| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR11119381) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: FOUR 100 MILLIGRAM DARVOCET, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 021611 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 HOURS, A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED ON A SILVER CHEVY FOUR DOOR BEARING TAG NUMBER H354MK, FOR EXPIRED TAG AND THE DRIVER DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE KNOWINGLY. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE TRAFFIC STOP, THE DRIVER CONSENTED TO A SEARCH OF HER VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, THE PASSENGER, IDENTIFIED AS DAWN LETTIERI (DEFENDANT), WAS ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH MS LETTIERI SHE WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY GUNS, KNIVES, WEAPONS, OR DRUGS ON HER PERSON OR IN HER PURSE, TO which SHE ADVISED SHE DID NOT. I THEN ASKED MS LETTIERI IF I COULD SEARCH HER PURSE FOR SAID ITEMS, TO WHICH SHE GAVE CONSENT. UPON OPENING UP A SMALL ZIPPER COMPARTMENT I OBSERVED FOUR PINK OBLONG PILLS WITH THE INSCRIPTION OF 890 ON ONE SIDE AND THE INSCRIPTION OF TEVA ON THE OTHER SIDE. THE PILLS WERE LOOSE INSIDE THE COMPARTMENT AND I DID NOT FIND A PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE. I THEN ASKED MS LETTIERI IF SHE HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PILLS AND TO WHAT THEY WOULD BE. SHE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE DARVOCETS AND THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION AND SHE HAD RECEIVED THEM FROM A FRIEND. A SEARCH OF THE REST OF THE PURSE YIELDED NO FURTHER CONTRABAND. THE PILLS WERE TAKEN INTO EVIDENCE AND CONTACT WAS MADE WITH CVS PHARMACIST WHO POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE PILLS AS 100 MILLIGRAM DARVOCETS A SCHEDULE THREE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. CONTACT WAS THEN MADE WITH MS LETTIERI AND SHE WAS ADVISED SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSITION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. MS LETTIERI WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
