| Probable cause affidavit: |
submitted by: LAKATIS, KENNETH 0585 (AR17-22521)(17-17906) 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). 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: THREE HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND ONE DIGITAL SCALE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 020417, AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 HOURS, WHILE IN the AREA OF THE KANGAROO GAS STATION, LOCATED AT ROCK CRUSHER and STATE ROAD 44, I OBSERVED A PURPLE SATURN PARKED ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING. AS I PULLED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE STORE, I CONTINUED TO WATCH TO SEE IF ANYONE ENTERED OR EXITED the VEHICLE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IMPROPERLY AND TAKING UP HALF OF A HANDICAP PARKING SPOT WHICH WAS PROPERLY MARKED WITH A SIGN. AS I CONTINUED TO WATCH THE VEHICLE I DID SEE A FEMALE EXIT THE STORE AND ENTER THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE NEVER LEFT. I THEN PULLED NEAR THE VEHICLE AND made CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS DAEDRE BRONSON. I EXPLAINED THAT SHE WAS PARKED IN A HANDICAP SPOT AND I NEEDED her DRIVER LICENSE. WHILE SHE WAS GATHERING THIS INFORMATION I NOTICED THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, MS AMANDA HAMILTON, and THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER, MR RUFUS HOYT. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR NARCOTICS USE. I ALSO NOTICED THAT the DEFENDANT WAS TALKING TO ME EXTREMELY FAST AND WAS VERY ANIMATED, WHICH LEAD ME TO believe THAT SHE MIGHT BE UNDER the INFLUENCE OF NARCOTICS. AS I STARTED RUNNING THE OCCUPANTS FOR WANTS AND WARRANTS, I ASKED FOR DEPUTY STRICKLAND (0276) TO RESPOND WITH HIS CANINE, SIX. AS I WAS COMPLETING the WANTS AND WARRANTS CHECK and THE PARKING CITATION, NUMBER 8176, DEPUTY STRICKLAND ARRIVED WITH his CANINE, SIX. HE THEN DEPLOYED HIS CANINE AROUND THE VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THAT HIS PARTNER ALERTED to the ODOR OF NARCOTICS. THE OCCUPANTS WERE ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AS THEY EXITED the VEHICLE THEY ALL CONSENTED TO EMPTYING THEIR POCKETS and NO CONTRABAND WAS FOUND. WE THEN SEARCHED THE VEHICLE WHERE WE LOCATED THREE SYRINGES, TWO SMALL ZIPLOC BAGS CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE and A DIGITAL SCALE IN THE BACK SEAT. the DEFENDANT immediately STARTED SCREAMING THAT the CONTRABAND WAS NOT HERS AND BELONGED TO MR HOYT, HOWEVER MR HOYT STATED IT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM, and THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS HIDING DRUGS ON HER PERSON. AS WE CONTINUED TO SEARCH the VEHICLE, MR HOYT EXCLAIMED THE DEFENDANT WAS PULLING DRUGS FROM HER PANTS. AS I LOOKED BACK I COULD SEE THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISCARD SOMETHING BEHIND HER. AS DEPUTY AMATO (1393) APPROACHED the DEFENDANT HE COULD SEE THAT SHE HAD DROPPED TWO SMALL ZIPLOC BAGGIES DIRECTLY BEHIND HER NEAR THE CURB WHERE SHE WAS SITTING. AS I WALKED CLOSER I COULD SEE THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD TWO ZIPLOC BAGGIES, ONE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE AND ONE WITH APPROXIMATELY HALF A GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE OTHER PASSENGER, MS HAMILTON, WHO WAS WAITING FOR THE INVESTIGATION TO BE COMPLETE, WAS TOLD THERE WAS A FEMALE DEPUTY EN ROUTE AND THAT IF SHE WAS HIDING ANY CONTRABAND SHE should LET ME KNOW. SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING; HOWEVER, AS DEPUTY CRISAFI (0464) PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT I NOTICED MS HAMILTON FIDGETING with HER LEG. BELIEVING SHE WAS UP TO SOMETHING, I ASKED WHAT SHE WAS DOING. DEPUTY CRISAFI, WHO WAS NOW OUT OF THE VEHICLE SAID SOMETHING to the EFFECT OF, SHE THREW A NEEDLE UNDER THE VEHICLE. MS HAMILTON THEN SPOKE WITH DEPUTY CRISAFI ADMITTING TO POSSESSING DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. SHE WAS LATER ISSUED A MISDEMEANOR CITATION BY DEPUTY AMATO FOR THE ABOVE OFFENSE. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE and ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND $1,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $3,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
