| Date of birth: | Oct 11, 1969 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: PHILLIPS, B A 1653 FHP (AR14-11859) ON 090414, IN CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE DEFENDANT DID UNLAWFULLY OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE, A 2003 DODGE RAM, BLUE IN COLOR, BEARING FLORIDA TAG P207BP, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193. THE DEFENDANT WAS INVOLVED IN A VEHICLE CRASH WITH NO INJURY. UPON THIS TROOPER'S ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS IDENTIFIED BY HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AS MR TROY JAMES SIMPSON. THE DEFENDANT'S WRECKED DODGE RAM 3500 WAS AT FINAL REST IN THE NORTHBOUND DITCH FACING SOUTHBOUND ON EAST GOSPEL ISLAND ROAD STUCK IN THE DITCH FOLLOWING A COLLISION WITH A MAILBOX ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OF 9679 EAST GOSPEL ISLAND ROAD, IN WHICH HE CRASHED HIS VEHICLE INTO THE MAILBOX. THE DEFENDANT STATED TO THIS TROOPER THAT HE LOST CONTROL OF HIS PICKUP AS HE ATTEMPTED TO NEGOTIATE THE CURVE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CRASH INVESTIGATION, THE DEFENDANT WAS MIRANDIZED. THIS TROOPER ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THE CRASH INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETE AND A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI) WAS BEGINNING. THE DEFENDANT WAS MIRANDIZED AT 2317 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT HAD THE STRONG ODOR OF AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE PRESENT UPON HIS BREATH AND HAD BLOODSHOT/WATER EYES; POOR BALANCE TO THE EXTENT THAT HIS NORMAL FACULTIES WERE IMPAIRED CAUSING THE DEFENDANT TO NOT BE ABLE TO STAND ON HIS FEET WITHOUT SWAYING. THE DEFENDANT HAD THE ODOR OF ALCOHOL UPON HIS CLOTHING AND A LARGE WET AREA OF URINE ON THE FRONT CENTER AND BACK CENTER OF HIS SHORTS CONSISTENT WITH A URINE STAIN. THE DEFENDANT WAS THICK TONGUED AND HIS SPEED WAS SLURRED. THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM SOME FIELD SOBRIETY EVALUATIONS. THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO PERFORM THE EVALUATIONS. THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A BREATH TEST, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO GIVE A BREATH SAMPLE TO DETERMINE HIS BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT LEVEL. THE TEST WAS GIVEN AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE RESULTS OF THE BREATH TEST WAS 0.094 AND 0.092. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DEFENDANT'S WRECKED VEHICLE WAS ENTANGLED IN POWER LINES IT WAS NOT PARTICLE FOR THE DEFENDANT'S BREATH TEST TO BE ADMINISTERED ANY SOONER. THE DEFENDANT WAS LAWFULLY PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DUI, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(C)(1). THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO INFORMED VERBALLY THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DUI. IMPLIED CONSENT WAS READ TO THE DEFENDANT AT 0133 HOURS AND THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO A BREATH TEST TO DETERMINE HIS BREATH'S ALCOHOL CONTENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND CHARGED WITH THE FOLLOWING OFFENSE: FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.193(3)(C)(1), DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 316.1925(1), CARELESS DRIVING THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS MIRANDIZED AT 2317 HOURS THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AT 2320 HOURS IMPLIED CONSENT WAS READ AT 0115 HOURS WITNESSES: DEPUTY A MOORE (0619) CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DEPUTY L ANSTEAD (0459) CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CAN ATTEST TO THE STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL ON DEFENDANT'S BREATH, BLOODSHOT/WATER EYES, SLURRED SPEECH, STUMBLING, URINE STAIN ON FRONT AND BACK OF SHORTS, THE DEFENDANT'S STATEMENTS BEING INCONSISTENT AND CHANGING. THE DEFENDANT'S PICKUP TRUCK, BEARING FLORIDA TAG P207BP, WAS ENTANGLED IN ELECTRICAL WIRES AND FACING SOUTHBOUND IN NORTHBOUND DITCH. WITNESS: DAVID PAUL BRAINARD CAN ATTEST TO THE FOLLOWING: HEARD COLLISION IN FRONT OF HIS HOME IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY THE ELECTRICITY IN HIS HOME GOING OUT. HE IMMEDIATELY CAME OUTSIDE AND SAW HIS MAILBOX DESTROYED, SAW THE DEFENDANT STAGGERING AND WALKING ALONGSIDE DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE, WHICH WAS FACING SOUTH IN NORTHBOUND DITCH, ENTANGLED IN ELECTRICAL WIRES AND SMELLED AN ODOR OF ALCOHOL EMITTING FROM THE DEFENDANT'S BREATH. |
| Inmate name: | TROY JAMES SIMPSON |
| Arrest number: | 11859 |
| Arrest date: | Sep 4, 2014 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Arrest number: | 3665 |
| Arrest date: | Dec 1, 2012 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 316.193(3)(A)(B)(C)(1) |
| Charge description: | DUI W/Damage to Property of Person of Another |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 784.03(1)(A)(1) - Domestic |
| Charge description: | Domestic Battery |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
