| Probable cause affidavit: |
submitted by: SANCHEZ, MICHAEL 1242 (AR17-22830)(17-29732) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT HAD THREE SMALL INDIVIDUAL BAGGIES CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE ON HER PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER 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: THE DEFENDANT HAD A PIPE ON HER PERSON AND A CUT STRAW IN HER PURSE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 022817, AT APPROXIMATELY 0120 HOURS, I OBSERVED A WHITE IN COLOR VEHICLE to NOT completely STOP AT A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY AND NORTH PONY EXPRESS. I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THAT VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY AND EAST WAGON TRAIL. I THEN made CONTACT with THE DRIVER, MR ROBERT MERLINA, AND the PASSENGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS AMBER COOPER. AFTER GATHERING the DRIVERâS INFORMATION, I ASKED the DRIVER IF THERE WAS ANY ILLEGAL CONTRABAND IN the VEHICLE, WHERE AT THAT TIME HE DID NOT GIVE AN ANSWER. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI (0426) WAS ON SCENE with THIS DEPUTY AND CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE UTILIZING HIS CANINE PARTNER. DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED THIS DEPUTY OF AN ALERT ON THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME MR MERLINA AND DEFENDANT WERE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE. UPON A SEARCH OF the VEHICLE A CUT STRAW WAS FOUND IN the DEFENDANTâS PURSE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE PURSE IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE WAS HERS, WHERE SHE ADVISED IT WAS. WHEN SHE SAW THAT I HAD LOCATED THE CUT STRAW, THE DEFENDANT BECAME UPSET. AS I STEPPED OVER TO the VEHICLE TO TALK TO THE DEFENDANT SHE ADVISED THAT SHE HAD ANOTHER PIECE OF PARAPHERNALIA, ALONG WITH SOME METHAMPHETAMINE ON HER PERSON. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR THE PARAPHERNALIA CHARGE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK and SEATED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. MR MERLINA WAS ISSUED A WARNING, NUMBER 409812B, FOR THE STOP SIGN VIOLATION. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY SO THE REMAINING PARAPHERNALIA AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE COULD BE LOCATED AND REMOVED BY A FEMALE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER. AFTER THE DEFENDANT ARRIVED AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND WAS PROCESSED BY THE CORRECTIONAL OFFICER, I WAS ADVISED BY THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF THAT THEY HAD LOCATED ONE PIPE AND THREE INDIVIDUAL ZIPLOC BAGGIES. I THEN COLLECTED the EVIDENCE from the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY STAFF WHERE I FIELD TESTED THE SUBSTANCE, WHICH DID IN FACT TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. EACH INDIVIDUAL BAGGIE WAS WEIGHED INSIDE OF the BAG WHERE THE FIRST BAG WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY .5 GRAMS, the SECOND BAG WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY .5 GRAMS and THE THIRD BAG WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY .25 GRAMS FOR A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 1.25 GRAMS. the DEFENDANT WAS THEN CHARGED with POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE where HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00. the DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND was SET AT $3,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
