| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR10117250) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: .3 GRAMS OF CRACK COCAINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 100610 WHILE ON ROUTINE PATROL IN THE AREA OF BALLOON STREET AND CARLEEN STREET IN CRYSTAL RIVER, I OBSERVED MS BRENDA NATTEAL WALKING SOUTH BOUND ON CARLEEN STREET AND TURN WEST BOUND ON BALLOON STREET. I DID RECOGNIZE MS NATTEAL FROM PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AND WANTED TO SEE IF SHE KNEW THE WHEREABOUTS OF A SUBJECT WITH A WARRANT. I THEN ASKED MS NATTEAL IF I COULD SPEAK WITH HER FOR A SECOND, AT WHICH TIME, I SAW HER PLACE HER RIGHT HAND INSIDE HER BRA AND PUSH SOMETHING DOWN INTO HER BRA. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY COX COULD SEE WHAT SHE WAS DOING IN THE FRONT OF HER PERSON WHILE I COULD SEE WHAT SHE WAS DOING FROM THE BACK OF HER PERSON. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED MS NATTEAL WHAT SHE PLACED INSIDE OF HER BRA TO WHICH SHE STATED "I'M NOT going TO LIE TO YOU, IT IS A ROCK BUT IT'S NOT MINE. I WAS BUYING IT FOR A FRIEND." AT THAT TIME, I ASKED HER TO REMOVE THE CRACK COCAINE ROCK FROM HER BRA, AT which TIME, SHE DID AND PLACED IT IN MY HAND. MS NATTEAL THEN STATED THE REASON WHY SHE GAVE IT TO ME SO EASILY WAS BECAUSE THE CRACK COCAINE ROCK WAS NOT HERS AND SHE WAS NOT GOING TO GO TO JAIL FOR SOMEONE ELSE. I THEN ORDERED MS NATTEAL TO PLACE BOTH HANDS BEHIND HER BACK WHERE I PLACED HER IN HANDCUFFS UNTIL I COULD FINISH MY INVESTIGATION. AT THAT TIME, I READ MS NATTEAL HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PREPRINTED CARD AND ASKED HER IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS TO WHICH SHE STATED YES. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WOULD MIND SPEAKING WITH ME AFTER I PERFORMED THE PRESUMPTIVE FIELD TEST ON THE CRACK COCAINE. I THEN WEIGHED THE CRACK COCAINE WHICH WEIGHED AN AMOUNT OF .3 GRAMS. I THEN PERFORMED A PRESUMPTIVE FIELD TEST WHICH SHOWED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE. I THEN WENT AND SPOKE WITH MS NATTEAL ABOUT THE CRACK ROCK TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE WAS BUYING IT FOR A FRIEND AND THAT SHE DOES NOT SMOKE IT ANYMORE. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS BUYING IT FROM A RESIDENT ON BALLOON STREET BUT SHE WOULD NOT PROVIDE ME WITH ANY NAMES REGARDING WHO WAS DEALING IT. SHE DID STATE THAT SHE FREQUENTLY BUYS COCAINE FOR HER FRIENDS BUT SHE IS NO LONGER AN ADDICT. AT THAT TIME, I INFORMED MS NATTEAL THAT I WOULD BE PLACING HER UNDER ARREST, AT which TIME, SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. HER BOND WAS SET AT $5,000 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
