| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HESSE, NICHOLAS 0689 (AR14-9549) LONG, BENJAMIN 1303 DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY HESSE (0689), WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: WITHHELD INFORMATION WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. 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 SCALE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) DID KNOWINGLY, WILLFULLY AND FELONIOUSLY BE IN THE ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO WIT: 3.5 GRAMS OF CANNABIS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B) DID, WITHOUT BEING DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE SHERIFF OR BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, UNLAWFULLY INTRODUCE INTO OR POSSESS UPON THE GROUNDS OF A COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, TO-WIT: CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (A) AN ARTICLE DECLARED TO BE CONTRABAND, TO-WIT: CANNABIS, WHILE SAID DEFENDANT WAS AN INMATE OF SAID FACILITY IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 951.22; ON 031814 AT APPROXIMATELY 2351 HOURS, I RESPONDED AS BACK UP FOR DEPUTY TITUS WHO WAS ON A TRAFFIC STOP AT BEVERLY HILLS BOULEVARD NEAR MONROE STREET. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED THE STOPPED VEHICLE TO BE A WHITE NISSAN SENTRA, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE BBYI48. AFTER APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THE DRIVER TO BE A WHITE FEMALE, THE FRONT PASSENGER TO BE A BLACK MALE AND THE REAR PASSENGER TO ALSO BE A BLACK MALE. THE OCCUPANTS WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS SUMMER LOVE, MR GERNARD WHITE, AND AHMAD WARREN. AFTER REACHING THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED DEPUTY TITUS SPEAKING WITH THE OCCUPANTS AND RETURN TO HIS PATROL VEHICLE WHILE I KEPT WATCH OVER THE AFOREMENTIONED SUBJECTS. DURING DEPUTY TITUSâ CONVERSATION WITH THE OCCUPANTS, HE OBTAINED THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY THEM AND CHECK THEM FOR WANTS OR WARRANTS. I ALSO HEARD DEPUTY TITUS REQUEST DEPUTY BEHNEN TO RESPOND TO THE TRAFFIC STOP TO USE HIS NARCOTICS TRAINED K-9 JERRY LEE. DURING INITIAL CONTACT, THE DEFENDANT, MR AHMAD WARREN, PROVIDED HIS NAME TO BE CORY MORGAN AND COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION WHEN ASKED. SHORTLY AFTER DEPUTY BEHNEN ARRIVED ON SCENE, HE DEPLOYED K-9 JERRY LEE TO CONDUCT A FREE AIR SNIFF. AFTER DOING SO, DEPUTY TITUS AND I WERE ADVISED THAT JERRY LEE HAD RECEIVED A POSITIVE ALERT FOR THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS FOR THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, THE PASSENGER, GERNARD, WAS ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME HE WAS SEARCHED WHICH YIELDED NO CONTRABAND. THE OTHER PASSENGER, AHMAD, EXITED THE VEHICLE UPON MY REQUEST AND DURING THE PAT DOWN AND SEARCH, A DIGITAL SCALE WAS LOCATED IN HIS REAR RIGHT JEANS POCKET OF HIS PANTS. THE SCALE HAD A WHITE POWDERY RESIDUE. WHEN ASKED, AHMAD STATED HE USED THE SCALE EARLIER TO WEIGH CANNABIS HE HAD PURCHASED TO MAKE SURE HE HAD THE RIGHT AMOUNT. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED AHMAD HE WAS BEING DETAINED AND WAS PLACED INTO HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE YIELDED NO OTHER CONTRABAND. I THEN TESTED THE WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE ON THE SCALE WHICH YIELDED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE. AFTER THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN HANDCUFFED, DEPUTY TITUS ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE AN IMAGE OF THE NAME HE PROVIDED IN THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE TO VERIFY HIS IDENTIFICATION AND AFTER REVIEWING THE DRIVER'S LICENSE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NAME PROVIDED BY THE DEFENDANT, IT WAS CLEAR THE DEFENDANT HAD NOT BEEN HONEST ABOUT HIS IDENTITY DESPITE BEING ASKED SEVERAL TIMES WHILE HE WAS IN CUSTODY. THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO NOT COMPLY WITH DEPUTY TITUSâ OR MY NUMEROUS REQUESTS TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY HIMSELF. DEPUTY TITUS THEN REQUESTED SERGEANT FISCHER RESPOND TO THE SCENE TO IDENTIFY THE DEFENDANT WITH HIS ISSUED FINGERPRINT SCANNER. AFTER ARRIVING ON SCENE AND SCANNING THE DEFENDANTâS FINGERPRINTS, HE WAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THROUGH HIS FINGER PRINTS THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE AS AHMAD WARREN. A WANTS AND WARRANTS CHECK WAS CONDUCTED FROM HIS ACTUAL IDENTITY WHICH REVEALED THREE ACTIVE WARRANTS FROM HERNANDO COUNTY. DEPUTY TITUS THEN ISSUED THE DEFENDANT A WRITTEN WARNING AND THE OTHER OCCUPANTS WERE RELEASED FROM THE TRAFFIC STOP. PRIOR TO BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY OTHER HIDDEN CONTRABAND ON HIS PERSON THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCLOSE. I ALSO TOLD HIM SHOULD HE BE BROUGHT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITH ANY DRUGS OR WEAPONS, HE WOULD BE ADDITIONALLY CHARGED WITH INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAD NO OTHER ITEMS ON HIM AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. ONCE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS BROUGHT INSIDE AND WHILE COMPLETING THIS AFFIDAVIT, I WAS ADVISED BY CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF CANNABIS HAD BEEN LOCATED ON THE DEFENDANT WHICH WAS HIDDEN UNDER HIS GENITALS. THE CANNABIS WAS WEIGHED AT 3.5 GRAMS AND THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, ONE COUNT OF RESISTING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITHOUT VIOLENCE FOR PROVIDING A FALSE NAME ONCE IN CUSTODY, ONE COUNT OF CANNABIS LESS THAN 20 GRAMS, AND ONE COUNT OF INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $3,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL CONTRABAND COLLECTED WAS LATER TURNED INTO THE EVIDENCE DIVISION AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN LECANTO. |
