEEN DISPATCHED TO A RECKLESS DRIVER CALL, INVOLVING THE DEFENDANT AND THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. DEPUTY LAMBERT ALSO ADVISED THAT WHILE HE WAS ON US HIGHWAY 19 IN THE AREA OF CRYSTAL RIVER, HE OBSERVED THE WHITE FORD EXPLORER WITH A WHITE FEMALE DRIVER, BEARING A FLORIDA TEMPORARY TAG OF Q264653, TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19, SOUTH OF SOUTHEAST 8TH AVENUE. DEPUTY LAMBERT GOT BEHIND SAID VEHICLE TO OBSERVE ITS DRIVING PATTERN. UPON DOING SO, HE OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TRAVEL OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE SHOULDER TWICE. AS THE VEHICLE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 19 AND SOUTHEAST 8TH AVENUE, TRAFFIC AHEAD OF THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP BECAUSE OF THE RED TRAFFIC SIGNAL. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY LAMBERT OBSERVED THE WHITE FORD EXPLORER IMPACT THE REAR OF A GREY FORD CROWN VICTORIA WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED TO BE THE PATROL VEHICLE OF DETECTIVE DOUGLAS LOFREDDO OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UPON MY ARRIVAL AT THE CRASH SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 1823 HOURS, I WAS ADVISED OF THE ABOVE STATEMENT BY DEPUTY LAMBERT. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE WHITE FORD EXPLORER, LATER IDENTIFIED THROUGH HER FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS THE DEFENDANT, MS TERESA GASKINS. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MS GASKINS, I OBSERVED HER EYES TO BE GLASSY. I ALSO OBSERVED HER TO BE UNSTEADY ON HER FEET. MS GASKINS DID NOT KNOW WHAT COUNTY SHE WAS IN AND ONLY STATED SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REACH INVERNESS. WHEN I ASKED HER IF SHE KNEW WHAT COUNTY SHE WAS IN, SHE ADVISED SHE BELIEVED SHE WAS IN PALM HARBOR. I THEN REQUESTED MS GASKINS SUBMIT TO A SERIES OF FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE WOULD. PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE TASKS, I ASKED MS GASKINS IF SHE WORE GLASSES OR HAD ANY MENTAL OF PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO PERFORM ANY OF THE SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED NO. TASK ONE, HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THIS TASK, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH HIS/HER EYES. DURING THIS TASK, THERE WAS LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. ALSO, THERE WAS ONSET OF NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO FORTY-FIVE DEGREES IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. THERE WAS DISTINCT NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. I ALSO ADMINISTERED THE VERTICAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS BECAUSE I SUSPECTED MS GASKINS TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A NARCOTIC. AT THAT TIME, MS GASKINS ALSO DISPLAYED VERTICAL NYSTAGMUS. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT MS GASKINS WAS NOT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS. DURING THIS TASK, MS GASKINS WAS UNSTEADY ON HER FEET AND WAS LOOSING HER BALANCE. TASK TWO, WALK AND TURN. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEFENDANT. DURING THIS TASK, THE DEFENDANT COULD NOT MAINTAIN HER BALANCE, FAILED TO START THE TASK DUE TO HER LACK OF BALANCE, USED ARMS IN AN ATTEMPT TO REGAIN HER BALANCE AND ATTEMPTED TO HOLD ON TO THIS DEPUTY TO MAINTAIN HER BALANCE. THE TASK WAS STOPPED IN FEAR THAT THE DEFENDANT MIGHT FALL AND INJURE HERSELF. NO OTHER TASKS WERE ATTEMPTED DUE TO THE DEFENDANT'S LACK OF BALANCE AND FEAR THAT SHE MIGHT FALL WHILE ATTEMPTING ANY OTHER TASKS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA CARD. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT REQUESTING HER TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE ALCOHOL CONTENT OF HER BLOOD. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE WOULD SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS SECURED AND LEFT AT THE SCENE, PER THE DEFENDANT'S REQUEST. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT AND MIRANDA WARNINGS BY THE INTOXILYZER OPERATOR. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH WITH THE TEST RESULTS BEING .000. UPON LEARNING THE RESULTS OF THE DEFENDANT'S BREATH TEST, I REQUESTED THAT THE DEFENDANT SUBMIT TO A TEST OF HER URINE TO DETERMINE HER LEVEL OF IMPAIRMENT, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO SUBMIT TO A TEST OF HER URINE. A REFUSAL AFFIDAVIT FORM WAS COMPLETED AND THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED DUI UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 7613-XAD WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 090607 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A $500.00 BOND, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
