| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: JAKOB, RAINER 0670 (AR11119773) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVER'S 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A). ON 031511, DEPUTY DERA WAS ON PATROL ON HIGHWAY 19 NEAR FORT ISLAND TRAIL, AT WHICH TIME HE OBSERVED A RED FORD PICK UP TRUCK HEADING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19. DEPUTY DERA OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE AN INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT, AT WHICH TIME HE CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AND I RESPONDED AS BACK UP. DEPUTY DERA MADE CONTACT WITH the DRIVER/DEFENDANT, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED VIA HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS, MR THOMAS BENNETT. DEPUTY DERA PROVIDED ME WITH THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE, AT WHICH TIME I CHECKED IT VIA NCIC/FCIC, WHICH REVEALED THAT HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED FOR FINANCIAL OBLIGATION AND THAT NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO HIM ON 021111. I MADE CONTACT with THE DEFENDANT AND ADVISED HIM THAT HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I THEN PLACED HIM UNDER ARREST AND HE WAS SEARCHED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED CITATION NUMBER 3708-GJXX FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (DWLS), WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 033111 AT 1300 HOURS. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED A WARNING NUMBER 319841B FOR, INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS SECURED AND LEFT ON SCENE PER HIS REQUEST. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
