| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BRIGGS, RICHARD 0089 (AR-2260) DID OPERATE A VEHICLE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE BY A DULY AUTHORIZED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DID WILLFULLY REFUSE OR FAIL TO STOP SUCH VEHICLE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SUCH DIRECTIVE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1935(1). ON 080612, AT APPROXIMATELY 0018 HOURS, WHILE ON ROUTINE PATROL TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 41 IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE, I OBSERVED A BLUE AND WHITE MOTORCYCLE PULL OUT OF SERGEANT SKIP’S BAR AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED NEARLY STRIKING THE RIGHT FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME I ACTIVATED MY OVER HEADLIGHTS AND SIREN, AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT LOOKED BACK AT ME AND THEN ACCELERATED HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT’S VEHICLE TURNED RIGHT ON EDEN DRIVE. AT THAT TIME, I NOTIFIED DISPATCH THAT I HAD A MOTORCYCLE THAT WAS NOT STOPPING FOR ME. THE DEFENDANT LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JOSEPH KEVIN CHAPPORY, MADE A SHARP LEFT ON TO OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD WITHOUT STOPPING FOR THE STOP SIGN. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE PROCEEDED NORTHBOUND WITH SPEEDS OF APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH TO 59 MPH. I THEN NOTIFIED DISPATCH THAT I WAS DISCONTINUING MY PURSUIT, AT WHICH TIME, I THEN ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ON TO MOSSY OAK DRIVE. WHILE DOING SO I OBSERVED NORTH OF ME WHAT APPEARED TO BE A HEADLIGHT LAYING IN THE NORTH SHOULDER AREA, AT WHICH TIME, I THEN PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE HEADLIGHT. I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT’S MOTORCYCLE LAYING ON ITS SIDE, AND THE DEFENDANT LAYING on the GROUND ON HIS BACK APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET FROM WHERE THE MOTORCYCLE WAS AT. AT THAT TIME, I CONTACTED DISPATCH, TO HAVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES RESPOND to the SCENE AND THEN I ALSO CONTACTED SERGEANT LANE AND ADVISED HIM OF THE INCIDENT. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARRIVED ON SCENE, AND CONDUCTED A CHECK OF THE DEFENDANT AND THE DEFENDANT HAD NO INJURIES AND WAS ALSO REFUSING TO GO WITH EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. AT THAT TIME I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE DID NOT STOP, AND HE ADVISED ME THAT HE GOT SCARED. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW HIS MOTORCYCLE ENDED UP ON ITS SIDE, AND HE ADVISED ME THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PULL OFF TO THE NORTH SHOULDER AREA BUT WAS GOING TOO FAST AND THEN LOST CONTROL OF HIS MOTORCYCLE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR FLEEING AND ATTEMPTING TO ALLUDE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN THE REAR AND PLACED in the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE THE DEFENDANT’S VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER TO ADVANCED TOWING. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED with FLEEING AND ATTEMPTING TO ALLUDE, WHERE THE DEFENDANT’S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA CRIMINAL CITATION 8126-GQF-1 FOR FLEEING AND ATTEMPTING TO ALLUDE WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE OF 082312 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 8127-GQF-2 FOR VIOLATION OF RIGHT OF WAY WITH A FINE OF $166.00, CITATION NUMBER 8128-GQF-3 FOR VIOLATION OF A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR RUNNING A STOP SIGN WITH A FINE OF $166.00, AND CITATION NUMBER 8129-GQF-4 FOR VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE FOR 59 MPH IN A 30 MPH ZONE WITH A FINE OF $166.00. ALL FINES ARE PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. |
