| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REID, JUSTIN 0706 (15-37148) (AR15-14322) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 032115, AT APPROXIMATELY 0322 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 8171 NORTH PRIMROSE DRIVE, IN DUNNELLON, IN REFERENCE TO A VERBAL ALTERCATION. PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MR DERIK ANDERSON, WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND BREAKING ALL OF THE GLASS IN THE RESIDENCE. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT THE COMPLAINANT, MR GEORGE DEMARCO, HAD THE DEFENDANT RESTRAINED IN THE BACK YARD. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED MR DEMARCO, LYING ON TOP OF THE DEFENDANT IN THE BACK YARD. AS I APPROACHED MR DEMARCO AND THE DEFENDANT, MR DEMARCO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND WAS YELLING AND SCREAMING AND GETTING IN EVERYONEâS FACE. HE ALSO SHATTERED THE GLASS IN THE BACK DOOR OF HIS RESIDENCE. DUE TO THE DEFENDANTâS BEHAVIOR AND FOR OFFICER SAFETY, I IMMEDIATELY PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS, BEHIND HIS BACK, DOUBLE LOCKED, AND ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS NOT UNDER ARREST AT THIS TIME. MR ANDERSON STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD AND THAT HE WOULD COOPERATE WITH THIS DEPUTY. I ASKED MR ANDERSON IF HE HAD ANY WEAPONS ON HIS PERSON, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. I COULD IMMEDIATELY SMELL WHAT I KNEW AS THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA, DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, EMITTING FROM HIS PERSON. I DID A QUICK OVER THE CLOTHING PAT DOWN TO ENSURE THE DEFENDANT DID NOT HAVE ANY WEAPONS ON HIS PERSON. AS I WAS PATTING DOWN HIS LEFT POCKET, I FELT AN OBJECT THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE FEEL OF MARIJUANA IN A BAGGIE. DUE TO THE SMELL COMING FROM HIS PERSON AND THE FEEL OF THE BAGGIE, I ASKED MR ANDERSON WHAT WAS IN HIS LEFT POCKET. MR ANDERSON IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED THAT THE ONLY THING IN HIS LEFT POCKET WAS HIS CELLULAR TELEPHONE AND SWEARS THAT NOTHING ELSE WAS IN THERE. I RETRIEVED THE BAGGIE FROM HIS LEFT POCKET WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE 7.5 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LESS THAN 20 GRAMS AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I ONCE AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH MR DEMARCO WHO STATED THAT MR ANDERSON ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED HIS RESIDENCE AND ALSO PLACED HIS HANDS ON THE WITNESS/HIS DAUGHTERâS FACE AND PUSHED HER AWAY AGGRESSIVELY. I MADE CONTACT WITH MR DEMARCOâS DAUGHTER/WITNESS, MS AMBER DEMARCO, WHO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS HIGHLY INTOXICATED AND HAD BEEN DRINKING ALL NIGHT AND WAS BECOMING VERY AGGRESSIVE AND VERY ANGRY. SHE STATED THE DEFENDANT WOULD GET IN HER FACE AND YELL, BUT NEVER ONCE TOUCHED HER ANYWHERE ON HER PERSON. MR DEMARCO FILLED OUT AND SIGNED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH WAS TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE MARIJUANA WAS COLLECTED, PACKAGED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. MR ANDERSON WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
