| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, EVAN 1336 (AR15-16087)(15-108699) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS, 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/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: ONE GLASS BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR MARIJUANA SMOKING PIPE, WITH MARIJUANA RESIDUE IN IT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 081815, I WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE, WHEN I OBSERVED A RED JEEP TRAVELING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, NORTHBOUND, WITH TWO CRACKED TAILLIGHTS. UPON MAKING A U-TURN ON THE VEHICLE I OBSERVED BOTH TAILLIGHTS ON THE JEEP WERE CRACKED AND EMITTING WHITE LIGHT. AT THAT TIME I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE AND ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND SIGNALS. I COULD SEE A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN THE VEHICLE OF THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STOP RIGHT AWAY, PASSING SEVERAL SAFE PLACES TO PULL OVER. I THEN ADJUSTED MY SIRENS TO A DIFFERENT TONE AND THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN AND PULL TO THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND SOUTH AIRPORT ROAD. I WALKED UP TO THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR CHRISTOPHER BLAS, AND INFORMED HIM THE REASON I HAD STOPPED HIM WAS DUE TO THE WHITE LIGHT EMITTING FROM HIS TAILLIGHT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, IN WHICH HE PROVIDED ME. I ALSO ASKED HIS PASSENGER, MS NATALIE SEMENDOFF, IF SHE HAD ANY IDENTIFICATION AND IF SHE MINDED IF I LOOKED AT IT. MS SEMENDOFF ALSO HANDED ME A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. BOTH THE DEFENDANT AND THE PASSENGER APPEARED EXTREMELY NERVOUS AND HAD A GLAZED LOOK ON THEIR FACES. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE, IN WHICH HE STATED NO. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE MINDED IF I SEARCHED HIS VEHICLE FOR ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS, HE STATED THERE WAS NO REASON TO DO SO SINCE THERE WERE NO ILLEGAL ITEMS. AS I WALKED BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO RUN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN (0442) ARRIVED ON SCENE. AT THAT TIME I WALKED BACK TO THE DRIVER WINDOW AND ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO PLEASE ROLLUP HIS WINDOWS AND TURN THE VEHICLE OFF SO THAT DEPUTY BEHNEN COULD WALK HIS CANINE JERRY LEE AROUND THE VEHICLE, FOR AN EXTERIOR SNIFF FOR DRUGS. DEPUTY BEHNEN WALKED HIS CANINE JERRY LEE AROUND THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE, AND ADVISED ME THERE WAS A POSITIVE ALERT ON THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STEP OUT OF THE DRIVER SEAT, BECAUSE DUE TO THE CANINE ALERT WE WERE GOING TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT HE HAD A âBOWLâ, WHICH WAS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS A MARIJUANA SMOKING PIPE, IN THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WOULD HAND ME THE PIPE, AND HE REACHED OVER TO THE CENTER CONSOLE AND HANDED ME A BLACK AND WHITE GLASS MARIJUANA PIPE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE MINDED IF I PATTED HIM DOWN, AND HE STATED NO THAT HE DID NOT MIND. I PATTED THE DEFENDANT DOWN AND DID NOT FIND ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE MARIJUANA PIPE. THE PASSENGER, MS SEMENDOFF, ALSO EXITED THE VEHICLE AND STOOD BY WITH THE DEFENDANT AND DEPUTY BEHNEN WHILE I SEARCHED THE VEHICLE. ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE I OBSERVED A ZIPLOC BAGGY STICKING OUT OF THE DRIVER SEAT, IN BETWEEN THE BOTTOM AND TOP CUSHION. WHEN I PULLED THE BAGGY OUT I OBSERVED THE BAGGY TO BE CONTAINING MARIJUANA. THE REST OF THE VEHICLE WAS SEARCHED YIELDING NEGATIVE RESULTS. I THEN WALKED BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND SET THE MARIJUANA BAG ON THE HOOD OF MY VEHICLE, ALONG WITH THE GLASS PIPE. THE DEFENDANT STATED TO ME THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE MARIJUANA BECAUSE HE WAS AFRAID TO GO TO JAIL. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE ADDRESS ON HIS LICENSE WAS CORRECT, AND HE STATED NO, THAT HE LIVED IN INVERNESS. WHILE WRITING DOWN THE DEFENDANTâS INFORMATION I ASKED HIM WHAT HIS ADDRESS IN INVERNESS WAS AND HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW, TO JUST USE THE ADDRESS ON HIS LICENSE. THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE, MS SEMENDOFF, THEN TOLD THE DEFENDANT TO STOP LYING AND TELL US WHAT HIS ADDRESS WAS. THE DEFENDANT STATED NO, THEY CAN JUST USE THE ADDRESS ON HIS LICENSE, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE HE RECEIVED MAIL. THE PASSENGER, MS SEMENDOFF, THEN STATED THAT THEY BOTH LIVED AT 890 NORTH CHARLES AVENUE, IN INVERNESS. I INFORMED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA UNDER 20 GRAMS AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TRAFFIC STOP IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS BEING EXTREMELY UNCOOPERATIVE AND LIED SEVERAL TIMES. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING FOR THE WHITE LIGHT EMITTING FROM BOTH TAILLIGHTS, WARNING NUMBER 397043B, AND A COPY WAS GIVEN TO HIM AT THE JAIL. I THEN WEIGHED THE MARIJUANA, INCLUDING THE ZIPLOC BAG. IT YIELDED A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 3.7 GRAMS. THE MARIJUANA PIPE AND MARIJUANA WAS PACKAGED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
