| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR14-9577) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: SEVEN OXYCODONE 30 MG PILLS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY USES INTIMIDATION OR PHYSICAL FORCE OR THREATENS ANOTHER PERSON OR ATTEMPTS TO DO SO OR ENGAGES IN MISLEADING CONDUCT TOWARDS ANOTHER PERSON, ALTERS, DESTROYS, MUTILATES OR CONCEALS AN OBJECT WITH THE INTENT TO IMPAIR THE INTEGRITY OR THE AVAILABILITY OF THE OBJECT FOR USE IN AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OR OFFICE PROCEEDING, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPTED TO DESTROY THE OXYCODONE PILLS BY BREAKING THEM INTO PIECES AND ATTEMPTED TO DESTROY THEM ON THE PAVEMENT OF THE PARKING LOT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 914.22. DID UNLAWFULLY RESIST, OBSTRUCT OR OPPOSE DEPUTY POLLARD, WHO WAS THEN AND THERE IN THE LAWFUL EXECUTION OF A LEGAL DUTY, OR EXECUTION OF LEGAL PROCESS, TO WIT: FAILING TO OBEY OVER FIVE VERBAL COMMANDS, WHERE HE KEPT REACHING UNDER THE SEAT AND WOULD NOT KEEP HIS HANDS VISIBLE, WITHOUT OFFERING OR DOING VIOLENCE TO THE PERSON OF SUCH OFFICER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 843.02. ON 032014, WHILE CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE IN INVERNESS AT THE CIRCLE K, I OBSERVED A SILVER HONDA CIVIC PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT, WHERE SUBJECTS REMAINED IN THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AND NEVER EXITED. SHORTLY AFTER, A GREEN FORD EXPLORER PULLED UP NEXT TO THEM. I OBSERVED THE DRIVER OF THE SILVER HONDA CIVIC EXIT THE VEHICLE AND WALK UP TO THE DRIVERâS SIDE OF THE FORD EXPLORER, WHERE IT APPEARED THAT THERE WAS A TRANSACTION AT THE WINDOW. SHORTLY AFTER, THE DRIVER OF THE HONDA CIVIC RETURNED TO HIS VEHICLE AND LEFT THE PARKING LOT. THIS INFORMATION WAS THEN RELAYED TO DEPUTY SCHAFFER, WHO WAS IN AN UNMARKED AGENCY VEHICLE, WHICH DID HAVE LIGHTS AND SIRENS. DEPUTY SCHAFFER FOLLOWED THE SUSPECT VEHICLE DOWN MONTGOMERY AVENUE ONTO WEST MAIN STREET, WHERE THEY TURNED WEST ON MAIN STREET. DEPUTY SCHAFFER THEN PACED THEM ON WEST MAIN STREET BETWEEN PLEASANT GROVE ROAD AND INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY. THE SPEED ZONE WAS 45 MILES PER HOUR AND HE PACED THE VEHICLE AT 57 MILES PER HOUR. A TRAFFIC STOP WAS THEN INITIATED BY DEPUTY SCHAFFER, WHILE I WAS FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND. ON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, I RECOGNIZED THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, AS MR CHRISTOPHER JONES, DUE TO PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS. DEPUTY SCHAFFER REQUESTED A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION TO RUN THEM FOR STATUS CHECKS, WHILE I BEGAN TO ASK THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAT I NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT AND HIS FRONT PASSENGER, MR CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN, ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE VISIBLY SHAKING AND BOTH APPEARED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS. I REQUESTED THAT BOTH SUBJECTS KEEP THEIR HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND DASHBOARD RESPECTIVELY, WHERE THE DEFENDANT WOULD NOT COMPLY. I ASKED HIM OVER FIVE TIMES TO KEEP HIS HANDS ON THE STEERING WHEEL, WHERE HE KEPT PLACING HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS, ATTEMPTED TO REACH UNDER THE SEAT AND APPEARED TO BE SHOVING SOMETHING BETWEEN THE DRIVERâS SEAT AND CENTER CONSOLE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND DETAINED FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. THE DEFENDANT WAS SAT ON A VERY REMOTE AREA OF A CURB, SEVERAL YARDS FROM THE FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PATTED DOWN FOR WEAPONS; HOWEVER HIS POCKETS WERE NOT SEARCHED. WHILE SITTING ON THE CURB, THE DEFENDANT WAS MOVING SPORADICALLY AND KEPT PLACING HIS HANDS ON THE EDGE OF THE PAVEMENT IN A RUBBING MOTION. HE ALSO APPEARED TO BE MOVING HIS BODY AND FEET SPORADICALLY, AS HE APPEARED TO BE SCRATCHING. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN MOVED FROM THAT LOCATION AND UNDER HIS LEGS WHERE HE WAS SITTING, SIX OXYCODONE 30 MG PILLS WERE LOCATED, ALONG WITH FOUR PIECES TO ANOTHER OXYCODONE PILL. SOME OF THE WHITE RESIDUE FROM THE CRUSHED PILLS WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE CURB AND ASPHALT, FROM WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY THE PILLS. THE OTHER PILLS WERE COVERED IN DIRT, DUE TO THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPTING TO STEP ON THEM. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE YIELDED NO OTHER CONTRABAND. THE PILLS WERE IDENTIFIED AS OXYCODONE 30 MG, THROUGH WWW.DRUGS.COM, WHERE THEY WERE SEIZED AND WILL BE PLACED INTO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, WHERE HE ADVISED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT GAVE LIMITED INFORMATION, STATING THAT HE WAS NOT ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY THOSE PILLS. THE DEFENDANT DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE INCIDENT. MR SEAMAN WAS RELEASED ON SCENE. THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS SEIZED WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONTACTED AND RESPONDED TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY MOORE. WHILE AT THE JAIL THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING 371339B, FOR SPEEDING AT 57 MILES PER HOUR IN A 45 MILES PER HOUR ZONE. WHILE AT THE COUNTY JAIL, THE DEFENDANT WAS INTERVIEWED AGAIN AND WAS STILL UNDER MIRANDA WHERE HE STATED THAT HE STILL UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE PILLS WERE HIS AND HE WAS CONCEALING THEM IN THE RIGHT PANT LEG OF HIS PANTS. HE STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HIDE THEM BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO CATCH THE CHARGE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WITH A BOND OF $5,000.00, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, WITH A BOND OF $2,000.00 AND RESISTING WITHOUT VIOLENCE, WITH A BOND OF $500.00, FOR A TOTAL BOND SET AT $7,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
