| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FELIX, REYSON 1284 (AR15-16863)(15-135872) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 254.5 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO-WIT: 254.5 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, WITH THE INTENT TO SELL THE SAID SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(2); ON 101615, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 44 SOUTH TYLER STREET, IN REFERENCE TO SOMEBODY SMOKING MARIJUANA ON THE PORCH OF THE RESIDENCE. UPON MY ARRIVAL THE COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT OUR RECORDS INDICATED AT THAT ADDRESS A RESIDENT BY THE NAME OF MR THOMAS DEJAMICO HAD A WRIT FOR CHILD SUPPORT. SERGEANT CALLAHAN (0643) ADVISED OVER THE RADIO THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE EN ROUTE WITH THIS DEPUTY. UPON OUR ARRIVAL, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE WHILE SERGEANT CALLAHAN WAS ABLE TO COVER THE BACK OF THE RESIDENCE, JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY RAN OUTBACK. I WAS ABLE TO RING THE BELL and the FEMALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANTâS WIFE MS ASHLEY STEVENSON, OPENED THE DOOR TO THE RESIDENCE. I ASKED MS STEVENSON IF A MALE BY THE NAME OF MR THOMAS DEJAMICO WAS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND SHE ADVISED HE DID NOT LIVE THERE ANYMORE. I ASKED MS STEVENSON WHO ELSE WAS INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE AND SHE ADVISED her HUSBAND, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, AND TWO OF HER FRIENDS BY THE NAMES OF MR LAUNCELOT WHEELER AND MR ANTHONY FARROW WERE ALSO INSIDE. I ASKED MS STEVENSON IF I COULD PLEASE TALK TO HER HUSBAND/DEFENDANT AND SHE ADVISED SHE WAS GOING INSIDE TO GET HIM. AT THAT POINT SHE CLOSED THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE AND WENT BACK INSIDE. AT APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE LATER THE DEFENDANT CAME TO THE DOOR, AT THAT POINT I ASKED the DEFENDANT IF HE HAD BEEN SMOKING MARIJUANA EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND HE ADVISED YES. I ASKED the DEFENDANT IF HE SMOKED OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND HE ADVISED TODAY HE SMOKED IN BOTH PLACES, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WHILE I WAS talking WITH THE DEFENDANT I COULD HEAR SERGEANT CALLAHAN INSIDE THE RESIDENCE talking WITH THE DEFENDANTâS WIFE. AT THAT POINT THE DEFENDANT and THIS DEPUTY WENT INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND I COULD SMELL WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ODOR OF MARIJUANA. THE DEFENDANT ASKED SERGEANT CALLAHAN WHO GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO COME INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND MS STEVENSON, WHO WAS STANDING BY THE KITCHEN, ADVISED SHE GAVE PERMISSION TO SERGEANT CALLAHAN TO COME INSIDE. I WAS ABLE TO SEE MR WHEELER AND MR FARROW SITTING BY THE KITCHEN AS WELL. SERGEANT CALLAHAN ADVISED THIS DEPUTY WHILE HE WAS APPROACHING THE BACKSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, AND BEFORE HE COULD ENTER THE GATE, HE COULD SMELL AN ODOR OF MARIJUANA AND ADVISED WHEN HE GOT CLOSE to the PORCH AREA HE COULD SEE THE MARIJUANA IN PLAIN SIGHT. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO GET CLOSE TO WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LAUNDRY ROOM DOOR AND HE COULD SMELL AN ODOR EMITTING THROUGH THAT DOOR. HE KNOCKED ON the DOOR AND MS STEVENSON CAME TO THE DOOR AND HE ASKED IF HE COULD COME INSIDE, and SHE ADVISED YES. SERGEANT CALLAHAN ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THERE WAS A .38 CALIBER REVOLVER IN the LIVING ROOM BY THE LAUNDRY ROOM AREA AS WELL. WHILE I WAS APPROACHING THE ROOM I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA. I COULD SEE THE .38 CALIBER REVOLVER, AND I WAS ABLE TO CHECK WITH TELETYPE TO CHECK IF THE REVOLVER WAS STOLEN, AND IT CAME BACK NO RECORDS FOUND. I WAS ABLE TO SEE TWO BOXES OF ZIPLOC BAGS RIGHT NEXT to the FIREARM. WHILE LOOKING IN THE ROOM I COULD SEE IN PLAINVIEW THREE PLASTIC BAGS, WHICH WERE LOCATED in the BOTTOM OF A TELEVISION STAND, RIGHT NEXT TO THE REVOLVER. THE BAGS APPEARED TO HAVE A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE IN THEM. UPON OPENING THE TWO BAGS I COULD SEE THEY HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA AND THE THIRD BAG HAD A LOT OF MONEY IN IT. DEPUTY HUNTER LATER ADVISED THE PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING THE MONEY HAD $978.00, UNKNOWN DENOMINATIONS, PLEASE SEE DEPUTY HUNTERâS SUPPLEMENTS. THIS DEPUTY ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE MONEY AND MARIJUANA WAS HIS, AND HE REPLIED YES. THIS DEPUTY ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE TWO FRIENDS AND HIS WIFE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT AND HE ADVISED NO, THAT IT WAS ALL HIS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, SEARCHED, AND HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK and SECURED in the REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS ADVISED HE WAS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH CANNABIS, MORE THAN 20 GRAMS, WITH INTENT TO SELL AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND HE ADVISED this DEPUTY THAT HE SOLD MARIJUANA TO HAVE EXTRA MONEY TO LIVE A BETTER LIFE. \t \tUPON MY ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY I WAS ABLE TO WEIGH THE TWO BAGS OF MARIJUANA AND THEY CAME OUT TO A TOTAL OF 254.5 GRAMS. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO SELL. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $4,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
