| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SLINGERLAND, DANIEL 0443 (AR15-13691) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 1.5 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A); AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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: GLASS SMOKING PIPE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B). ON 012815 AT 2057 HOURS, I OBSERVED A WHITE HONDA PASSENGER VEHICLE TRAVELING SOUTH ON NORTH PAGE AVENUE. THE VEHICLE APPEARED TO BE EXCEEDING THE POSTED 30 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) SPEED LIMIT. I FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE IN MY MARKED PATROL UNIT. WHILE PACING THE WHITE HONDA, I DETERMINED HIS SPEED TO BE FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH, AT WHICH TIME I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP IN THE VICINITY OF EAST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY AND NORTH PAGE AVENUE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MR MARCUS KNIERIM, I REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. MR KNIERIM PROVIDE ME WITH HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE and ADVISED HE could NOT LOCATE HIS REGISTRATION OR PROOF OF INSURANCE. I ALSO SPOKE TO THE PASSENGER, DEFENDANT TWO, MR CRAIG ROGERS, AND ASKED IF I COULD SEE HIS IDENTIFICATION, TO WHICH HE PROVIDED ME HIS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A DRIVER'S LICENSE CHECK AND WANTS AND WARRANTS CHECK, AT WHICH TIME DETECTIVE JEREMY LAUGHLIN ARRIVED ON SCENE AS BACK-UP. DURING MY CHECK OF DEFENDANT KNIERIM'S DRIVER'S LICENSE, IT REVEALED THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED ON 120214 FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES. I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT KNIERIM. I HAD HIM STEP FROM THE VEHICLE AND HE WAS DETAINED IN HANDCUFFS BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED). AT THAT TIME DEFENDANT KNIERIM WAS ADVISED OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PREPARED CARD. DEFENDANT KNIERIM DID STATE THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND THAT HE WOULD ANSWER MY QUESTIONS. I CONTINUED TO ASK DEFENDANT KNIERIM IF HE HAD ANY ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES IN HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE STATED HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH K-9 DEPUTY HRYC WHO RESPONDED TO MY LOCATION. K-9 DEPUTY HRYC DEPLOYED HIS CANINE WHO CONDUCTED A FREE AIR SNIFF ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME K-9 DEPUTY HRYC ADVISED HIS CANINE ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS IN THE VEHICLE. AT that TIME I HAD THE PASSENGER EXIT THE VEHICLE. I ASKED DEFENDANT ROGERS IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON HIS PERSON, TO WHICH HE STATED NO AND STATED "YOU CAN CHECK ME". I ASKED DEFENDANT ROGERS IF HE WOULD EMPTY HIS POCKETS, TO WHICH HE DID. AT THAT TIME, I DID NOT LOCATE ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON DEFENDANT ROGERS. AT that TIME, I CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WHERE I CHECKED A BLACK SUNGLASS CASE LOCATED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. UPON LOOKING INSIDE THE CASE, I OBSERVED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE THAT I SUSPECTED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. I THEN CHECKED THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOORBOARD WHERE I DISCOVERED A BLACK CANVASS POUCH. INSIDE THE POUCH I OBSERVED THREE CELLULAR TELEPHONES AND A BAG CONTAINING A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE THAT THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE BELIEVED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. INSIDE THE BAG WAS ALSO A BLACK DIGITAL SCALE. WHILE EXAMINING THE CONTENTS OF THE BAG, I OBSERVED ONE OF THE CELLULAR TELEPHONES RECEIVE A TEXT MESSAGE FROM "ERIN:", WHICH IS the NAME OF DEFENDANT KNIERIM'S WIFE. I CONTINUED TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED A BLUE COLORED RAG BETWEEN THE PASSENGER SEAT and THE CENTER CONSOLE. UPON PULLING THE RAG OUT, A CLEAR GLASS SMOKING PIPE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE FELL OUT OF THE RAG. I COMPLETED MY SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT DISCOVER ANY FURTHER CONTRABAND. I THE MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT KNIERIM, WHO DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BAG BUT DID STATED HE "DID SCREW UP." I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT ROGERS, HE WAS ADVISED OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PREPARED CARD. HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND STATED HE DID NOT WANT TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME. AT THAT TIME, DEFENDANT KNIERIM WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, FOR the ITEMS LOCATED IN THE BLACK POUCH. DEFENDANT ROGERS WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA FOR THE METHAMPHETAMINE LOCATED in the SUNGLASS CASE AND THE GLASS PIPE LOCATED NEXT TO THE SEAT. BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED). I TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT KNEIRIM AND DETECTIVE LAUGHLIN TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT ROGERS. DEFENDANT KNEIRIM WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. HIS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $3,500.00.. DEFENDANT ROGERS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $3,000.00. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, DEFENDANT KNIERIM'S VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO THIS WIFE. ALL CONTRABAND WAS SEIZED and PLACED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. DEFENDANT KNEIRIM WAS ISSUED A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 8812GQF5, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. |
