| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR10113270) did then and there unlawfully have in HER POSSESSION, actual or constructive possession, a FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION FOR HYDROCODONE, A legend drug, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(7)(A)(9). ON 021110 AT APPROXIMATELY 1220 HOURS, DEPUTY CROSNOE AND MYSELF RESPONDED TO THE WALGREEN'S LOCATED AT 2705 HIGHWAY 44 WEST IN REFERENCE TO A FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION. THE WALGREEN'S PHARMACY ADVISED A FEMALE HAD CALLED IN A PRESCRIPTION FOR HYDROCODONE FOR MR SHAWN LONGFELLOW FROM A DOCTOR RAYNOR . THEY FURTHER ADVISED THAT CONTACT HAD BEEN MADE WITH DOCTOR RAYNOR'S OFFICE AND THE SUBJECT HAD NEVER BEEN A PATIENT NOR HAD THEIR OFFICE CALLED ANY PRESCRIPTIONS IN. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH WALGREEN'S AND THEY ADVISED THAT A FEMALE IN A MAROON PASSENGER VEHICLE HAD ATTEMPTED TO PICK-UP SAID PRESCRIPTION. HOWEVER, SHE WAS ADVISED TO RETURN DUE TO THE FACT THE PRESCRIPTION HAD NOT BEEN FILLED YET. A SHORT TIME LATER THE VEHICLE ARRIVED AT THE WALGREEN'S AND A FEMALE OCCUPANT PAID FOR THE PRESCRIPTION, REFERENCE FILLED RX NUMBER 0114774, AT APPROXIMATELY 1353 HOURS. DEPUTY CROSNOE THEN DETAINED BOTH FEMALE SUBJECTS, AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PRESENT IN SAID VEHICLE. HOWEVER DUE TO THE INVESTIGATION, BOTH SUBJECTS HAD DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT AND ADVISED THAT MR LONGFELLOW WAS THE GUILTY PARTY FOR THE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION. THIS DEPUTY THEN RESPONDED TO WITHLACOOCHEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE (WTI) TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT, MR LONGFELLOW. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH MR LONGFELLOW, HE ADVISED THAT HIS NEIGHBOR, WHOM HE IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT MS DEBRA LEONARD, WAS THE SUBJECT WHO HAD CALLED IN THE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION AND HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE INCIDENT. IT SHOULD BE NOTED IN SPEAKING WITH MR LONGFELLOW HE HAS A MENTAL DISABILITY AND WAS NOT COMPLETELY COMPETENT IN REGARD TO THE INCIDENT. AT THAT TIME, MR LONGFELLOW DID COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY. AT THAT TIME, I THEN RESPONDED TO MS LEONARD'S RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 6691 EAST HAMPTON LANE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF MR LONGFELLOW'S RESIDENCE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RESIDENCE, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT'S EX-HUSBAND AND HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO RESPONDED BACK TO HER RESIDENCE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT HER RESIDENCE, SHE WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD WHICH SHE AGREED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE DID INDEED CALL IN A FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION AT WALGREEN'S ON TODAY'S DATE. DURING THE CONVERSATION, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE DOES HAVE A DEPENDENCY ON PAIN MEDICATION AND THAT SHE WAS ATTEMPTING TO SEEK HELP. THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO COMPLETE A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT AN UNKNOWN MALE NAMED CHRIS AND MR LONGFELLOW WERE ALSO INVOLVED. THE DEFENDANT DID ADVISE SHE HAS CALLED IN APPROXIMATELY THREE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT INVITED THIS DEPUTY INTO HER RESIDENCE AND PROVIDED THIS DEPUTY WITH HER VALID PRESCRIPTIONS. ANOTHER FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION FOR HER EX-HUSBAND WAS FILLED ON 020610 FOR HYDROCODONE AT THE WALGREEN'S ON SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE WHICH WAS ALSO FILLED UNDER DOCTOR RAYNOR'S NAME. THE PRESCRIPTION WAS FOR 60 PILLS AND WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S EX-HUSBAND HAD JUST ARRIVED IN TOWN ON WEDNESDAY, 021010, AND HAS CURRENTLY BEEN LIVING IN TEXAS SINCE 101009. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT AGREED TO A SEARCH OF HER PURSE AND VEHICLE WHICH SHE HAD ARRIVED IN WHICH REVEALED NUMEROUS OTHER PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES IN HER NAME ALONG WITH ANOTHER PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE FOR MORPHINE UNDER ANOTHER SUBJECT'S NAME. HOWEVER, THE PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE WAS EMPTY. ALL FRAUDULENT BOTTLES WERE COLLECTED AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION WHICH THE DEFENDANT PAID FOR AND PICKED UP ON TODAY'S DATE WAS TURNED BACK OVER TO THE WALGREEN'S PHARMACY IN WHICH THEY SIGNED A PROPERTY RECEIPT AND WERE PROVIDED A COPY. A COPY OF THE RECEIPT FROM TODAY'S FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION WILL ALSO BE SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR OBTAINING A FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
