| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TAYLOR, TROY 0700 (AR13-6532) DID, KNOWING HER 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, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A); DID KNOWINGLY DISPLAY, CAUSE OR PERMIT TO BE DISPLAYED, AND HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE KNOWING THAT SUCH LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, TO WIT: SUSPENDED ON 050409, FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.32(1); ON 072113, AT APPROXIMATELY 1437 HOURS, I WAS NOTIFIED BY DEPUTY CAREY (0753) THAT A VEHICLE, FITTING THE DESCRIPTION OF THAT USED IN RECENT BURGLARIES, WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON US HIGHWAY 19, HEADING IN MY DIRECTION. AT THAT TIME, I WAS SITTING ON THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN PARKING LOT, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 849 SE US HIGHWAY 19, CRYSTAL RIVER, AND OBSERVED A WHITE IN COLOR, WITH A TAN STRIPE, FORD, F-350 PICKUP TRUCK, TO BE TRAVELING AT A STEADY PACE, WITH A WHITE FEMALE DRIVER. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO ENTER TRAFFIC AND TURN TO TRAVEL SOUTH ON US HIGHWAY 19, THE VEHICLE WAS ALREADY APPROACHING WEST FORT ISLAND TRAIL, CONTINUING SOUTHBOUND. DEPUTY CAREY AND I CONTINUED TO FOLLOW AT A DISTANCE BEHIND, WHEN I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO PULL ON TO THE RACE TRAC PARKING LOT IN HOMOSASSA, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3861 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, HOMOSASSA. AS I PULLED UP BEHIND THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THE WHITE FEMALE DRIVER EXIT THE VEHICLE, WHOM I IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS TIFFANY COLDSNOW, WHOM I AM FAMILIAR WITH THROUGH PRIOR INCIDENTS. AS I APPROACHED, THE DEFENDANT WALKED AWAY FROM THE TRUCK, ENTERING THE RACE TRAC CONVENIENCE STORE. THE OWNER OF THE TRUCK/PASSENGER, MR WOODROW WILSON STORY, III, EXITED THE VEHICLE TO ASCERTAIN WHY I HAD STOPPED BEHIND HIS VEHICLE. I ADVISED MR STORY THAT IT WAS FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES. MR STORY THEN PROVIDED ME WITH HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, WHICH WERE ALL VERIFIED AS VALID. AT THIS TIME, THE DEFENDANT APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, RETURNING FROM THE RACE TRAC CONVENIENCE STORE. AFTER RUNNING HER INFORMATION, IT WAS FOUND THAT HER DRIVER'S LICENSE STATUS WAS SUSPENDED, FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES, WITH NOTICE GIVEN ON 032713. UPON ASKING THE DEFENDANT THE STATUS OF HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, SHE ADVISED THAT IT WAS SUSPENDED, BUT THAT IT WAS NOW REINSTATED. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA REGARDING THIS REINSTATEMENT, AND SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD NOT. THE DEFENDANT THEN PRODUCED A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. I INFORMED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY, AND INFORMED HER THAT IT WAS A STATE MISDEMEANOR AND CRIMINAL TRAFFIC VIOLATION TO POSSESS A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND THAT THIS CHARGE WOULD ALSO BE PLACED AGAINST HER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF, FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY, AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE, WITH HER BOND SET AT A TOTAL OF $750.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION, BEARING CITATION NUMBER 8988GJX9, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY; WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 081513, AT 1300 HOURS, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED FLORIDA CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION, BEARING CITATION NUMBER 8989GJXX, FOR POSSESSION OF A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE; WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 081513, AT 1300 HOURS, CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. |
