| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RICCI, ANTHONY 0606 (AR11122170) UNLAWFULLY ENDANGER THE SAFETY OF ANOTHER OR THEIR PROPERTY WHILE INTOXICATED OR DID WHILE INTOXICATED OR DRINKING AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE IN A PUBLIC PLACE CAUSE A PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 856.011. ON 081111 AT APPROXIMATELY 0010 HOURS I ARRIVED ON SCENE AT 1275 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN HOMOSASSA TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO FLORIDA WILDLIFE COMMISSION OFFICER RUSSO N236 WHO HAD DISCOVERED AN INTOXICATED WHITE MALE WALKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 19 WAVING HIS SHIRT IN THE AIR. OFFICER RUSSO ADVISED THAT SHE WAS PROCEEDING NORTHBOUND IN HER FLORIDA WILDLIFE COMMISSION VEHICLE TOWING A BOAT WHEN SHE OBSERVED A WHITE MALE LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM MCGOWAN, STUMBLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 19. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND OBSERVING THIS INDIVIDUAL THIS CAUSED OFFICER RUSSO TO SWERVE OFF OF THE ROAD TO AVOID HITTING HIM. OFFICER RUSSO DID A U-TURN AND PROCEEDED SOUTH STILL OBSERVING THE DEFENDANT TO BE STUMBLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTHBOUND LANE OF HIGHWAY 19. DEPUTY RUSSO THEN PROCEEDED NORTH AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT ASKING HIM FOR HIS IDENTIFICATION AS WELL AS REQUESTING BACK UP FROM THIS AGENCY. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED OFFICER RUSSO TO BE OUTSIDE OF HER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE EAGLE BUICK DEALERSHIP SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, I NOTICED THAT HE WAS STUMBLING AND SWAYING. AS I GOT CLOSER, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO HAVE SLURRED SPEECH AS WELL AS THE ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM HIS BREATH AND PERSON AND ALSO HAD HIS SHIRT OFF. AT THAT TIME OFFICER RUSSO ADVISED ME OF THE ABOVE INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO THE STOP, PROVIDED ME WITH THE DEFENDANT'S IDENTIFICATION. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FROM WHICH DIRECTION HE HAD COME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HIGH OCTANE. HE THEN ADVISED THAT HE HAD ARRIVED WITH ONE OF HIS NEIGHBORS AND UPON CLOSING TIME, THEY TOOK OFF WITHOUT HIM. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE KNEW HE WAS STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE THOUGHT HE WAS STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS WAIVING HIS SHIRT TO FLAG DOWN TRAFFIC TO ASK FOR A RIDE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DISORDERLY INTOXICATION, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), 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 $150.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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 your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
