| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR13-4991) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 MILLIGRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 032713, AT APPROXIMATELY 1650 HOURS, I WAS SITTING STATIONARY ON EAST GOBBLER DRIVE, IN THE AREA OF SOUTH ALLIGATOR PLACE. WHILE DOING SO, I OBSERVED A BLUE IN COLOR TWO DOOR FORD TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON EAST GOBBLER DRIVE. UPON OBSERVING THE VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR CODY WOOD, WAS CLEARLY NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT. FURTHERMORE, IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MR BRYAN OTERO, WAS ALSO NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT. AT THAT TIME, I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE AREA OF EAST GOBBLER DRIVE AND SOUTH PHEASANT WAY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT UPON STOPPING THE VEHICLE, IT ABRUPTLY TURNED INTO AN ADDRESS LOCATED AT 5070 SOUTH PHEASANT WAY. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, WHO WAS STILL NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY BELT, I REQUESTED HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION AND ADVISED HIM OF THE REASON HE WAS STOPPED. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE HAD PULLED INTO THE ABOVE ADDRESS SO ABRUPTLY, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WAS THERE TO VISIT A FRIEND. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, I NOTICED THAT HE WAS EXTREMELY NERVOUS WHILE SPEAKING WITH ME AND HE WAS CONTINUOUSLY FAILING TO MAKE EYE CONTACT. FURTHERMORE THE DEFENDANTâS HANDS WERE SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY. DUE TO THE DEFENDANTâS NERVOUS STATE, I ASKED HIM IF HE MINDED STEPPING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE COMPLIED. UPON DOING SO, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I WOULD BE GIVING HIM A VERBAL WARNING FOR THE INFRACTION. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WOULD MIND IF I SEARCHED HIS PERSON, TO WHICH HE ADVISED I COULD. UPON TAKING THE DEFENDANTâS BLACK BASEBALL HAT OFF HIS HEAD, SIX SMALL WHITE CIRCULAR PILLS FELL OUT ONTO THE GROUND. UPON ASKING THE DEFENDANT WHAT THE PILLS WERE, HE STATED METHADONE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN DETAINED IN HANDCUFFS UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION COULD BE COMPLETE. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD WHERE HE WAIVED HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED ME THAT THE PILLS WERE INDEED METHADONE AND HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THEM FOR $5.00 EACH, FOR A TOTAL OF $30.00. FURTHERMORE THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THEM A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO AND HAD A PILL ADDICTION. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A VALID PRESCRIPTION NOR WAS HE UNDER THE CARE OF A PHYSICIAN FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT. WHILE SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT, THE HOMEOWNER OF THE ABOVE ADDRESS ARRIVED ON SCENE, AT WHICH TIME, I ASKED THEM IF THEY KNEW THE DEFENDANT, TO WHICH THEY ADVISED THEY DID NOT. UPON QUESTIONING THE DEFENDANT IN REFERENCE TO THIS, HE ADVISED ME THAT HE LIED DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE WAS HOPING I WOULD JUST DRIVE BY AND NOT STOP HIM. THE PILLS WERE LATER POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS METHADONE HYDROCHLORIDE 10 MILLIGRAMS, WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE A SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTIC. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WHERE HE WAS PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE PASSENGER, MR OTERO. UPON SEARCHING HIS PERSON AN UNUSED PIECE OF PLASTIC STRAW WAS FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION, WHICH WAS CONDUCIVE WITH SNORTING PILLS. UPON LOCATING THE PARAPHERNALIA, MR OTERO ADVISED THAT HE KNEW DEFENDANT WOOD HAD THE PILLS IN HIS POSSESSION AND WAS HOPING TO GET ONE FOR FREE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS TURNED OVER TO CORRECTION STAFF. ALL NARCOTICS WERE PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
