| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR1149) THE DEFENDANT, MS JONI LEE PAUGH, 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 STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(B). ON 051412 AT APPROXIMATELY 0320 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE WALMART SUPERCENTER IN INVERNESS, IN REFERENCE TO A THEFT THAT WAS IN PROGRESS. I WAS THEN NOTIFIED BY DISPATCH THAT THE SUSPECT WA A WHITE FEMALE WEARING A PURPLE SHIRT AND CUTOFF JEAN SHORTS, AND HAD RUN IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION FROM THE BUSINESS. I THEN BEGAN TO BOLO IN THAT DIRECTION, IN REFERENCE TO THAT SUSPECT. WHILE BOLO’ING, I DID OBSERVE A SILVER NISSAN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV), BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER K196VM, PULL INTO THE REAR OF A CLOSED BUSINESS OF EAST THOMAS STREET. I FOUND THIS BEHAVIOR TO BE SUSPICIOUS. I THEN BEGAN TO FOLLOW THE VEHICLE AS IT TURNED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF THE DUNKIN DONUTS STORE, AND BACKED INTO A PARKING SPACE. I THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVER’S SIDE DOOR. I OBSERVED THAT THE DEFENDANT MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE THEFT SUSPECT. I THEN APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT AS SHE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE MAIN ENTRANCE DOOR OF THE BUSINESS OF DUNKIN DONUTS. I QUESTIONED HER ABOUT HER BEING AT WALMART. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD DRIVEN THROUGH THE PARKING LOT EARLIER, BUT DID NOT GO IN. I THEN REQUESTED THE DEFENDANT’S IDENTIFICATION, AT WHICH TIME SHE COULD NOT PROVIDE A FLORIDA DRIVER’S LICENSE OR VALID IDENTIFICATION CARD. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED ME WITH HER FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. A CHECK OF FCIC/NCIC WAS RAN ON THE DEFENDANT’S DRIVER’S LICENSE STATUS, WHICH REVEALED THAT HER DRIVER’S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND THAT HER TAG HAD BEEN REMOVED FORM THE VEHICLE. I THEN RAN THE TAG ON THE VEHICLE, THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, WHICH REVEALED THAT the TAG BELONGED ON A 2002 CADILLAC FOUR DOOR. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, SHE ADVISED THAT SHE was not DRIVING THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, AFTER FURTHER QUESTIONING, SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD BEEN DRIVING, AND THAT SHE WAS AWARE THAT HER LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HER BACK, AND LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA CRIMINAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION BEARING NUMBER 64758QFX, FOR KNOWINGLY DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE, AND WAS GIVEN A COURT DATE OF 053112 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED FLORIDA CRIMINAL UNIFORM CITATION 7993GQFX, FOR AN ATTACHED TAG NOT ASSIGNED TO THE VEHICLE, WITH A COURT DATE OF 052312 AT 1300 HOURS. BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
