| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEATHERFORD, D KEAGON 0710 (AR11118916) 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 012011, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 1123 NORTHEAST 5TH AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A LOUD PARTY. UPON ARRIVING ON SCENE, THE TWO APARTMENTS CLOSET TO THE ROAD, 1121 AND 1123 NORTHEAST 5TH STREET, LOCKED THEIR DOORS AND A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE WENT INSIDE. WHILE AT 1123 NORTHEAST 5TH, I KNOCKED ON THE DOOR AND AN UNKNOWN SUBJECT PUNCHED OUT A WINDOW ON THE TOP FLOOR. I CONTINUED TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND THE DEFENDANT, MR JOSHUA CONOVER, OPENED THE DOOR. I ASKED HIM WHO HAD PUNCHED OUT THE WINDOW, TO WHICH HE STATED HE HAD PUNCHED OUT HIS OWN WINDOW BECAUSE HE WAS MAD AT HIS GIRLFRIEND. I RAN THE DEFENDANT THROUGH NCIC AND DISCOVERED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. ONCE I CONCLUDED MY ENCOUNTER WITH THE DEFENDANT, DEPUTY WARD AND I SAT AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHEAST 12TH STREET AND NORTHEAST 5TH AVENUE. I WAS STANDING OUTSIDE OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WITH DEPUTY WARD WHEN I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT DRIVE BY IN A SILVER PICKUP TRUCK. DEPUTY WARD, WHO WAS IN HER PATROL VEHICLE, GOT BEHIND THE SILVER PICKUP TRUCK AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE AREA OF NORTHEAST 11TH STREET. I PULLED IN BEHIND DEPUTY WARD WHO TURNED THE TRAFFIC STOP OVER TO ME. I VERIFIED THE DEFENDANTS IDENTITY THROUGH D.A.V.I.D., AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER, MR MIKEL LISTON WHO ALSO HAD A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE, ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE BELONGED TO THE DEFENDANT'S ROOMMATE WHO LIVED HALF A BLOCK AWAY. MR LISTON STATED HE WOULD WALK THERE TO GET THE REGISTERED OWNER SO THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT BE TOWED. THE REGISTERED OWNER, MR ERIC TOMKO, CAME WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND TOOK POSSESSION OF HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (DWLS,) KNOWINGLY, WITH BOND SET AT $500.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. HE WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 4989-GJX5, FOR DWLS KNOWINGLY WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE DATE ON 021011 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* |
