Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0292 (AR12-2036)(12-127563) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: manufacturing METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1); AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER POSSESSION LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICALS OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(A) THESE CHEMICALS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: AMMONIA nitrate and lithium metal DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/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: syringes , IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1) oN 061812, I ARRESTED MR BRUCE KRIWOX, IN REFERENCE TO MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER THIS, HE BONDED OUT OF JAIL. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHILE THE DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT WERE IN JAIL, THEY WERE PASSING MAIL TO EACH OTHER. IN ONE OF THESE LETTERS, THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HIS SPECIFIC TALENTS WERE IN NEED, AND THAT HE JUST NEEDED TO DO ONE LARGE COOK. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT WHEN THE DEFENDANT BONDED OUT JAIL, THIS DEPUTY RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT THE DEFENDANT BEGAN PURCHASING EPHEDRINE AND CHEMICALS. THE DEFENDANT ALSO BEGAN CALLING THE SHERIFFâS OFFICE ON A CONTINUOUS BASIS IN REFERENCE TO TRYING TO GET HIS SPOUSE/CO- DEFENDANT RELEASED ON HER OWN RECOGNIZANCE. ON 071612, I CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT AND ARRANGED A MEETING FOR 071712. AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS, ON 071612, I WAS CONTACTED BY THE DEFENDANTâS BONDSMAN, WHO ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANTâS PARENTS, WHO WERE ALLOWING THE DEFENDANT TO STAY AT THEIR RESIDENCE, LOCATED A METHAMPHETAMINE LAB AND HAD HIM OFF BONDED, IN REFERENCE TO THE ORIGINAL MANUFACTURING CHARGES. IT WAS AT THAT TIME, THAT I RESPONDED TO 6608 WEST LIBERTY LANE, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANTâS PARENTS AND BROTHER. THE DEFENDANTâS FATHER ADVISED THAT EARLIER IN THE MORNING HE WENT OUTSIDE TO ONE OF HIS SHEDS. WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR HE WAS OVERCOME BY THE CHEMICAL FUMES. HE ALSO NOTED THAT HE OBSERVED A GLASS MASON JAR CONTAINING LIQUID, COVERED WITH A RAG, AND THERE WAS ALSO A CONTAINER OF DRANO IN THE SAME AREA. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT IN ANOTHER SHED HE LOCATED SOME OTHER SUSPICIOUS ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, CONSENT TO SEARCH WAS OBTAINED FROM THE HOMEOWNERS AND I BEGAN TO SEARCH, IN FEARS THAT HERE MIGHT BE AN ACTIVE COOK, I BEGAN CHECKING THE AREA LOCATED AROUND THE SHED WHERE THE GLASS MASON JAR WAS LOCATED. ON THE OUTSIDE, INSIDE A CINDER BLOCK, I OBSERVED A ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOK, IN WHICH THE CONTAINER HAD BREACHED AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE COOK WAS STILL SMOKING AND OFF GASSING. AT THIS TIME FIRE AND HAZMAT WAS CONTACTED AND RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. LUCKILY, THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED DUE TO A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR, WHICH WAS OCCURRING DURING THE SAME TIME. DEPUTY PARSONS, WHO ALSO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE, HANDLED ALL SCENE PROCESSING (PHOTOGRAPHS AND FINGERPRINTING), SEE CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT. AFTER THE ONE POT COOK WAS PHOTOGRAPHED, IT WAS REMOVED BY THIS DEPUTY AND WAS SATURATED IN MOTOR OIL TO MAKE THE ONE POT COOK SAFE FOR TRANSPORT. NEXT, I REMOVED THE LIQUID IN THE MASON JAR; THE LIQUID DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND WILL BE SENT OFF TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT LABORATORY. ALSO THE CAN OF DRANO AND A CONTAINER OF MORTON SALT WERE RECOVERED. LOCATED IN THE FAR EAST SHED WAS A BAG CONTAINING A CASE OF INSTANT COLD PACKS WHICH IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, ALSO LOCATED WAS A SMALL COOLER, WHICH CONTAINED NUMEROUS SYRINGES, (WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE), black GLOVES (WHICH THE FINGERTIPS WERE TESTED WITH ACIDIC TEST PAPER, WHICH DID SHOW THE PRESENCE OF ACIDIC CHEMICALS). THERE WERE ALSO SMALL pieces OF TUBING AND PLIERS, THE TUBING IS COMMONLY USED IN THE HCL GENERATORS AND PLIERS ARE USED FOR PEELING THE BATTERIES TO REMOVE THE LITHIUM METAL. ALSO LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA WAS A black BACKPACK, WHICH CONTAINED MAIL TO THE DEFENDANT, several SMALL LITHIUM CAMERA BATTERIES, A MINIATURE PIPE CUTTER (WHICH IS USED FOR THE CUTTING OF THE BATTERIES), COFFEE FILTERS, AND AN EMPTY BOX OF EPHEDRINE. IN ANOTHER BAG, TWO EMPTY BOXES OF EPHEDRINE WERE ALSO LOCATED. IN A BOX IN THE SAME AREA A PYREX DISH WAS LOCATED, WHICH WAS STILL DAMP WITH LIQUID WHICH DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE FATHER OF THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED WHO THE OWNER OF THESE PARTICULAR BOXES AND BOOK BAG WAS, AND HE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE THE DEFENDANTâS ITEMS. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE SHED IS USED BY THE FAMILY AS A STORAGE AREA. LOCATED in a GARBAGE CAN, outside of the RESIDENCE WERE REMNANTS OF A METHAMPHETAMINE COOK, THIS INCLUDED A CAN OF DRANO, HOMEMADE SCREENS, AND several SMALL LITHIUM CAMERA BATTERIES WHICH HAD BEEN CUT OPEN AND HAD THE LITHIUM REMOVED. THE USE OF THESE LITHIUM CAMERA BATTERIES IS UNIQUE TO THIS PARTICULAR MANUFACTURER. LOCATED IN A WOODED AREA TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE RESIDENCE, AN EMPTY CONTAINER OF ETHER WAS LOCATED. IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA, WE DISCOVERED A BURN MARK ON THE GROUND WITH REMNANTS OF THE HCL GENERATOR AND USED COFFEE FILTERS, WHICH DID TEST POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF CHEMICALS. ALL ITEMS WERE COLLECTED, MADE SAFE FOR TRANSPORT AND TURNED OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY LANDFILL HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SECTION FOR DESTRUCTION. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DEPUTY PARSONS WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE NUMEROUS FINGERPRINTS ON MOST OF THESE ITEMS. AT THIS TIME, TAPED INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH THE DEFENDANTâS PARENTS, THIS WAS DONE INDIVIDUALLY. THEY ADVISED THAT WHEN THE DEFENDANTâS FATHER FOUND THE METHAMPHETAMINE LABORATORY, THEY DECIDED TO HAVE THE DEFENDANT OFF BONDED. THEY ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT THE BONDSMAN NEEDED SOME PAPERWORK SIGNED AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE BONDSMAN, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS OFF BONDED. WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS CONFRONTED IN REFERENCE TO THE MANUFACTURING LABORATORY THAT THEY HAD DISCOVERED, HE TOLD HIS PARENTS AND THE BONDSMAN THAT HE WAS MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE FOR THIS DEPUTY AND THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SO THAT WE COULD SELL âDOPEâ ON CONTROLLED BUYS THE NEXT DAY. HE LATER CHANGED HIS STORY TO THE THREE WITNESSES, STATING THAT HE WAS ONLY COLLECTING THE MATERIALS NEEDED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE. ALL THREE WITNESSES WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY AND CONFIRMED THE STATEMENTS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THESE INTERVIEWS, I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEFENDANTâS MOTHER THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD CALLED HER FROM THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. I WAS LATER ABLE TO RETRIEVE THIS PHONE CALL AND LISTEN TO IT; WHEN THE DEFENDANTâS MOTHER TELLS HIM THAT THIS DEPUTY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE ARE AT THIS RESIDENCE COLLECTING THE LABORATORY, HE MAKES A STATEMENT OF âIâM FUCKEDâ, HE CONTINUED ON, TELLING HIS PARENTS THAT HE CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY DID THIS TO HIM. THIS PHONE CALL WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AT THIS TIME, DEPUTY PARSONS AND I RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE WE CONDUCTED A DIGITAL INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT, HE WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. WHEN ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH US, HE ADVISED THAT HE DID. HE DENIED MAKING ANY STATEMENTS TO ANY OF THE WITNESSES. HE DID ADVISE THAT he was ONLY COLLECTING THE ITEMS FOR ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO CONDUCT THE MANUFACTURING. DUE TO THE DEFENDANTâS LACK OF COOPERATION IN THE INTERVIEW, THE INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED AND THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ON 071812, THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED WITH A BLANKET BOND OF $150,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, IN REFERENCE TO THIS NEW MANUFACTURING CASE. |