| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0290 (AR14-9244) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A), AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN 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: METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE AND COFFEE FILTERS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1). ON 022514, A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 6310 EAST INDIAN OAKS COURT IN HERNANDO. UPON LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVING AT THE SCENE, THEY MADE CONTACT with DEFENDANT CINDY BROAD AND DEFENDANT MICHAEL HOFELDT, JR IN the YARD OF THE RESIDENCE. THEY WERE DETAINED. PATROL UNITS MADE THEIR WAY TO the RESIDENCE KNOCKING ON the DOOR AND ANNOUNCING THEMSELVES. UPON NO ONE ANSWERING THE DOOR ENTRY WAS MADE. THEY OBSERVED A 6-year-OLD CHILD SLEEPING ON the COUCH AND MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT RYAN RITTER AND DEFENDANT HEATHER MCELRATH, WHO WERE ASLEEP IN THEIR BED. THEY ALSO MADE CONTACT with DEFENDANT JACK SMITH AND DEFENDANT JACQUELINE GEBHART, WHO WERE ALSO ASLEEP IN THEIR BEDROOM. ALL INDIVIDUALS WERE DETAINED and REMOVED TO the EXTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE. THIS DEPUTY READ THE SEARCH WARRANT TO ALL THE OCCUPANTS OF RESIDENCE. AFTER READING OF the SEARCH WARRANT, A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE WAS CONDUCTED. WHERE DEFENDANT RITTER AND DEFENDANT MCELRATH WERE SLEEPING, ON BOTH NIGHTSTANDS IN THEIR BEDROOM METHAMPHETAMINE PIPES WERE LOCATED. ALSO LOCATED IN THIS BEDROOM WAS SEVERAL PIECES OF PARAPHERNALIA, TO INCLUDE STRAWS, AND BAGGIES. ALSO LOCATED IN the ROOM WAS A WATER PACKET FROM AN INSTANT COLD PACK WHICH HAD BEEN CUT OPEN AND EPSON SALT. A SEARCH OF DEFENDANT JACK SMITH AND DEFENDANT GEBHARTâS ROOM LED TO the DISCOVERY OF TWO KEYCHAIN METAL PILL HOLDERS. BOTH PILL HOLDERS TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND A STRAW THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. AFTER THE SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE WAS COMPLETED, A SEARCH OF THE YARD AND VEHICLES BEGAN. LOCATED IN the SHED IN the YARD, WHICH IS THE LOCATION WHERE WE RECEIVED INFORMATION THAT METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING WAS OCCURRING, WE LOCATED A CAN OF COLEMAN FUEL, NUMEROUS FUNNELS, PIECES OF LITHIUM BATTERY CASINGS, AND PLASTIC TUBING. UPON CHECKING the BURN PIT, WHICH WAS LOCATED BEHIND the SHED TO the RIGHT OF THE RESIDENCE ,LITHIUM BATTERY CASINGS WERE LOCATED. A SEARCH OF DEFENDANT SMITHâS VEHICLE LED TO the DISCOVERY OF A CYLINDER FROM A .22 REVOLVER IN A BLUE BAG. A SEARCH OF DEFENDANTâS BROADâS VEHICLE LED TO the DISCOVERY OF A GREEN PILL CAPSULE, WHICH CONTAINED METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED, UPON LAW ENFORCEMENTâS ARRIVAL AND MAKING CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT BROAD AND SUSPECT HOFELDT, DEFENDANT BROAD HAD ON HER POSSESSION TWO METHAMPHETAMINE PIPES AND SEVERAL COFFEE FILTERS, WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN USED in the MANUFACTURING PROCESS, WHICH DID CONTAIN A WHITE POWDER APPROXIMATELY ONE-QUARTER GRAM. THIS DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WAS CONTACTED and DID RESPOND TO the SCENE FOR THE REMOVAL OF the CHILD. DEFENDANT RITTER AND DEFENDANT BROAD WERE ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED), AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT BROADâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT GEBHART, SMITH, AND MCELRATH WERE ISSUED MISDEMEANOR CITATIONS FOR the CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. |
