| Probable cause affidavit: |
submitted by: FERGUSON, ROBERT 0505 (AR17-23106) 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). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: A METALLIC GRINDER WITH MARIJUANA RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 032317, I RESPONDED TO AARONâS LOCATED AT 1850 HIGHWAY 44 WEST, IN INVERNESS, AS BACKUP FOR DEPUTY TITUS. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTY TITUS ADVISED THAT WHILE CONDUCTING ROUTINE TRAFFIC CONTROL HE RAN A MISSOURI LICENSE PLATE 9UU267 ATTACHED TO THE SUSPECT VEHICLE THROUGH TELETYPE, WHICH REVEALED THE LICENSE PLATE WAS EXPIRED. DEPUTY TITUS THEN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP, AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE PULLED INTO THE AARONâS PARKING LOT ON HIGHWAY 44. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR DONALD GREENE, HE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY TITUS ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH HIS PERSON, WHICH WAS GIVEN. UPON EMPTYING THE DEFENDANTâS LEFT PANTS POCKET, DEPUTY TITUS LOCATED SEVERAL ITEMS INCLUDING A BC POWDER WRAPPER WHICH CONTAINED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE WITH LESS THAN 1 GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS DETAINED. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE LOCATED A METALLIC GRINDER WITH MARIJUANA RESIDUE IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. DEPUTY TULLY READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT SPOKE TO DEPUTY TULLY. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT ALL OF THE ITEMS BELONGED TO HIM. THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS TESTED USING AN AGENCY ISSUED METHAMPHETAMINE TEST KIT BY DEPUTY MARSHALL, WHICH YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT. THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND $1,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $3,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALSO LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE WERE TWO PACKS OF SUDAFED, WHICH IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE SUDAFED WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR MAKING METHAMPHETAMINE. THE SUDAFED WAS COLLECTED, ALONG WITH THE OTHER CONTRABAND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE BY SCALLYâS TOWING. |
