| Probable cause affidavit: |
submitted by: VIGGIANO, PAUL 0682 (AR13-7820) (13-148179) DID KNOWINGLY OPERATE, ON THE ROADS OF THIS STATE, A VEHICLE THAT HAD NOT BEEN REGISTERED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 320.02(1); AND DID KNOWINGLY ATTACH TO ANY MOTOR VEHICLE OR MOBILE HOME ANY REGISTRATION LICENSE PLATE, OR WHO KNOWINGLY ATTACHES ANY VALIDATION STICKER OR MOBILE HOME STICKER TO A REGISTRATION LICENSE PLATE, WHICH PLATE OR STICKER WAS NOT ISSUED AND ASSIGNED OR LAWFULLY TRANSFERRED TO SUCH VEHICLE, IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 320.261. ON 102813 AT APPROXIMATELY 2059 HOURS, WHILE ON PATROL IN THE AREA OF WEST PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD AND OAK VILLAGE BOULEVARD IN HOMOSASSA, I OBSERVED A BLUE TOYOTA CELICA, BEARING FLORIDA TAG BQXV50, TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON WEST PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD. THE VEHICLE MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF A VEHICLE, REFERENCE INCIDENT NUMBER 13-148209, THAT WAS INVOLVED IN PICKING UP THE DRIVER OF AN ACCIDENT WHO DID NOT REPORT THE ACCIDENT. I THEN RAN THE TAG NUMBER THROUGH NCIC/FCIC, WHICH REVEALED THAT THE TAG WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO ANY VEHICLE. I THEN ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST PONCE DE LEON BOULEVARD AND OAK VILLAGE BOULEVARD. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR OSMELL TORRES ALBALATE, AT WHICH TIME I REQUESTED HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND INSURANCE CARD. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED ME HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE AND HANDED ME A FLORIDA TITLE FOR THE TOYOTA. HE ADVISED HE JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT WAS NOT REGISTERED, HE JUST PUT HIS TAG ON THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I RAN THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN) TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE THROUGH âDAVIDâ, WHICH REVEALED THE VEHICLE WAS CURRENTLY NOT REGISTERED. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR NO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND ATTACHED TAG NOT ASSIGNED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING BY DEPUTY MACIAS. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY DAVEâS BODY SHOP. I ISSUED THE DEFENDANT FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER R5215GZP3, FOR NO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 5216GZP4, FOR ATTACHED TAG NOT ASSIGNED, BOTH WITH MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 112113 AT 1300 HOURS. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 5217GZP5, FOR NO PROOF OF INSURANCE WITH A FINE OF $116.00 PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. |
