| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, AIDAN 0453 (AR07004059) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: VALIUM AND HYDROCODONE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A) AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF TWENTY GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B) AND 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: CANNABIS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, SAID OBJECT BEING ZIGZAG ROLLING PAPERS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1). ON 072307 AT APPROXIMATELY 0019 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF US HIGHWAY 19 AND WEST GROVER CLEVELAND BOULEVARD IN HOMOSASSA AS BACKUP FOR CANINE DEPUTY GLAZE WHO WAS ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY GLAZE WHO ADVISED HE HAD CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A 1989 CHEVROLET FOUR DOOR VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA TAG I34-SMS DUE TO THE FACT THE VEHICLE HAD RUN THE STOP SIGN AT WEST GROVER CLEVELAND BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OHIO AVENUE. DEPUTY GLAZE ALSO ADVISED HE HAD TESTED THE WINDOW TINT ON THE VEHICLE WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL WITH A READING OF TWENTY-FOUR. AT THAT TIME, I STOOD BY AT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DEPUTY GLAZE RETRIEVED CANINE KANE TO CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. CANINE KANE SCRATCHED AT THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WITH HIS PAW WHICH DEPUTY GLAZE INDICATED TO ME MEANT THAT CANINE KANE HAD ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT, MR ANDREW STEPHENS, TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MR STEPHENS, I ASKED HIM IF HE MINDED EMPTYING HIS POCKETS, TO WHICH HE COMPLIED. MR STEPHENS RETRIEVED TWO GREEN PILLS, LATER IDENTIFIED TO BE VALIUM, OUT OF HIS FRONT RIGHT PANTS POCKET. MR STEPHENS WAS THEN INFORMED THAT CANINE KANE HAD ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND THAT DEPUTY GLAZE AND I WOULD BE CONDUCTING A VEHICLE SEARCH. I ASKED MR STEPHENS IF THERE WERE ANY ILLEGAL NARCOTICS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE STATED YES. MR STEPHENS STATED THAT THERE WAS A SMALL BAG OF MARIJUANA AND SOME PAIN PILLS IN THE LOCKED GLOVE BOX OF HIS VEHICLE. I ASKED MR STEPHENS IF HE MINDED IF I OPENED HIS GLOVE BOX, TO WHICH HE RETRIEVED THE KEYS TO HIS VEHICLE FROM HIS POCKET AND HANDED ME THE KEY TO THE GLOVE BOX. I OPENED THE VEHICLE'S GLOVE BOX AND RETRIEVED A BAGGIE OF A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WHICH WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY SIX GRAMS AND FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA. ALSO LOCATED IN THE GLOVE BOX WAS A PIECE OF PAPER WHICH WAS FOLDED IN TO A POUCH. INSIDE THE PAPER WERE FOURTEEN AND A HALF MORE GREEN PILLS WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED AS VALIUM. ALSO INSIDE OF THE GLOVE BOX WERE EIGHTEEN WHITE OVAL PILLS IN A PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE WHICH HAD NO LABEL AFFIXED TO IT. THREE MORE WHITE OVAL PILLS WERE LOCATED IN A PLASTIC BAG. ALL TWENTY-ONE WHITE OVAL PILLS WERE IDENTIFIED BY POISON CONTROL AS HYDROCODONE, A SCHEDULE THREE NARCOTIC. LAYING ON TOP OF ALL NARCOTICS IN THE GLOVE BOX WAS A PACKAGE OF ZIGZAG ROLLING PAPERS COMMONLY USED TO ROLL MARIJUANA CIGARETTES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE PAPER POUCH WAS MADE FROM A RECEIPT FROM JAN'S OPTICAL SHOP AND ON THE RECEIPT WAS THE DEFENDANT'S NAME, HANDWRITTEN AT THE TOP. A COMPLETE VEHICLE SEARCH WAS THEN CONDUCTED WHICH YIELDED NO FURTHER NARCOTICS, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP, AT THE DEFENDANT'S REQUEST, BY HIS BROTHER MR IRVIN STEPHENS. THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $6,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL EVIDENCE WAS PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER BY DEPUTY GLAZE. DEPUTY GLAZE ISSUED THE DEFENDANT WRITTEN WARNINGS, NUMBER 187770-B AND 187771-B, FOR VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE, RUNNING A STOP SIGN, AND ILLEGAL WINDOW TINT. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
