| Probable cause affidavit: |
\tSUBMITTED BY: CLARK, CORRY 0711 (AR16-18973) \tdid, knowing HIS driver's license or driving privilege had been cancelled, suspended or revoked AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license or privilege was cancelled, in violation of Florida Statute 322.34(5). \t ON 041016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 HOURS, I WAS ON ROUTINE PATROL IN the AREA OF SOUTH WITHLAPOPKA DRIVE AND EAST CROW LANE. WHILE I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON WITHLAPOPKA DRIVE, I OBSERVED A BLACK IN COLOR PICKUP WITH A UTILITY TRAILER ATTACHED STOPPED IN the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ON EAST CROW LANE. I WAS ABLE TO OBSERVE THERE WERE NO OPERATING BRAKE LIGHTS ON the TRAILER AND THERE WAS NO TAG ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER. AS I TURNED ON TO EAST CROW LANE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DRIVE EASTBOUND, AT WHICH TIME I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP. I MADE CONTACT WITH the DEFENDANT, MR LOUIE PISEGNA, III, WHO WAS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, AND ALSO PASSENGER, MR ADAMS CHURCH. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THE REASON FOR THE STOP THAT BEING THERE WAS NO TAG ATTACHED TO THE TRAILER, WHICH HE ADVISED HE HAD PUT A TAG ON EARLIER AND IT MUST HAVE FALLEN OFF. I ALSO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON the TRAILER WERE INOPERABLE, WHICH HE ADVISED THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN BUSTED OUT DUE TO A PRIOR CRASH. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED HE DID NOT HAVE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THAT HE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVING. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, WHICH HE STATED YES. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, WHICH HE STATED, YES, MANY TIMES. the DEFENDANT STATED HE WAS DOING WORK IN FLORAL CITY AND THAT HE HAD A VALID DRIVER WITH HIM EARLIER, AND HE WAS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR HER. HE PROVIDED ME A FIRST NAME OF "jOANN," BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTACT HER OR PROVIDE ME WITH ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. WHILE ON SCENE, I RAN THE TAG ATTACHED TO the VEHICLE, WHICH WAS AN ALABAMA TAG OF 5AR1345. THIS CAME BACK AS REGISTERED TO A 1999 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY the TAG ATTACHED TO the VEHICLE DID NOT MATCH THE VEHICLE IT WAS REGISTERED TO, WHICH HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW AND THAT HE HAD ONLY BORROWED IT FROM A FRIEND, WHO HAD JUST PURCHASED THE PICKUP. UPON RUNNING THE VEHICLE'S IDENTIFICATION NUMBER AND THE TAG ATTACHED THROUGH TELETYPE, THEY BOTH CAME BACK WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS AS BEING STOLEN. I THEN RAN THE DEFENDANT THROUGH TELETYPE. I WAS ADVISED HE HAD MULTIPLE SUSPENSIONS AND THAT ON 090914, HE WAS CLASSIFIED AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER. DUE TO THIS INFORMATION, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. HE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE-LOCKED. HE WAS READ MIRANDA VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. I ASKED IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME, WHICH HE AGREED. I AGAIN QUESTIONED HIM AS TO WHY HE WAS DRIVING, KNOWING THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. HE AGAIN STATED HE WAS DRIVING AROUND THE AREA LOOKING FOR HIS FRIEND "JOANN." I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING CHARGED FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE KNOWINGLY AND AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER. DURING THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED MR CHURCH ALSO HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. DUE TO BOTH SUBJECTS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, PER THE REQUEST OF the DEFENDANT, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER TO HIS FRIEND, "DAVE," TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REMOVED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. the DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER A1P2HFP, FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE KNOWINGLY AND AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER WITH A COURT DATE OF 042816, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT 1300 HOURS. |
