| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, TRAVIS 0358 (AR11122062) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHADONE 10 MG, XANAX 2 MG AND OXYCODONE 30 MG, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 080311 I RESPONDED TO 6760 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE TO A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANO WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A BLUE CAMERO BEARING FLORIDA TEMPORARY LICENSE PLATE NUMBER R993817 BECAUSE THE DRIVER WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED THAT HIS K-9 ALERTED ON THE VEHICLE AND HE REMOVED THE OCCUPANTS. HE ADVISED INSIDE OF THE DEFENDANT'S PURSE, HE LOCATED A PILL BOTTLE WITH NO MARKINGS WHICH CONTAINED 17 METHADONE, 21 XANAX, 34 OXYCODONE AND SEVERAL PIECES OF BROKEN XANAX. HE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD and ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED THAT SHE DID. HE THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH HIM AND I AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED DEPUTY VIGGIANO THAT SHE HAD PRESCRIPTIONS FOR ALL OF THE MEDICATION EXCEPT FOR THE METHADONE. THE DEFENDANT WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY OF THE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE MEDICATIONS. I INTERVIEWED THE DEFENDANT AT THE SCENE AND SHE ADVISED THAT SHE IN FACT HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR ALL OF THE MEDICATION EXCEPT FOR THE METHADONE. SHE STATED THAT THE METHADONE WAS GIVEN TO HER BY HER FIANCE'S FATHER TO TRY AND WEAN HER OFF OF THE OTHER MEDICATIONS. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, MR NICHOLAS CLESTER, HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN HIS POCKET WHICH DEPUTY VIGGIANO HAD REMOVED FROM HIS POCKET. MR CLESTER STATED THAT THE MONEY WAS NOT HIS AND IT BELONGED TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE MONEY WAS HERS AND SHE HAD GOTTEN $10,000.00 FROM A SETTLEMENT AND THAT WAS PART OF the MONEY THAT SHE HAD RECEIVED. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HER BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY JOHNSON'S PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $15,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
