| Date of birth: | Sep 17, 1990 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: WEATHERFORD, D KEAGON 0710 (AR12-2410) ON 081712 AT APPROXIMATELY 0118 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON WEST VENABLE STREET IN THE AREA OF WEST 7 RIVERS DRIVE IN CRYSTAL RIVER WHEN I PASSED A BEIGE FOUR DOOR VEHICLE GOING EASTBOUND ON WEST VENABLE STREET. AS THE VEHICLE PASSED, I OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD AN INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. AS I ATTEMPTED TO TURN AROUND TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY TURNED RIGHT/SOUTH ON TO WEST 7 RIVERS DRIVE AND TURNED OFF ITS HEADLIGHTS. I INITIATED MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, AT WHICH TIME THE DRIVER TURNED ON HIS HEADLIGHTS AND PULLED OVER IN FRONT OF 6515 WEST 7 RIVERS DRIVE. UPON APPROACHING THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MR GREGORY VITALE-MALLOY, ADVISED HIM OF THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP AND REQUESTED HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE, THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF VEHICLE INSURANCE, WHICH HE PROVIDED. UPON INITIAL CONTACT WITH MR VITALE-MALLOY, I DETECTED THE ODOR OF AN UNKNOWN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM HIS BREATH. HIS SPEECH WAS SLURRED AND HIS EYES WERE BLOODSHOT AND GLASSY. WHEN I ASKED MR VITALE-MALLOY WHY HE HAD TURNED OFF HIS HEADLIGHTS, HE STATED BECAUSE HE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK. I THEN REQUESTED THAT MR VITALE-MALLOY AND HIS PASSENGER/DEFENDANT, MS EMILY WRIGHT, EXIT THE VEHICLE. MS WRIGHT STATED SHE HAD CANNABIS IN HER CIGARETTE PACK ON THE PASSENGER SEAT WHERE SHE HAD BEEN SITTING. CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO ARRIVED ON SCENE, DEPLOYED CANINE CONAN AND ADVISED THAT CANINE CONAN HAD ALERTED. I THEN LOCATED THE CIGARETTE PACK ON THE PASSENGER SEAT. THE CIGARETTE PACK CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM OF CANNABIS. MS WRIGHT WAS ADVISED SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS IN AN AMOUNT UNDER TWENTY GRAMS. SHE WAS ISSUED MISDEMEANOR NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION NUMBER 19510 WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE DATE ON 091312 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED WHICH MS WRIGHT SIGNED. THE CANNABIS WAS PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE ALONG WITH A COPY OF THE PROPERTY RECEIPT. MS WRIGHT ALSO SIGNED THE MISDEMEANOR CITATION AND WAS GIVEN HER COPY. SHE WAS THEN RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE. I ISSUED MR VITALE-MALLOY WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 355827B, FOR INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT AND WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 355828B, FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS AFTER DARK. MR VITALE-MALLOY WAS THEN TURNED OVER TO TRAFFIC DEPUTY HORTON FOR INVESTIGATION FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. |
| Arrest date: | Aug 17, 2012 |
| Booking number: | 2410 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(B) |
| Charge description: | Possession Cannabis (Less than 20 Grams) |
