| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TITUS, JOSHUA 1243 (AR16-19092) DEFENDANT WAS KNOWINGLY IN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF 28 GRAMS OR MORE OF METHAMPHETAMINE, WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WAS IN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF 77 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.135(1)(F)(1)(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: 15 ALPRAZOLAM 2 MG TABLETS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.147(1). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: HYPODERMIC NEEDLE CONTAINING LIQUID THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 041716, I WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA OF EAST JEFFERSON STREET AND OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD, WHERE I OBSERVED A WHITE FOUR DOOR CAR TO BE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD. I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND WE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION OF EVERGREEN LOOP AND OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD, WHERE THE WHITE FOUR DOOR TURNED RIGHT ONTO EVERGREEN LOOP AND I OBSERVED A WHITE MALE DRIVER TO NOT BE WEARING HIS SEATBELT. AT THAT TIME, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AND INITIATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS, AT WHICH TIME THE DRIVER PULLED INTO AN UNKNOWN ADDRESS ON EVERGREEN LOOP. I APPROACHED THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR CHRISTOPHER GARLAND, AND ADVISED HIM THE REASON FOR THE STOP WAS FOR HIM NOT WEARING A SEATBELT, AT WHICH TIME HE GRABBED IT AND PUT IT ON. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY RITLI (0426) AND HIS K-9 KHAOS ARRIVED ON SCENE AS BACK UP. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, WHERE HE COULD ONLY PROVIDE ME WITH HIS REGISTRATION. I TOLD THE DEFENDANT TO ROLL HIS WINDOWS AND SHUT HIS CAR OFF. I WALKED BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO CONFIRM THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS VALID AND THE REGISTRATION WAS VALID FOR THE VEHICLE. I THEN BEGAN TO WRITE A CITATION FOR MR GARLAND NOT WEARING HIS SEATBELT. DEPUTY RITLI DEPLOYED K-9 KHAOS TO CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME K-9 KHAOS SHOWED A POSITIVE ALERT FOR THE ODOR OF A NARCOTIC COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. I ASSISTED DEPUTY RITLI AND ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND WALK BACK TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I PATTED THE DEFENDANT DOWN FOR MY SAFETY AND REMOVED A POCKET KNIFE FROM HIS RIGHT FRONT POCKET. DEPUTY RITLI BEGAN TO SEARCH THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. BETWEEN THE DRIVER'S SEAT AND THE CENTER CONSOLE OF THE VEHICLE HE LOCATED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING THREE SMALLER CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES ROLLED UP. EACH ROLLED UP BAGGIE CONTAINED A CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE. THE SUBSTANCES IN ALL THREE BAGGIES WERE TESTED INDIVIDUALLY UTILIZING THREE SEPARATE AGENCY ISSUED FIELD TEST KITS, AND EACH KIT YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. DEPUTY RITLI ALSO LOCATED A BLACK RECTANGULAR ZIPPERED POUCH THAT CONTAINED ONE SYRINGE WHICH CONTAINED LIQUID METHAMPHETAMINE AND MULTIPLE BAND-AIDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE OVER 28 GRAMS, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, A ROTATION WRECKER FROM TONY'S COLLISION RESPONDED AND TOWED THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE TO THEIR FACILITY. THE NARCOTICS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WAS COLLECTED, PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. PRIOR TO TURNING THE NARCOTICS IN TO EVIDENCE THE FIRST CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE WAS WEIGHED WITH AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 30 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE SECOND CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE WAS WEIGHED WITH AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 30 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND THE LAST CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE WAS WEIGHED WITH AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 17 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, FOR A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 77 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION A21CU7P, FOR THE SEATBELT VIOLATION, WITH A FINE OF $116.00 PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY CLERK OF COURTS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED CRIMINAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER A21CU8P, FOR FELONY ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, WITH A MANDATORY COURT APPEARANCE ON 050516 AT 1300 HOURS, AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. COPIES OF THE CITATIONS WERE TURNED OVER TO THE DETENTION FACILITY STAFF. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE WITH A BOND OF $50,000.00, POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00 AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WITH A BOND OF $1,000.00, FOR A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $53,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
