| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEBB, SUE 0422 (10113123) 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). ON 020310, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON HIGHWAY 41 NORTH AND COUNTY ROAD 39, ON A GREEN CHEVROLET 4 DOOR passenger VEHICLE, LICENSE NUMBER ysp2326. PREVIOUS TO THE STOP, I HAD OBSERVED THE VEHICLE COMMIT a TRAFFIC VIOLATIOn. UPON CALLING OuT THE TRAFFIC STOP, I ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS, AT WHICH TIME THE driver of the VEHICLE PULLED OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON THE SHOULDER OF HIGHWAY 41 AT COUNTY ROAD 39. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, I WAS PROVIDeD WITH A NORTH CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE, IN THE NAME OF WALTER JOHN jackson. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED OF THE PURPOSE FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP. I LATER LEARNED THROUGH TELETYPE, THE DEFENDANT'S NORTH CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD ALSO BEEN SUSPENDED. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AGAIN, THE DEFENDANT FIRST STATED HE WAS UNAWARE OF EITHER SUSPENSION AND HAD JUST RECENTLY CLEARED UP A FIVE YEAR HABITUAL SUSPENSION IN FLORIDA IN 2009. IT WAS LATER CLARIFIED THAT HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED ON 051109 FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR ON TRAFFIC SUMMONS, CITATION NUMBER 8654FTQ. THE DEFENDANT'S NORTH CAROLINA DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS ISSUED 012709 THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN FRONT, DUE TO HIS SIZE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE, AND WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, HE STATED HE HAD JUST ARRIVED IN FLORIDA ON THE NIGHT OF 020210. THE DEFENDANT STATED HIS PURPOSE FOR BEING IN FLORIDA WAS TO TAKE CARE of the susPENDED FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS WELL AS A POSSIBLE WARRANT OUT OF ALACHUA COUNTY, BUT I HAD STOPPED HIM PRIOR TO HIS ABILITY TO DO THIS. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED HE KNEW HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED IN NORTH CAROLINA DUE TO THE SUSPENSION IN FLORIDA. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FROM THE SCENE BY A FAMILY MEMBER WHO WAS CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE AT THE DEFENDANT'S REQUEST. A BOND OF $500.00 was pLaCed according to the bond schedule, with a court date 021810 at 1300 hours. THE DEFENDANT was provided a criminal citation, NUMBER 0389esh, as well as a warning, NUMBER 271273B, WHICH WAS ISSUED FOR SPEEDING. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
