| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR10117394) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 36.5 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). 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: A GLASS SMOKING PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 101510 AT APPROXIMATELY 2300 HOURS, I WAS CONDUCTING EXTRA TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA OF GOBBLER DRIVE AND HIGHWAY 41 SOUTH WHEN I OBSERVED A BLACK FOUR DOOR AUDI BEARING FLORIDA TAG BFX8G LEAVE THE CIRCLE K TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 41. AS THE VEHICLE ENTERED HIGHWAY 41 SOUTH, I OBSERVED ITS DRIVER REAR BRAKE LIGHT TO REMAIN ON AS IF THE VEHICLE'S BRAKES WERE BEING APPLIED and THAT THE PASSENGER REAR BRAKE LIGHT/RUNNING LIGHT WAS NOT OPERABLE. I THEN GOT BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 41 SOUTH AND KABRICH STREET. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH the DRIVER AND INFORMED HIM OF THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT VIOLATION and REQUESTED his DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. WHILE WAITING FOR THE DRIVER TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, I SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF CANNABIS COMING FROM the VEHICLE. THE DRIVER THEN PROVIDED ME WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, IDENTIFYING HIMSELF AS BRUCE DAVID WILKERSON II. AFTER A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH DEPUTY SCHAFFER AND MYSELF, MR WILKERSON DID PROVIDE THIS DEPUTY WITH A LARGE ZIPLOC BAGGIE FULL OF CANNABIS and A GLASS SMOKING PIPE. AT THAT TIME MR WILKERSON WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST and THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER TO HIS GIRLFRIEND, WHO WAS THE PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE. MR WILKERSON WAS GIVEN A WARNING, NUMBER 299780B, FOR SAFETY EQUIPMENT VIOLATION, REFERENCE HIS BRAKE LIGHT. THE CONTRABAND WAS COLLECTED and WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. MR WILKERSON WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY THE CANNABIS WAS WEIGHED WITH A TOTAL WEIGHED OF 36.5 GRAMS. MR WILKERSON'S BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00 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* |
