| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCLAUGHLIN, ALLISON (0507) TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT (AR09109945) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 071009, MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT EXECUTED A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT AT THE DISTINCT ADDRESS OF 3790 EAST DAWSON DRIVE, IN INVERNESS, FLORIDA, CITRUS COUNTY. THE SEARCH WARRANT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REVIEWED AND GRANTED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE DANIEL MERRITT, JR., CIRCUIT JUDGE IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1821 HOURS, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SERVED THE SEARCH WARRANT AT 3790 EAST DAWSON DRIVE, IN INVERNESS, FLORIDA. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RESIDENCE, SEVERAL SUBJECTS WERE LOCATED IN A VEHICLE, HAVING ALL DOORS OPEN, PARKED UNDER THE CARPORT ATTACHED TO THE RESIDENCE. AMONG THESE SUBJECTS INCLUDED, DEFENDANT MR HENRY A BAILEY, HAVING BEEN LOCATED IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. DEFENDANT, MS JENNIFER NICOLE REED, LOCATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, AND DEFENDANT, MR COURTNEY TERMAINE HENRY, SEATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT LOCATED BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT. ALL SUBJECTS ON SCENE WERE HANDCUFFED BEHIND THEIR BACKS, AND SEATED UNDER THE CARPORT OF THE RESIDENCE. THIS DEPUTY READ A COPY OF THE SEARCH WARRANT AS WELL AS THE DEFENDANT'S MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD TO WHICH; ALL DEFENDANT'S STATED INDIVIDUALLY THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY. SERGEANT FERRARA ADVISED THAT AFTER SECURING DEFENDANT BAILEY, HE THEN RESPONDED TO THE REAR DRIVER PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHERE DEFENDANT COURTNEY HENRY WAS SEATED. UPON DOING SO, SERGEANT FERRARA LOCATED A CLEAR IN COLOR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A GREEN IN COLOR LEAFY SUBSTANCE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF MARIJUANA ON DEFENDANT HENRY'S LAP. IN ADDITION TO THE MARIJUANA, SERGEANT FERRARA LOCATED AN IVER JOHNSON .22 CALIBER SEMI AUTOMATIC HAND GUN. AFTER ASSISTING DEFENDANT HENRY OUT OF THE VEHICLE, HE ADVISED SERGEANT FERRARA THAT HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF THE MARIJUANA TO SMOKE IT WITH DEFENDANT BAILEY. BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, THIS DEPUTY CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT HENRY. DEFENDANT HENRY ADMITTED TO BEING IN POSSESSION OF THE MARIJUANA; IN ADDITION TO THE IVER JOHNSON .22 CALIBER SEMI AUTOMATIC HAND GUN. A FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TEST OF THE SUSPECTED MARIJUANA YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION TO THE PRESENCE OF MARIJUANA. DEFENDANT HENRY ADVISED THAT HE HAD JUST TAKEN THE GUN FROM A FRIEND WITH THE INTENTIONS OF TURNING IT OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. IN ADDITION, DEFENDANT HENRY STATED THAT HAD DATED DEFENDANT REED IN THE PAST AND HAS SINCE BEFRIENDED HER NEW BOYFRIEND, DEFENDANT BAILEY. AT THIS TIME, DEFENDANT HENRY WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS. DEFENDANT HENRY WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY CORPORAL ROUSH. DEFENDANT HENRY'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
