| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, JAMES 1286 (AR16-20204)(16-94433) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY 12 GRAMS OF PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 5.75 GRAMS OF CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: A SILVER GRINDER WITH MARIJUANA RESIDUE AND TWO DIGITAL SCALES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 071016, AT APPROXIMATELY 2259 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH OLDFIELD AVENUE AND WEST MEADOW STREET IN ORDER TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO DEPUTY INDORATO (0712) ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY INDORATO AND THE DEFENDANT, MR EVANN CHAPMAN, AT THE FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. DEPUTY INDORATO ADVISED THAT HE CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A SILVER FOUR-DOOR MITSUBISHI VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE N46AW, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH OLDFIELD AVENUE AND WEST MEADOW STREET. DEPUTY INDORATO ALSO ADVISED THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THE DEFENDANT. ACCORDING TO DEPUTY INDORATO HE DEPLOYED HIS CANINE TO CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF AROUND THE VEHICLE WHICH LED TO A POSITIVE ALERT, SEE DEPUTY INDORATO'S SUPPLEMENT. I STOOD BY WITH THE DEFENDANT WHILE DEPUTY INDORATO AND DETECTIVE CHENOWETH (0708) CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. LOCATED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WAS A CLEAR PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING DARK COLORED MUSHROOMS, A SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY LIKE SUBSTANCE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MARIJUANA, AN UNUSED MARIJUANA CIGARETTE, TWO BURNT MARIJUANA CIGARETTES, SIX CLEAR GEL CAPSULE PILLS WITH AN UNKNOWN BROWN SUBSTANCE IN THEM, TWO DIGITAL SCALES, A BROWN MARIJUANA CIGARETTE UNUSED, AND A SILVER GRINDER WITH MARIJUANA RESIDUE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AT APPROXIMATELY 2315 HOURS WHERE HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH US. THE DEFENDANT IDENTIFIED THE DARK COLORED MUSHROOM AS PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS AND ADVISED THE SIX PILLS THAT WERE LOCATED INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WERE INFUSED WITH PSYCHEDELIC MUSHROOMS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO SELL THE ITEMS LOCATED IN HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE WAS NOT, HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THEM IN SPRINGHILL, FLORIDA AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO HIS FRIEND'S RESIDENCE TO PARTAKE IN THEM. SEE DETECTIVE CHENOWETH AND DEPUTY INDORATO'S SUPPLEMENT FOR THE LOCATION OF EACH NARCOTIC FOUND WITHIN THE VEHICLE. A FIELD TEST KIT WAS CONDUCTED ON THE MUSHROOMS WHICH YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR HALLUCINOGENS. BASED ON THE FIELD TEST KIT AND THE ADMISSION BY THE DEFENDANT, AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE BY ADAM'S TOWING. ALL NARCOTICS AND PARAPHERNALIA WERE COLLECTED AND SUBMITTED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SEARCHED AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BONDS WAS SET AT $4,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS LESS THAN 20 GRAMS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. |
