| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, JAMES 1286 (AR15-13395) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 1.2 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). 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: FIVE SYRINGES AND TWO METAL SPOONS WITH BURN MARKS ON THEM, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1). ON 010615 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS, I ARRIVED IN FRONT OF 3383 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD, IN HOMOSASSA, TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH A VEHICLE CRASH. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY WHIRLE AND THE DRIVER OF A GREEN JEEP UTILITY VEHICLE, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE R000FY, MR STEVEN WELLER (DEFENDANT). WHILE DEPUTY WHIRLE CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT CONCERNING THE TRAFFIC CRASH, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE AND IF I HAD PERMISSION TO CONDUCT A SEARCH OF IT. THE DEFENDANT STATED THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE AND I HAD PERMISSION TO SEARCH IT. UPON SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, I LOCATED A SMALL BLACK BAG CONTAINING FIVE SYRINGES, TWO CIGARETTES WITH THE TOBACCO REMOVED, AND TWO METAL SPOONS WITH BURN MARKS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THEM, LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT CONCERNING THESE ITEMS, TO WHICH HE STATED HE USES THE SYRINGES AND SPOONS TO TAKE HIS MORPHINE MEDICATION INTRAVENOUSLY AS OPPOSED TO ORALLY AS PRESCRIBED. UPON FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, I LOCATED AN OPEN PACK OF 305 CIGARETTES, ALSO LOCATED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD. INSIDE OF THE CIGARETTE PACK I FOUND A SMALL PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING SMALL SHARDS, WHICH HAD THE APPEARANCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THAT TIME, I INFORMED DEPUTY WHIRLE NOT TO ALLOW THE DEFENDANT TO RETURN TO THE VEHICLE AND I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING DETAINED. I CONDUCTED A FIELD TEST OF THE SUBSTANCE, WHICH YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE SMOKED 305 CIGARETTES AND SHOWED HIM THE 305 CIGARETTE PACK, WHICH THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS REMOVED FROM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THE PACK OF CIGARETTES DID BELONG TO HIM. AT THAT TIME, I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD. I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT CONCERNING THE METHAMPHETAMINE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED IT WAS NOT HIS, HE MUST HAVE MIXED UP THE CIGARETTE PACK WITH HIS FRIEND BJ. THE DEFENDANT COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING BJâS IDENTITY. AT THAT TIME, I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR THE POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS SEARCHED AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATION, THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEPUTY WHIRLE TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH WERE SUBMITTED IN A CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANâS REPORT. THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND THE METHAMPHETAMINE WERE SUBMITTED TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND $1,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA (TOTAL BOND $3,000.00), PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
