| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR16-18382) 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). ON 022416 AT APPROXIMATELY 1908 HOURS, I OBSERVED A WHITE CHEVROLET BLAZER BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE BFRY79, PULLING OUT ON TO SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE FROM EAST JULIA STREET IN FLORAL CITY, AT WHICH TIME I BEGAN TO FOLLOW. IMMEDIATELY UPON PULLING BEHIND THE VEHICLE, IT BEGAN TO SWERVE FROM ONCE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER. FIRST IT SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, MAKING BOTH PASSENGER SIDE TIRES TOUCH THE GRASSY SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE THEN SWERVED BACK TO THE LEFT, TOUCHING THE REFLECTIVE MARKERS ON THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND THEN SWERVED BACK TO THE RIGHT, PASSING THE FOG LINE. AT THAT POINT, I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN AND THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND STOPPED. AS I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MR DANIEL PRAY, AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE AND HE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY OF THEM. MR PRAY ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE BELONGED TO HIS FRIEND AND HE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE DOCUMENTS WERE. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT HE LEFT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AT HIS RESIDENCE. I GATHERED HIS INFORMATION AND TURNED MY ATTENTION TOWARDS THE PASSENGER/DEFENDANT, MS DENISE ROWE. I GATHERED HER INFORMATION AND RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, WHERE I BEGAN RUNNING THE OCCUPANTS' INFORMATION THROUGH TELETYPE. I RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE AND ASKED MR PRAY TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, WHERE HE WAS ASKED IF HE HAD ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS ON HIM, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. I ASKED MR PRAY IF THERE WERE ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE AND HE STATED THAT THERE SHOULDNâT BE. I ASKED IF IT WAS OK IF I SEARCHED THE VEHICLE AND HE ADVISED THAT IT WOULD BE FINE. DEPUTY POLLARD (0677) AND I BEGAN SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, AND DEPUTY SEFFERN JR (0623) ARRIVED ON SCENE AND BEGAN SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT. A SHORT TIME LATE, DEPUTY SEFFERN ADVISED ME THAT THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE HAD A SMALL BAGGIE OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN HER PANTS, WHICH SHE HAD SHOVED IN THERE WHEN THEY WERE GETTING PULLED OVER; SEE DEPUTY SEFFERN'S SUPPLEMENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, AND SHE ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WISHED TO CONTINUE SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED TO KEEP THE BAGGIE IN HER PANTS UNTIL WE GOT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE IT COULD BE REMOVED BY A FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE MADE A MISTAKE TONIGHT BY HAVING THE METHAMPHETAMINE ON HER. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE DOES NOT EVEN USE METHAMPHETAMINE AND SHE WAS GOING TO SELL IT TO GET MONEY FOR CIGARETTES. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE ONCE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS TAKEN INTO THE FIRST HOLDING CELL, WHERE SHE WAS MET BY A FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICER. THE DEFENDANT GAVE THE BAGGIE TO THE FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICER. THE BAGGIE CONTAINED A CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE, WHICH FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THIS BAGGIE WAS COLLECTED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
