| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STANTON, JOE 0260 (AR10113401) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 2 MG XANAX (1 FULL BAR AND 1 BROKEN BAR), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 021810 AT APPROXIMATELY 2248 HOURS, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT SOUTH SEMINOLE AVENUE AND RELIEF STREET IN INVERNESS. I MADE CONTACT WITH the DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR DANNY HALL JR, AND INFORMED HIM OF THE REASON FOR THE STOP. I THEN REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED ME WITH A PHOTOGRAPHED COPY OF HIS CALIFORNIA DRIVER'S LICENSE and I OBTAINED THE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE FROM THE PASSENGER. the PASSENGER ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH HER FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. I THEN RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE WHERE I WROTE THE DEFENDANT A WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 274836 FOR NO TAG LIGHTS AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 9618ESG FOR NOT CARRYING A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. AFTER COMPLETING MY PAPERWORK, I HAD THE DEFENDANT COME TO MY PATROL VEHICLE SO THAT HE COULD SIGN the CITATION AND I COULD PROVIDE HIM WITH HIS COPIES. DURING THIS TIME, DEPUTY CALLAHAN, WHO BACKED ME UP ON THE TRAFFIC STOP, WENT UP TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED, IN PLAIN VIEW, A WHITE OBLONG PILL, THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS 2MG XANAX THROUGH POISON CONTROL, ON TOP OF THE DRIVER'S SEAT AS WELL AS 2 OTHER BROKEN PORTIONS OF A XANAX PILL IN A SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE ALSO ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT. PRIOR TO LOCATING THESE ITEMS, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS TAKING ANY MEDICATION BECAUSE HE APPEARED TO BE A LITTLE OFF BALANCE AND HE STATED THAT HE HAS NOT AND THAT HE HAS AN EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEM, HOWEVER, HE CAN NOT AFFORD MEDICATION TO CORRECT IT. I THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE HE WAS, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), PLACED in the REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S PERSONAL BELONGINGS THAT WERE IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH CONSISTED OF HIS WALLET AND CELLULAR TELEPHONE, WERE LEFT WITH THE FEMALE OCCUPANT PER HIS REQUEST. THE VEHICLE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED TO THE REGISTERED OWNER. WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PRE-PRINTED CARD, AT WHICH TIME HE WAIVED HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS TAKING THE PILLS AND HE STATED THAT HE DID TAKE THEM FOR HIS EQUILIBRIUM PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THEM. I ASKED HIM IF THE PILLS I LOCATED ON THE DRIVER'S SEAT WERE HIS AND HE STATED THAT THEY WERE IN A CAR THAT HE WAS RIDING IN SO THEY MUST BE. THE PILLS WERE COLLECTED AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. the DEFENDANT'S BOND SET AT $5,000 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
