| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: NEWTON, LAURA 0459 (AR12-2640) DID, WITHOUT BEING DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE SHERIFF OR BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, UNLAWFULLY INTRODUCE INTO OR POSSESS UPON THE GROUNDS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, TO-WIT: AN ARTICLE DECLARED TO BE CONTRABAND, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PATCH, WHILE SAID DEFENDANT, MS CASSANDRA LAUDICINA WAS AN INMATE OF SAID FACILITY IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 944.47(1)(A)(4). ON 090612, I ARRESTED THE DEFENDANT, MS CASSANDRA LAUDICINA, FOR BURGLARY WITH BATTERY AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE RESIDENCE, THE DEFENDANT HAD CONTINUALLY ASKED TO GO INSIDE THE RESIDENCE FOR VARIOUS REASONS. SHE WAS VERY DETERMINED TO GET INTO THE BATHROOM ALONE TO "CHANGE HER SHORTS". ONCE PROBABLE CAUSE WAS ESTABLISHED, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I WOULD ESCORT HER INSIDE THE RESIDENCE TO CHANGE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT IT WAS NOT NECESSARY. I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT AS TO WHY SHE WAS DETERMINED TO CHANGE EARLIER, BUT NOW DID NOT WANT TO. SHE DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT INSTEAD DECIDED SHE WOULD GO AHEAD AND CHANGE. I WALKED WITH THE DEFENDANT INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. SHE GRABBED A CLEAN PAIR OF UNDERWEAR AND PANTS AND WALKED INTO THE BATHROOM. THE DEFENDANT LEFT THE BATHROOM DOOR OPEN AS I STOOD TO THE SIDE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON HER AND ADVISED HER THAT IF SHE DID, SHE NEEDED TO GET RID OF IT PRIOR TO TRANSPORT TO THE DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING ON HER. AS SHE WALKED OUT OF THE BATHROOM, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO BE STUFFING SOMETHING DOWN THE FRONT OF HER PANTS. I ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING, AT WHICH TIME, SHE PULLED OUT A PLASTIC STRIP TYPE MATERIAL. UPON INSPECTION, I DISCOVERED IT WAS ONE OF HER PRESCRIBED PATCHES THAT SHE USES FOR DETOXIFICATION. THE DEFENDANT APOLOGIZED AND STATED THAT SHE JUST NEEDED ONE BEFORE WE LEFT, SO SHE WOULD NOT GET SICK FROM THE PILLS SHE HAD BEEN ABUSING. I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT SHE COULD NOT TAKE THE PATCHES WITH HER, NOR COULD I ALLOW HER TO USE ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PRIOR TO TRANSPORT DUE TO SAFETY REASONS. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE DETENTION FACILITY AND TURNED HER OVER TO CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL. ON 090712 AT APPROXIMATELY 0035 HOURS, I WAS CONTACTED BY CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AND ADVISED THAT OFFICER SOTA HAD BEEN PREPARING THE DEFENDANT FOR DELOUSING, WHEN SHE OBSERVED HER MESSING AROUND WITH HER PELVIC AREA. OFFICER SOTA ADVISED IT WAS AT THAT TIME, SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT PULL TWO PLASTIC PIECES FROM HER VAGINAL AREA AND HAD ATTEMPTED TO HIDE THEM IN HER HAIR. THE DETENTION PERSONNEL CONTACTED ME, AND I RESPONDED BACK TO THE DETENTION FACILITY TO CHECK THE SUBSTANCE. I DID CONFIRM THAT IT WAS THE SAME CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PATCH THAT SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HIDE WHILE AT THE RESIDENCE. THE SUBSTANCE (suboxone) WAS CONFIRMED THROUGH WWW.DRUGS.COM TO BE A SCHEDULE THREE CONTROLLED OPIATE. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH INTRODUCING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INTO A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH INTRODUCING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INTO A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. the patches were turned in to the CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) EVIDENCE DIVISION. THE DEFENDANT’S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
