| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR14-10853) (14-84019) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 061914, I OBSERVED A RED CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER TRAVELING NORTH ON HIGHWAY 41 IN HERNANDO. AT THAT TIME, I WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VEHICLE IN A MARKED PATROL VEHICLE WITH A CALIBRATED SPEEDOMETER. WHILE TRAVELING BEHIND THAT VEHICLE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND WEST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY, I PACED THE VEHICLE TRAVELING 52 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) THROUGH THE ENTIRE 35 MPH ZONE. SHORTLY AFTER, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE SPEEDING INFRACTION. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, WHO DID NOT HAVE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE ON HIS PERSON, HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS MR DEREK DROSE WITH A DATE OF BIRTH OF 110367. I CONFIRMED MR DROSE'S IDENTITY THROUGH THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE AND FOUND HIM TO HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. WHILE RUNNING THAT SUBJECT, K-9 DEPUTY RITLI ARRIVED ON SCENE. I REQUESTED THAT HE CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE WITH HIS K-9 PARTNER. AFTER CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, K-9 DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED HIS K-9 ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED I COULD REMOVE THE OCCUPANTS FOR A SEARCH. AT THAT TIME, I REMOVED THE FRONT SEAT DRIVER, MR DROSE, FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, MS ELISABETH SZYMANSKI, AND REAR PASSENGER, MR DOMINIC PRESTIA, AND PATTED THOSE SUBJECTS DOWN FOR WEAPONS WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AFTER DOING SO, I BEGAN ASKING MR DROSE QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO POSSIBLE METHAMPHETAMINE USE. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MR DROSE, DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED THAT HE FOUND A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING MARIJUANA AND CRACK COCAINE. DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED HE FOUND THESE ITEMS IN THE GAS CAP OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN INFORMED MR DROSE AND MS SZYMANSKI, WHO THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED TO, THAT THEY WERE BEING DETAINED DUE TO A DRUG INVESTIGATION. MR DROSE ASKED THIS DEPUTY IF HE AND MS SZYMANSKI WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR THE NARCOTICS. HE SUGGESTED SEVERAL TIMES FOR HIS GIRLFRIEND NOT TO BE ARRESTED. MR DROSE THEN REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO MS I SZYMANSKI N MY PRESENCE AT WHICH TIME I ALLOWED HIM TO DO SO. WHILE IN FRONT OF THIS DEPUTY, MR DROSE TOLD MS SZYMANSKI "GIVE HIM THE METH." MS SZYMANSKI DENIED HAVING IT ON HER IN FRONT OF THIS DEPUTY. MR DROSE THEN DEMANDED MS SZYMANSKI TO GIVE THIS DEPUTY THE METHAMPHETAMINE AT WHICH TIME SHE STATED "I DROPPED IT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER DEPUTY'S CAR." I THEN RELAYED THE INFORMATION I HEARD TO DEPUTY SCHAFFER AT WHICH TIME HE LOOKED JUST UNDER HIS FRONT BUMPER AND FOUND THE METHAMPHETAMINE ON THE GROUND IN A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE. I THEN READ MR DROSE HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA A PRE PRINTED AGENCY CARD. MR DROSE STATED HE PURCHASED THE METHAMPHETAMINE WITH HIS money IN THE INVERNESS AREA. MR DROSE ALSO STATED HE REQUESTED THAT MS SZYMANSKI PLACE THE METHAMPHETAMINE IN HER VAGINAL CAVITY DURING THE TIME HE WAS GETTING PULLED OVER. HE STATED MS SZYMANSKI IS NOT A METHAMPHETAMINE USER AND WAS ONLY HOLDING THE METHAMPHETAMINE FOR HIM. MR DROSE DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF the MARIJUANA AND CRACK COCAINE IN THE GAS CAP. HE STATED SOME UNKNOWN SUBJECTS BORROWED THE VEHICLE FROM MS SZYMANSKI EARLIER AND IT POSSIBLY BELONGED TO THOSE SUBJECTS. DUE TO MR DROSE'S POST MIRANDA CONFESSION, MS SZYMANSKI WAS RELEASED ON SCENE. AFTER BEING ADVISED SHE WAS NO LONGER DETAINED, DEPUTY SCHAFFER ASKED WHERE SHE WAS CONCEALING the METHAMPHETAMINE TO which SHE STATED "MY SHORTS POCKET." MR DROSE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO the CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. MS SZYMANSKI WAS RELEASED WITH HER VEHICLE ON SCENE ALONG WITH MR PRESTIA. THE METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS SEIZED WEIGHED 0.5 GRAMS AND WAS TESTED AND DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS TURNED INTO EVIDENCE AT THE OPERATIONS CENTER. THE CRACK COCAINE AND MARIJUANA FOUND IN THE GAS CAP WAS ALSO FIELD TESTED AND WEIGHED. THE COCAINE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM AND THE MARIJUANA WEIGHED 1.3 GRAMS AND WERE ALSO TURNED INTO EVIDENCE AT OPERATIONS CENTER. MR DROSE WAS ISSUED A TRAFFIC WARNING FOR HIS SPEED FOR TRAVELING 52 MPH IN A 35 MPH ZONE. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $ 2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
