| Probable cause affidavit: |
submitted by: MCGILL, TOMMY 1360 (AR16-18156) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 66 GRAMS OF CANNABIS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 020316, AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 HOURS, I WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT THE MAIN STREET CITGO, LOCATED AT 415 WEST MAIN STREET, IN INVERNESS, WHEN I OBSERVED A BLACK FORD F-150, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE AZXV60, WHICH WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. I ESTIMATED THE VEHICLE TO BE TRAVELING AT 46 MILES PER HOUR. I THEN ACTIVATED MY AGENCY ISSUED RADAR, WHICH GAVE A HIGH PITCHED AUDIO DOPPLER TONE AND A READING ON THE DISPLAY BOX OF 47 MILES PER HOUR IN A 35 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. I THEN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP, WHERE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT 104 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS CHARISH MARIE MALES, AND ADVISED HER OF THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP. THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE I COULD SMELL THE ODOR OF CANNABIS COMING FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAT I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED NO. THE PASSENGER, MR CASEY MALES, THEN ADVISED ME THAT THEY HAD BOTH JUST SMOKED CANNABIS AND THAT WAS WHERE THE ODOR WAS COMING FROM. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT AND THE WITNESS TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THEM AGAIN IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH THEY ADVISED ME NO. I THEN CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD I LOCATED TWO PLASTIC BAGGIES WHICH WERE COVERED BY CLOTHES. ONE OF THE BAGGIES CONTAINED A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT THE GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WAS, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED ME IT WAS CANNABIS. I THEN REMOVED THE SECOND CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE, WHICH CONTAINED A HARD TAN SUBSTANCE WITH WHITE POWDER. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT WAS IN THAT PLASTIC BAGGIE, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED IT WAS CANNABIS WAX. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHO THE CANNABIS BELONGED TO AND SHE ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS HER CANNABIS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK. I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO ME. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR THE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS (MORE THAN 20 GRAMS). THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I TESTED THE GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR CANNABIS, WHICH WEIGHED 10 GRAMS. I THEN TESTED THE CANNABIS WAX, WHICH WEIGHED 56 GRAMS (TOTAL WEIGHT OF 66 GRAMS). THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
