| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RUBY, SAMUEL 0562 (AR10114777) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(B). 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 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). 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: THE DEFENDANT DID HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION ROLLING PAPER FOR THE USE OF SMOKING CANNABIS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 051110, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF CRYSTAL STREET AND NORTH CITRUS AVENUE AS BACK UP FOR DEPUTY POLLARD ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY POLLARD WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MR BRUCE LAWSON, DRIVING A BLUISH GREEN FORD FOUR DOOR UTILITY VEHICLE PROCEED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN WITHOUT STOPPING AT CRYSTAL STREET AND CITRUS AVENUE. DEPUTY POLLARD WROTE THE DEFENDANT WARNING TICKET 293053. UPON RUNNING THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, IT SHOWED THE DEFENDANT'S LICENSE WAS NOT VALID. THE DEFENDANT HAD RECEIVED A COURT ORDER IN REFERENCE TO A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE IN 2008 FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE. DEPUTY POLLARD THEN GOT THE DEFENDANT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, AND ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. UPON SEARCHING THE DEFENDANT FOR WEAPONS, I FOUND A KNIFE IN HIS RIGHT FRONT POCKET. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I WAS GONG TO PLACE THE KNIFE INSIDE HIS VEHICLE WHICH WAS TO BE PICKED UP BY A FAMILY MEMBER. UPON APPROACHING THE DRIVER'S DOOR, I OBSERVED LYING IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT A PACK OF "JOB" 1 1/4TH ROLLING PAPERS AND A ROLLED UP PIECE OF ALUMINUM FOIL WHICH EMITTED THE SCENT OF CANNABIS. UPON UNROLLING THE ALUMINUM FOIL I OBSERVED THE RESIDUE OF BURNT CANNABIS. I THEN CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE DRIVER'S AREA OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED WHERE I RETRIEVED A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGY FROM BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND the CENTER CONSOLE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY .5 GRAMS OF A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WHICH A FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR CANNABIS. THE DEFENDANT DENIED THAT THE CANNABIS OR THE PARAPHERNALIA WAS HIS AND STATED THAT SOMEONE HAD PLACED THOSE ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DRIVING KNOWINGLY WHILE LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CANNABIS UNDER 20 GRAMS WITH A TOTAL BOND OF $1,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED CITATION NUMBER 0814 ESH 6 FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED WITH A MANDATORY COURT HEARING SET FOR 052710 AT 1300 HOURS. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
