| Date of birth: | Jun 15, 1949 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: COX, ANDY 0543 (AR12-1260) DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY ANDY COX, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 843.02. ON 052112 AT APPROXIMATELY 1539 HOURS I OBSERVED A GRAY BRONCO 2 PULLING A SMALL TRAILER WITH A SMALL VESSEL ON IT WHICH HAD NO WORKING LIGHTS. AT THAT TIME I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AT WEST POWER LINE ROAD AND WEST TALLAHASSEE ROAD. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, WHO DID NOT HAVE HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR THE CORRECT REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR THE TRAILER. I REQUESTED ROUTINE BACKUP, AND A FEW MINUTES LATER, DEPUTY SETTLES ARRIVED ((0113) WHILE I WAS COMPLETING THE PAPERWORK AND PULLING INFORMATION UP. WHEN DEPUTY SETTLES ARRIVED ON SCENE I REQUESTED THAT SHE TAKE OVER THE TRAFFIC STOP AND THE PAPERWORK WHILE I CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR CANINE SNIFF. CANINE PRIEST DID ALERT ON THE DRIVERâS DOOR WHERE I THEN ASKED ALL THE OCCUPANTS (3) OF THE VEHICLE TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE OCCUPANTS THEN BECAME VERY BOISTEROUS AND I EXPLAINED TO BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE SUSPECT NUMEROUS TIMES THAT THEY NEEDED TO STAND IN FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHILE I SEARCHED THEIR VEHICLE. AFTER EXPLAINING THIS A THIRD TIME, THE DRIVER AND SUSPECT STILL CONTINUED TO MOVE AROUND. AS I WAS SEARCHING THE DRIVERâS COMPARTMENT, THE SUSPECT WALKED TOWARD THE VEHICLE AND STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF TALLAHASSEE ROAD. I ADVISED HIM TO RETURN TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND STAND IN FRONT OF IT, HOWEVER, HE DID NOT. THE FOURTH TIME I HAD TO ADVISE THE SUSPECT GO STAND IN FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE HE WAS ARRESTED FOR OBSTRUCTION. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT, MR RODNEY THOMAS, WAS ARRESTED AND HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SEATED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY SETTLES PATROL VEHICLE. WHILE SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, I DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF CANNABIS BUT COULD NOT LOCATE ANY CONTRABAND. THE DRIVER WAS ISSUED TWO CITATIONS AND ADVISED THAT BEFORE HE MOVED THE TRAILER IT NEEDED TO HAVE WORKING LIGHTS. I THEN PROCEEDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING PROCEDURES. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
| Inmate name: | RODNEY WAYNE THOMAS |
| Arrest number: | 1260 |
| Arrest date: | May 21, 2012 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 843.02 |
| Charge description: | RESIST OFFICER W/O VIOLENCE |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
