| Probable cause affidavit: |
submitted BY: SMITH, STEVE 0292 (AR12124459) DID UNLAWFULLY AND FELONIOUSLY SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR POSSESS WITH INTENT TO SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR CAUSE TO BE SOLD, MANUFACTURED OR DELIVERED TO ANOTHER PERSON, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1). WHOEVER COMMITS ANY CRIMINAL OFFENSE AGAINST THE STATE, WHETHER FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR, OR AIDS, ABETS, COUNSELS, HIRES, OR OTHERWISE PROCURES SUCH OFFENSE TO BE COMMITTED, AND SUCH OFFENSE IS COMMITTED OR IS ATTEMPTED TO BE COMMITTED, IS A PRINCIPAL IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND MAY BE CHARGED, CONVICTED, AND PUNISHED AS SUCH, WHETHER HE OR SHE IS OR IS NOT ACTUALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY PRESENT AT THE COMMISSION OF SUCH OFFENSE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.011 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: METHAMPHETAMINE BOATS AND PLASTIC, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1); ON 011912, A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 3048 EAST ANDERSON STREET IN INVERNESS. UPON ENTRY BEING MADE AND ALL OF the INDIVIDUALS INSIDE OF the RESIDENCE BEING SECURED, THE WARRANT WAS READ TO THE HOUSEHOLD AND A COPY WAS PRESENTED TO THE HOMEOWNER/DEFENDANT, MS BRANDIE KAPITON. MIRANDA WAS READ VIA PREPRINTED CARD TO ALL PARTIES. UPON COMPLETION OF MIRANDA, EACH PERSON INSIDE WAS ASKED IF THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS, TO WHICH THEY ADVISED THAT THEY DID. AT THIS TIME TAPED DIGITAL INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED BY SERGEANT FARRARA AND Me. UPON INTERVIEWING DEFENDANT PRAGUE, HE ADMITTED TO STAYING AT THE RESIDENCE. HE ALSO ADMITTED WHEN HE STAYS AT THE RESIDENCE, HE NORMALLY STAYS IN DEFENDANT KAPITON'S BEDROOM AND SLEEPS IN HER BED. HE OPENLY ADMITTED TO USING METHAMPHETAMINE . HE ALSO ADMITTED TO USING THE GLASS PIPE WHICH WAS LOCATED IN DEFENDANT KAPITON'S ROOM. HE ALSO ADMITTED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO PURCHASING EPHEDRINE FOR SEVERAL METHAMPHETAMINE COOKS ONE OF WHICH BEING DEFENDANT KAPITON. HE DID ADVISE THAT HE KNEW THAT THE EPHEDRINE WAS USED FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE . HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT NORMALLY HE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR EPHEDRINE WHEN AT THE RESIDENCE. HE STATED THAT HE NORMALLY KEEPS TO HIMSELF AND DOES NOT FOLLOW WHAT THE REST OF THE INDIVIDUALS DO IN THE RESIDENCE. WHEN ASKED IF HE HAD EVER SEEN DEFENDANT KAPITON MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE HE STATED NO, BUT THERE WAS AN occasion WHERE SHE SPENT AN EXTENDED TIME IN THE BATHROOM AND WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM INSIDE. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT MOST OF THE TIME THAT DEFENDANT KAPITON WAS THE ONE WHO HAD THE METHAMPHETAMINE AND DISTRIBUTED IT FOR USE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE RESIDENCE. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INTERVIEW THERE WAS A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE FOUND IN DEFENDANT KAPITON'S ROOM, WHICH I WAS ADVISED BY SEVERAL OF THE DEFENDANTS THAT IT IS THE ONE THAT IS SHARED BY THE INDIVIDUALS SMOKING THE METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THIS TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) SECURED IN THE VAN WITH THE OTHER DEFENDANTS AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (CCDF) FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET $200,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. AFTER THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED, A THOROUGH SEARCH OF the RESIDENCE DID LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE REMNANTS OF A METHAMPHETAMINE COOK IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM OF THE RESIDENCE. THERE WAS ALSO THREE CANS OF COLEMAN FUEL LOCATED IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM, A COLD PACK WAS LOCATED IN THE HALLWAY BATHROOM, WHICH CONTAINED AMMONIA NITRATE. IN THE BEDROOM SHARED BY DEFENDANT BRYANT AND DEFENDANT CHRISTLIEB, PARAPHERNALIA WAS LOCATED AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CHEMICALS IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IN THE KITCHEN AREA PLASTIC TUBING, BOTTLES USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE, COFFEE FILTERS and LIQUID DRAIN CLEANER WAS LOCATED. IN DEFENDANT KAPITON'S ROOM PARAPHERNALIA RED DEVIL LYE, PLASTIC TUBING AND EPHEDRINE WAS LOCATED. ALL OF THE ITEMS WERE REMOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE, MADE SAFE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY LANDFILL FOR DESTRUCTION. ALL PARAPHERNALIA AND ITEMS DEEMED SAFE WAS COLLECTED BY DEPUTY PARSONS AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
