| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WATTS, ROSCOE 1299 17-46945 DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, KNOWINGLY, HABITUAL, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(C). ON 040317 AT APPROXIMATELY 1130 HOURS, WHILE CONDUCTING A MOVING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON NORTH CHURCH TERRACE, HERNANDO. I OBSERVED A WHITE TWO-DOOR VEHICLE TRAVELING SOUTH ON NORTH CHURCH TERRACE, AT WHICH TIME I WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT, MR THOMAS ASSELIN, DRIVING, WHO I KNEW TO HAVE A REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE. I DID QUICKLY CONFIRM SAID REVOCATION THROUGH THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE SYSTEM (DAVID). DAVID DID CONFIRM THAT DEFENDANT ASSELIN'S DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN REVOKED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE ON 040807. DAVID ALSO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT STILL REQUIRED ACTION FOR REINSTATEMENT. I THEN CONDUCTED A U-TURN AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A 1994 DODGE STEALTH, WHITE IN COLOR WITH FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 6985TA, AT THE HERNANDO POST OFFICE LOCATED AT 3795 EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD IN HERNANDO. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO I IMMEDIATELY ADVISED THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE PRIVILEGES HAD STILL BEEN REVOKED. THE DEFENDANT, WHO I HAVE PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED ON 052016 FOR THE SAME CHARGES, ADVISED HE WAS CURRENTLY ON PROBATION FOR THAT OFFENSE. HE THEN SHOWED ME HIS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. THE DEFENDANT'S FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS RAN THROUGH TELETYPE. THE TELETYPE OPERATOR 1191 DID CONFIRM THAT THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS REVOKED. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY, HABITUAL. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND THEIR BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEFENDANT, THE VEHICLE WAS SECURED AND LOCKED. THE REGISTERED OWNER, MS RAMONITA MARQUES WAS CONTACTED MS MARQUES ADVISED THAT SHE DID HAVE A SPARE KEY AND WOULD PICK UP THE VEHICLE SHORTLY. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUES FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION A1P30SP FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY, HABITUAL, WITH A COURT DATE OF 042017 AT 0100 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. NOTE: THE DEFENDANT HAS NOT HAD HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE REINSTATED AFTER HIS SUSPENSION FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, CHAPTER 893. THE DEFENDANT HAS NOT COMPLETED THE NECESSARY STEPS NEEDED TO CLEAR THE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE SUSPENSION ALONG WITH THE CHAPTER 893 SUSPENSION. THEREFORE, THE ORIGINAL SUSPENSION IS FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND THEREFORE THE BOND IS SET AT $10,000.000 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
