| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0292 (AR11119112) ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY SELLS, PURCHASES, MANUFACTURES, DELIVERS OR BRINGS IN TO THIS STATE OR WHO IS KNOWINGLY IN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF 200 GRAMS OR MORE OF METHAMPHETAMINE IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIRST DEGREE WHICH FELONY SHALL BE KNOWN AS TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE AND SUCH PERSON SHALL BE SENTENCED TO A MANDATORY MINIMUM OF 15 YEARS. IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR POSSESS WITH INTENT TO SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO WIT METHAMPHETAMINE. DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICALS OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(A) THESE CHEMICALS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/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: METHAMPHETAMINE BOATS AND OTHER APPARATUSES USED FOR THE CONSUMPTION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 020111 A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 342 NORTH WINTERSET AVENUE IN CRYSTAL RIVER . UPON ARRIVAL, THIS DEPUTY AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE AND COULD CLEARLY SMELL A CHEMICAL SMELL EMITTING FROM THE RESIDENCE. UPON KNOCKING ON THE FRONT DOOR AND ANNOUNCING ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THE DEFENDANT, MR DAVID ROACH, DID NOT ANSWER. AT THIS TIME, WE BEGAN TO BREECH THE FRONT DOOR AND AS WE WERE BREECHING THE FRONT DOOR; THE DEFENDANT RAN OUT THE BACK DOOR WHERE HE WAS APPREHENDED AND DETAINED. UPON MYSELF AND TWO OTHER LAB CERTIFIED PERSONNEL ENTERING THE RESIDENCE; IN THE BATHROOM AREA IT WAS CLEAR THE DEFENDANT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SOAKING EPHEDRINE IN DENATURED ALCOHOL TO BEGIN THE BREAKDOWN PROCESS. UPON VERIFYING THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE THREATS, THE RESIDENCE WAS EVACUATED AND HAZMAT WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. UPON HAZMAT'S ARRIVAL, THEY BEGAN VENTING THE RESIDENCE AS WELL AS CHECKING THE AIR QUALITY. WHILE THIS WAS BEING COMPLETED; DETECTIVE BLAIR AND I CONDUCTED A TAPED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD AND WHEN ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, HE STATED THAT HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE WANTED TO STILL SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY HE STATED THAT HE DID. DURING THIS TAPED INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT OPENLY ADMITTED TO CUTTING THE EPHEDRINE PILLS WITH DENATURED ALCOHOL. HE ALSO OPENLY ADMITTED TO MANUFACTURING AND USING THE RED PHOSPHOROUS METHOD. HE DID ADVISE US THAT THERE WAS A LARGE QUANTITY OF MATCHES, SEVERAL BOTTLES OF IODINE AND LIGHTER FLUID IN THE RESIDENCE . HE ALSO OPENLY ADMITTED TO MANUFACTURING INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AT LEAST ON 20 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. UPON COMPLETION OF THE INTERVIEW; THIS DEPUTY MADE CONTACT WITH HAZMAT WHO ADVISED THAT THEIR EQUIPMENT DID PICK UP THE PRESENCE OF PHOSPHINE GAS WHICH IS A BY PRODUCT OF THE RED PHOSPHOROUS MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THE RESIDENCE WAS VENTED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. UPON THE AIR LEVELS REACHING A SAFE LEVEL A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE WAS CONDUCTED. LOCATED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE WERE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: FACE GAS MASK, DINNER PLATE WITH EPHEDRINE RESIDUE ON IT, ONE CAN RED DEVIL LYE, ONE BOTTLE OF LIQUID FIRE, FOUR BOTTLES OF IODINE, ONE CAN DENATURED ALCOHOL, MISCELLANEOUS COFFEE FILTERS, GLOVES, ALUMINUM FOIL, EYE DROPPERS, GREEN METAL CASE, ONE BOTTLE OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, ONE HOT PLATE, SIX CASES OF MATCHES, ONE CAN OF ACETONE, ONE UNOPENED BOX OF EPHEDRINE, ONE METAL CAN WITH A GLASS TUBE. ALSO LOCATED IN THE DEFENDANT'S REAR BEDROOM WERE SEVERAL RAZOR BLADES WITH WHITE RESIDUE, WHICH DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE . ALSO IN THE DEFENDANT 'S BEDROOM A PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING SEVERAL COFFEE FILTERS WHICH WERE CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE. ALSO LOCATED WERE FIVE GLASS JARS; FOUR OF WHICH HAD A BI-LAYERED LIQUID IN THEM. UPON TESTING THESE FOUR JARS THEY DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE SIZE OF THE SAMPLES COLLECTED WERE IN-BETWEEN 400 AND 700 METHAMPHETAMINE OIL. UPON ALL THESE ITEMS BEING PHOTOGRAPHED AND REMOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE; DEPUTY COLEMAN HANDLED ALL PROCESSING SEE HIS SUPPLEMENT. AT THIS TIME, DETECTIVE BLAIR AND I CONDUCTED A SECOND TAPED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT. HE WAS ONCE AGAIN REMINDED OF HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AND ASKED IF HE STILL WANTED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY, WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE DID. DURING THIS CONVERSATION WE CONCENTRATED ON THE NUMBER OF TIMES HE HAD COOKED AT THE RESIDENCE WHICH HE STATED WAS APPROXIMATELY 20 TIMES. WHEN ASKED HOW MUCH METHAMPHETAMINE HE WOULD COMPLETE DURING ONE OF THESE COOKS HE ADVISED ONE AN A HALF TO TWO GRAMS. UPON THE COMPLETION OF THIS INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS DEPUTY REMAINED AT THE SCENE UNTIL SUMMIT CONTRACTING; WHICH IS THE "DEA" METHAMPHETAMINE LAB CONTRACTOR, RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND TOOK POSSESSION OF ALL CONTAMINATED ITEMS FOR DESTRUCTION. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL THE AFFIDAVIT FOR THE DEFENDANT WAS COMPLETED WITH A BOND SET AT A TOTAL OF $85,500.00 FOR ALL CHARGES PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
