STATE OFFICE
TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA

INTERDEPARTMENTAL MEMBRANDUM

TO: NORTH PORT POLICE DEPARTMENT

ATTENTION: OFC. BROWNIE, #321; OFC. BUSH, #258; OFC. LADEN, #214; DET
MILLS, #260; OFC. 

FROM: JESSICA VITALE

DEFENDANT: DANIELLE LAUREN DRAKE

CHARGE: RESISTING, OBSTRUCTING OR OPPOSING AN OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE
ARREST DATE:

AGENCY 14-06-0956

SAO CASE 14MM023055AV

This office has made the following decision concerning the charges
against the above-named defendant:

No Action will be taken on the chargeis) listed above.
COMMENT SECTION:

On June 17, 2014 North Port Police Department responded to 8455
Chesebro Avenue in reference to a hit and run crash. Upon arriving at the
scene, the van suspected of being involved in the accident was located
abandoned, two blocks south at 8504 Culebra Avenue. Three officers and K9
Tomy conducted a track to locate the subjects. While conducting the track,
several witnesses told police two females had run from the area. The
witnesses stated the two females appeared intoxicated.

While approaching Anador Street, the officers saw the defendant, a
white female, running and immediately shouted verbal commands ordering the
defendant to stop. The defendant did not comply with the orders and
concealed herself behind a large bush. The three officers surrounded the
bush and continued to order the defendant to show her hands and come out.
While attempting to flee, from a crouched position, the defendant ran out of
the bush face first into K9 Tomy. K9 Tomy was leashed and the K9 officer
immediately pulled back upon seeing the defendant. K9 Tomy bit the defendant
on the head as she collided with the dog. The defendant was transported to
North Port Emergency Room for further care. The defendant sustained a large
laceration to the left side of her scalp requiring 3O sutures to treat the
wound. The defendant was not subsequently arrested. Law enforcement was
unable to determine the actual driver involved in the hit and run crash.

The State's investigation revealed North Port police responded
appropriately and conducted a lawful investigation. Based on the inability
to determine the driver involved in the hit and run crash, the defendant's
minimal resistance in complying with law enforcement's commands, and the
significant injuries the defendant sustained, the State elects to decline
prosecution.



 

 

 

Where 
.ssistant State Attorney Division Chief

   

Date: day of January, 2015.

Should there be any questions concerning this matter, please contact
the Assistant State Attorney named in the portion of this memorandum.
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