| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BRIGGS, RICHARD 0089 (AR08105044) did, knowing HER 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 Statute 322.34(2). ON 090508, AT APPROXIMATELY 1207 HOURS, WHILE ON ROUTINE PATROL TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON TURNER CAMP ROAD CONDUCTING MOVING RADAR, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE PAST THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT. AS THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE APPROACHED MINE, THE AUDIO DOPPLER SOUNDED WITH A CLEAR TONE REVEALING THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS, IN FACT, GOING FASTER THAN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT WITH A SPEED OF 43 MILES AN HOUR IN A 25 MILE AN HOUR ZONE. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED MY PATROL VEHICLE AROUND AND ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND SIREN AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT TURNER CAMP ROAD AND FRANKLIN COURT. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT HER VEHICLE. I ASKED FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, AT WHICH TIME, SHE PROVIDED HER DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN ASKED FOR HER REGISTRATION AND SHE STATED SHE HAD BORROWED THE TRUCK AND COULD NOT FIND THE REGISTRATION. I THEN RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECK THROUGH DISPATCH, WHICH REVEALED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS NOT VALID AND IT HAD BEEN SUSPENDED ON 013108 FOR THIRTY DAYS FOR 12 POINTS IN 12 MONTHS AND AS OF 032708 FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. AFTER RECEIVING THIS INFORMATION, I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT HER VEHICLE AND ADVISED HER THAT HER DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED, AT WHICH TIME, SHE INQUIRED AS TO WHERE THE DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FROM. I ADVISED HER THAT I HAD HER DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECKED THROUGH CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DISPATCH, AND SHE STATED SHE BELIEVED SHE HAD TAKEN CARE OF ALL HER CITATIONS. SHE FURTHER STATED SHE HAD EVEN SPOKEN TO THE JUDGE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY, FLORIDA, WHERE SHE HAD PAID OFF HER TRAFFIC CITATIONS. I THEN REQUESTED THE DEFENDANT TO EXIT HER VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, I PLACED HER UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT the SCENE PER HER REQUEST. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED (DWLS) KNOWINGLY, WITH A $500.00 BOND PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC) 8665-FIQ-1 FOR DWLS KNOWINGLY, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 091808, AT 1300 HOURS, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. SHE WAS ISSUED UTC 8666-FIQ-2 FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED OF 43 MILES AN HOUR IN A 25 MILE AN HOUR ZONE WITH A $206.00 FINE. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED WARNING CITATION 231064-B FOR NOT CARRYING HER REGISTRATION. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
