| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DUNN, MICHAEL 0754 (AR12124884) THE DEFENDANT DID DRIVE OR WAS IN ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A VEHICLE WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE, MODEL GLUE OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893 OR CHAPTER 877.111 TO THE EXTENT HER NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(1) ON 022012, I WAS SITTING IN THE MEDIAN OF US HIGHWAY 19, FACING SOUTH, WHEN I OBSERVED A VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTH WITH NO HEADLIGHTS ON. I GOT BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS JANET RENEE CRIBB, WHOSE IDENTITY WAS VERIFIED BY HER FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. I ASKED MS CRIBB IF SHE KNEW WHY I HAD STOPPED HER, TO WHICH SHE STATED NO. I ADVISED HER SHE WAS DRIVING WITHOUT HER HEADLIGHTS ON. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMANATING FROM HER BREATH AS SHE SPOKE. I OBSERVED THAT HER EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY. I ASKED HER WHERE SHE WAS COMING FROM, TO WHICH SHE STATED THE MOOSE LODGE IN CRYSTAL RIVER. I ASKED MS CRIBB IF SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND SHE STATED YES, THAT SHE HAD HAD A FEW. I ASKED HER FOR THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE AND SHE FUMBLED AROUND IN HER PURSE, PASSING OVER THE INSURANCE CARD A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE HANDING IT TO ME. SHE WAS NEVER ABLE TO LOCATE THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION. AFTER WAITING A PERIOD OF TIME, I TOLD HER NOT TO LOOK ANYMORE AND THAT I WOULD BE WITH HER IN A FEW MINUTES. I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND RAN HER IN NCIC/FCIC AND THE D.A.V.I.D. SYSTEM. I MADE CONTACT WITH MS CRIBB AGAIN AND ADVISED HER THAT I WAS ENDING MY TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION, AT WHICH TIME I ISSUED HER A WRITTEN WARNING FOR DRIVING WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS. I THEN ADVISED HER THAT I WAS NOW BEGINNING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI.) I ASKED HER TO PERFORM A SERIES OF FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE WOULD. MS CRIBB EXITED HER VEHICLE AND I HAD HER STAND ON A SIDEWALK THAT WAS FLAT WITH NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS. AS SHE EXITED HER VEHICLE, MS CRIBB WAS UNSTEADY ON HER FEET AND FELL AGAINST HER VEHICLE TWO TIMES. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED MS CRIBB IF SHE HAD ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HER TO PERFORM ANY OF THE SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID NOT. TASK ONE, HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. PRIOR TO PERFORMING THIS TASK, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MS CRIBB HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH HER EYES. DURING THIS TASK, THERE WAS LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. ALSO, THERE WAS ONSET OF NYSTAGMUS PRIOR TO FORTY-FIVE DEGREES IN THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. THERE WAS DISTINCT NYSTAGMUS AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION IN BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT EYE. TASK TWO, ONE LEG STAND. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO MS CRIBB. DURING THIS TASK, MS CRIBB WAS NOT ABLE TO COUNT OUT LOUD, COULD NOT MAINTAIN HER BALANCE, PUT HER FOOT DOWN PRIOR TO THE COUNT OF TWO MULTIPLE TIMES, WAS UNSTEADY ON HER FEET, SWAYED AND ALMOST FELL OVER, AT WHICH TIME THE TASK STOPPED FOR HER SAFETY. TASK THREE, FINGER TO NOSE. THIS TASK WAS EXPLAINED AND DEMONSTRATED TO MS CRIBB. DURING THIS TASK, MS CRIBB WAS UNABLE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OR COMPLETE THE TASK IN A SMOOTH AND ACCURATE MANNER. MS CRIB COULD NOT TOUCH THE TIP OF HER NOSE WITH THE TIP OF HER FINGER MULTIPLE TIMES AND SWAYED WHILE BALANCING. MS CRIBB WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY KNIGHTLY AUTO. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS READ HER IMPLIED CONSENT AND MIRANDA WARNINGS ON CAMERA BY THE INTOXILYZER OPERATOR. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HER BREATH WITH THE TEST RESULTS BEING .051 AND .049. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE WITH A $500.00 BOND, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 6143-GQF2, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 030812 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. "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* |
