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Richard Ellsworth Mccanna

Last Updated: March 28th, 2024
Jail Location
Florida
59yo
White Male

Personal Details

Date of birth: Jan 17, 1965
Probable cause affidavit: SUBMITTED BY: CRANE, RYAN N223 (AR10115553) DID DRIVE A VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, ANY CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 877.111 OR ANY SUBSTANCE CONTROLLED UNDER CHAPTER 893,WHEN AFFECTED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERSON'S NORMAL FACULTIES ARE IMPAIRED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 327.35(1). I WAS ON WATER PATROL ON THE HOMOSASSA RIVER AT APPROXIMATELY 2135 HOURS ON 062610. I WAS DIRECTED BY LIEUTENANT RAMA SHUSTER THAT COAST GUARD HAD A VESSEL STOPPED FOR A SAFETY INSPECTION WITH AN OPERATOR WHO SHOWED SIGNS OF INTOXICATION. I PULLED UP TO THE COAST GUARD'S VESSEL, AND OBSERVED THE OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL THEY HAD STOPPED. THE SUBJECT, RICHARD ELLSWORTH MCCANNA, WAS ASKED TO COME ABOARD MY VESSEL AND LOOKED UNSTABLE AS HE STEPPED INTO MY VESSEL. I ASKED MR MCCANNA TO TAKE A SEAT IN MY VESSEL AND HE REFUSED TO DO SO. HE SAID HE HAD DRANK A SIX PACK ALL DAY AND DID NOT KNOW WHY WE WERE MESSING WITH HIM. HE SAID IF HE HAD TOO MUCH, SO HAD EVERYONE ELSE OUT THERE. MR MCCANNA WAS ARGUMENTATIVE AND NON COMPLIANT AND THEN BECAME INDIFFERENT. I ASKED PRE-SCREENING QUESTIONS FROM PREPARED TEXT. I ASKED MR MCCANNA TO PERFORM FIELD SOBRIETY TASKS, STARTING WITH HORIZONTAL GAZE NYSTAGMUS. MR MCCANNA SHOWED LACK OF SMOOTH PURSUIT IN BOTH EYES AND DISTINCT AND SUSTAINED AT MAXIMUM DEVIATION IN BOTH EYES. THE SECOND TASK PERFORMED WAS FINGER TO NOSE. MR MCCANNA USED THE WRONG HAND ONE TIME AND DID NOT START ON COMMAND. HE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT HIS INDEX FINGERS AFTER BEING TOLD THE DIRECTIONS. THE THIRD TASK PERFORMED BY MR MCCANNA WAS RECITING THE ALPHABET. MR MCCANNA BEGAN WITHOUT BEING TOLD AND HESITATED BETWEEN F AND G, I AND J, HE MISSED NPTUV AND STOPPED AT W. THE FOURTH TASK I HAD MR MCCANNA PERFORM WAS THE BACKWARDS COUNT. MR MCCANNA BEGAN WITHOUT BEING DIRECTED AND I REPEATED THE INSTRUCTIONS. HE MISSED 85, REPEATED 78 AND 68, HESITATED BETWEEN 76 AND 75, AND CONTINUED COUNTING TO 50 UNTIL I DIRECTED HIM TO STOP. THE FIFTH TASK I ASKED MR MCCANNA TO PERFORM WAS THE FINGER COUNT. MR MCCANNA MISSED HIS INDEX FINGER THREE TIMES, HE DID NOT SPEED UP, AND HE ALSO MISS COUNTED HIS FINGERS. ON THE SIXTH TASK MR MCCANNA PERFORMED THE PALM PAT AND HE STARTED BEFORE BEING TOLD AND DID NOT SPEED UP. THROUGHOUT THE TASKS MR MCCANNA'S ATTITUDE CHANGED FROM BEING ANGRY TO INDIFFERENT. MR MCCANNA LAUGHED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THROUGHOUT THE TASKS. I THEN PLACED MR MCCANNA UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO SUBMIT TO THE APPROVED TEST OF HIS BREATH FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING HIS BREATH ALCOHOL, THE FIRST RESULT BEING .162 AND THE SECOND BEING .166. *NOT-EXEMPT*
Inmate status: Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias
Report: 2020-11895/3
Mugshots com: 183483690
Ext id key: 1133188417157146251

Known addresses

Florida 34446

Recent Arrests

Arrest date: Jun 27, 2010
Booking number: 10115553
Booking location: Citrus County, FL

Arrest date: Apr 23, 1920
Booking location: Hernando County, FL

Recent Charges

Code: 327.35(1)
Charge description: BOATING UNDER INFLUENCE 1ST OFFENSE
Bond amount: $500

Description: 552.101 - POSS EXPLOSIVES WITHOUT LICENSE

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