| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR14-9529) (14-37492) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 031714 AT APPROXIMATELY 1809 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 5710 SOUTH PENDANT POINT IN FLORAL CITY IN REFERENCE TO ASSISTING DEPUTY CROSNOE IN LOCATING A SUBJECT KNOWN TO HAVE AN ACTIVE CITRUS COUNTY PICKUP ORDER AND WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE AT THE RESIDENCE. WHILE ON SCENE AND SPEAKING TO A TENANT OF THE RESIDENCE, the DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR BENJAMIN SMITH, WHO ALSO RESIDES AT the RESIDENCE, ARRIVED ON SCENE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH MR SMITH, I REQUESTED PERMISSION TO SEARCH HIS BEDROOM FOR THE WANTED PERSON, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED ME I COULD. THE DEFENDANT THEN ESCORTED ME TO HIS BEDROOM AND UPON DOING SO, I ASKED HIM IF HE MINDED IF I PATTED HIM DOWN FOR ANY WEAPONS WHILE HE STOOD BY WITH ME IN THE ROOM. UPON DOING SO, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED I COULD; HOWEVER, BECAME INCREASINGLY NERVOUS AND CONTINUOUSLY PUT HIS RIGHT HAND NEXT TO HIS RIGHT FRONT JACKET POCKET AS THOUGH HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL SOMETHING IN the POCKET. UPON ASKING THE DEFENDANT WHY HE KEPT PLACING HIS HAND OVER HIS POCKET, HE STATED HE HAD A SCALE. UPON ASKING THE DEFENDANT IF I COULD RETRIEVE the SCALE FROM HIS POCKET, HE ADVISED I COULD. UPON DOING SO, I OBSERVED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAIN A CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE WITHIN the BAGGIE. BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVED the SUBSTANCE TO BE THAT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AT WHICH TIME I IMMEDIATELY DETAINED HIM IN HANDCUFFS BEHIND THE BACK UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION COULD BE COMPLETED. UPON ASKING the DEFENDANT what the SUBSTANCE WAS, HE ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS INDEED METHAMPHETAMINE. A SHORT TIME LATER THE DEFENDANT WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE RESIDENCE WHERE HE WAS ADVISED OF HIS MIRANDA WARNING, TO WHICH HE WAIVED HIS RIGHTS. I AGAIN ASKED the DEFENDANT IF the SUBSTANCE WOULD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED IT WOULD. FURTHERMORE, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 GRAM and WAS FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL USE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE NARCOTICS APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AGO FOR $100.00. UPON FIELD TESTING THE SUBSTANCE, IT WAS VERIFIED THAT IT WAS INDEED METHAMPHETAMINE. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS NOW BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR the ABOVE LISTED CHARGE, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. the METHAMPHETAMINE WAS LATER WEIGHED WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 1.2 GRAMS. THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS ALSO PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. |
