| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MULLINS, MARVIN 0493 (AR14-13208) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS 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, UPON A THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(C). ON 121814 AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING NORTH ON SEMINOLE AVENUE, IN INVERNESS, BEHIND THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE. WHEN THE DEFENDANT APPROACHED MAIN STREET THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS RED AND THERE IS A CLEARLY MARKED STREET ENFORCEMENT SIGN, WHICH STATES, ââNO RIGHT TURN ON RED.ââ WITH THE TRAFFIC LIGHT STILL SHOWING RED, THE DEFENDANT DID MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN ON TO MAIN STREET. AT THAT TIME, I STAYED BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP USING MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS, AT THE INTERSECTION OF PINE STREET AND MAIN STREET. THE DEFENDANT PULLED BEHIND WALGREENS, LOCATED AT 104 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE, WHERE HE CAME TO A STOP. AS I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, IMMEDIATELY STATED I KNOW I SCREWED UP. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HE MEANT AND HE STATED THAT HIS LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR A LONG TIME AND HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES FOR IT. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT OF THE REASON I PULLED HIM OVER AND HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS JUST NOT PAYING ATTENTION. I INSTRUCTED THE DEFENDANT TO STAY IN HIS VEHICLE SO I COULD CHECK HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE STATUS. AT THAT TIME, I RAN THE DEFENDANT THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, WHICH SHOWED MULTIPLE SUSPENSIONS, AT which TIME I ALSO RAN THE DEFENDANT THROUGH CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELETYPE, WHO CONFIRMED THOSE SUSPENSIONS. THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TELETYPE OPERATOR ALSO CONFIRMED THE MULTIPLE ARRESTS. AT that TIME, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AGAIN, WHERE I ASKED HIM TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND I PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER TO A FRIEND, PER THE DEFENDANTâS REQUEST. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I WAS PLACING HIM UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I PLACED THE DEFENDANT IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I RAN A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK DUE TO THE DEFENDANT ADVISING ME THAT HE HAD MULTIPLE ARRESTS FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. ON HIS CRIMINAL HISTORY I LOCATED A DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED SECOND CONVICTION CHARGE ON 050314, AS WELL AS A DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE ON 070314. DUE TO THE MULTIPLE PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS, I AM CHARGING THE DEFENDANT WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, THIRD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE, WHICH IS A FELONY OF THE THIRD DEGREE. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I ISSUED THE DEFENDANT A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 7170HBHX, FOR KNOWINGLY DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE, AS WELL AS A WRITTEN WARNING, NUMBER 393385B, FOR TURNING RIGHT ON RED WHERE PROHIBITED. |
