| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 292 (AR15-15427)(15-79828) \t\t PARSONS, WILLIAM 358 A PERSON MAY NOT OWN, LEASE OR RENT ANY PLACE, STRUCTURE OR PART THERE OF TRAILER OR OTHER CONVEYANCE WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THE STRUCTURE WILL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRAFFICKING IN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AS PROVIDED IN 893.1351(1) DID UNLAWFULLY AGREE, CONSPIRE, COMBINES, OR CONFEDERATES, WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, TO WIT: CONSPIRES TO TRAFFIC IN METHAMPHETAMINE CONSPIRES TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.135(5) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1);(POSSESSION CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE) 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: SYRINGES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 061815, A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 490 NORTH INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY, IN INVERNESS. UPON ARRIVAL CONTACT WAS MADE AT THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE. UPON REMOVING ALL OF THE SUSPECTS FROM THE RESIDENCE AND DETAINING THEM CONTACT WAS MADE AT THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE. UPON MAKING CONTACT AT THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE AND THE TRAILER DOOR BEING OPEN, OUR SAFETY AIR MONITOR IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ALARM IN REFERENCE TO THE AIR QUALITY COMING FROM THE RESIDENCE. AT THIS TIME WE WERE ABLE TO CALL OUT TWO OF THE ADDITIONAL DEFENDANTS FROM THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE. UPON ALL PERSONS BEING DETAINED AND SEARCHED THEY WERE READ THE SEARCH WARRANTS BY ME. UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE READING OF THE WARRANT A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE WAS CONDUCTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. WHILE THIS SEARCH WAS GOING ON THIS DETECTIVE BEGAN CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS WITH THE DEFENDANTS. UPON INTERVIEWING MR DONALD WILBUR, I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, WHEN ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS HE STATED HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE STILL WANTED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE HE ADVISED HE DID. HE DID ADMIT TO THIS DETECTIVE TO THERE BEING METHAMPHETAMINE AND SYRINGES THAT HE USED TO INJECT METHAMPHETAMINE, BEING IN HIS ROOM. THESE ITEMS WERE LOCATED DURING THE SEARCH IN HIS ROOM. THESE ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND COLLECTED. WHEN ASKED ABOUT WHAT WAS OCCURRING AT HIS RESIDENCE HE DID CONFESS THAT HE HAD RECENTLY STARTED USING METHAMPHETAMINE AND THAT HE HAD AN ARRANGEMENT SET UP WITH THE DEFENDANTS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO LIVE AT HIS RESIDENCE AND THEY WOULD PROVIDE HIM WITH METHAMPHETAMINE IN EXCHANGE. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE MANUFACTURING WAS OCCURRING AT HIS RESIDENCE. HOWEVER, HE STATED THAT THE DEFENDANTS WOULD TAKE METHAMPHETAMINE AND BY ADDING CHEMICALS IN GATORADE BOTTLES TO REMOVE ALL THE IMPURITIES FROM THE METHAMPHETAMINE SO THEY COULD SMOKE IT. HE DID STATE THAT THE AGREEMENT WAS IN EXCHANGE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT HE KNEW THAT ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME TO HIS RESIDENCE TYPICALLY USED NARCOTICS AT HIS RESIDENCE. I CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH MR THOMAS OWENS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHILE THIS DETECTIVE WAS READING THE SEARCH WARRANT TO THE OCCUPANTS DEFENDANT OWENS SPOKE UP ON TWO OCCASIONS INTERRUPTING THIS DETECTIVE STATING ALL CONTRABAND AND ALL MANUFACTURING ITEMS WERE HIS. UPON INTERVIEWING THE DEFENDANT I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. WHEN ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS HE ADVISED HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE STILL WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS DETECTIVE HE ADVISED HE DID. HE WENT INTO DETAIL HOW ALL OF THE MANUFACTURING ITEMS IN THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE LOCATED IN THE BACK YARD WAS HIS. HE ADMITTED AND DESCRIBED THE ITEMS WE WOULD FIND IN THE BEDROOMS INCLUDING TWO BLACK BOOK BAGS WHICH WOULD CONTAIN MANUFACTURING ITEMS. HE STATED ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE HIS. WHEN ASKED HOW OFTEN HE IS MANUFACTURING HE ADVISED THREE TO FOUR COOKS A DAY AND HE WOULD USE BETWEEN 30-48 PILLS PER COOK. HE FURTHER ADVISED OTHER PEOPLE AT THE RESIDENCE WOULD SUPPLY HIM WITH EPHEDRINE FOR THE COOKS AND THAT EVERYONE AT THE RESIDENCE DID THEIR FAIR SHARE. SOMEONE WOULD BURN THE GARAGE OR CLEAN UP AFTER THE COOKS OR HAVE OTHER CHORES, BUT HE WOULD SHARE HIS METHAMPHETAMINE WITHOUT CHARGE TO THE OTHER DEFENDANTS AT THE RESIDENCE. UPON SEARCHING THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE THERE WAS TWO ROOMS WHICH HAD BEEN CONVERTED INTO COOK ROOMS AND WERE FULL OF METHAMPHETAMINE ITEMS; TO INCLUDE ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOKS, HCL GENERATORS, BLENDERS USED TO GRIND THE EPHEDRINE(THE WHITE POWDER WAS FIELD TESTED AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR EPHEDRINE), COFFEE FILTERS, COLEMAN FUEL, CHARCOAL LIGHTER FUEL, MURIATIC ACID, LYE, CRYSTAL DRANO, GLASS CONTAINERS, PLASTIC CONTAINERS, SCALES, HAND TOOLS USED TO CUT BATTERIES, LITHIUM BATTERY CASINGS, LITHIUM BATTERIES, BAGGIES, COLD PACKS, FUNNELS AND THE TWO BLACK BOOK BAGS. ALSO LOCATED IN THE ROOM WAS A GLASS JAR CONTAINING A CLEAR LIQUID WHICH DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, WITH AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 284 GRAMS. UPON SEARCHING THE TWO BOOK BAGS, WHICH DEFENDANT OWENS ADMITTED WERE HIS, INSIDE OF A CROWN ROYAL BAG WAS A BLACK VERSA 380 CALIBER HANDGUN, WHICH HAD THE SERIAL NUMBER FILED FROM IT. DEFENDANT OWENS ALSO ADMITTED TO USING METHAMPHETAMINE AND STATED HE INJECTS IT INTO HIS ARMS. IN THE BOOK BAGS AND IN THE BEDROOMS, HE CLAIMED TO CONTAIN HIS PROPERTY, WERE NUMEROUS SYRINGES AND BAGGIES THAT TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. UPON INTERVIEWING MR TRAVIS DAMRON, I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. I ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, HE ADVISED HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE HE ADVISED HE DID. IT SHOULD BE NOTED DEFENDANT DAMRON WAS ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE, WHERE THE AIR MONITOR SOUNDED AN ALARM DUE TO THE AIR QUALITY, AND WHERE ALL THE MANUFACTURING ITEMS WERE LOCATED. DEFENDANT DAMRON WAS SOMEWHAT EVASIVE, HOWEVER, HE DID ADMIT TO KNOWING THE MANUFACTURING WAS OCCURRING AND THAT ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT DIRECTLY CONDUCT THE COOK HE WOULD HELP CLEAN UP AND DISPOSE OF ALL THE GARBAGE IN THE BURN PIT FROM THE MANUFACTURING. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT IT WAS AN ONGOING AGREEMENT BETWEEN HIM AND THE OTHER DEFENDANTS THAT HE WOULD HELP OUT AND THEY WOULD ALL BE SUPPLIED METHAMPHETAMINE FOR FREE. IT WAS ALSO LATER LEARNED THAT DEFENDANT DAMRON DID HAVE AN ACTIVE CITRUS COUNTY WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. I CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH MR JOSEPH RADZINSKI JR, I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. WHEN ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS HE ADVISED HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE, HE ADVISED HE DID. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THIS DEFENDANT WAS THE SECOND DEFENDANT THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE WHERE ALL THE METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING ITEMS WERE LOCATED. HE ALSO FIRST TRIED TO DISTANCE HIMSELF, HOWEVER HE DID ULTIMATELY CONFESS TO KNOWING THE MANUFACTURING OCCURRED AT THE RESIDENCE. HE ALSO OPENLY ADMITTED TO BUYING EPHEDRINE FOR THE DEFENDANTS SO THAT MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE COULD OCCUR. HE STATED EVERYBODY HELPS OUT AND DOES THEIR PART AND IN RETURN THEY ALL SHARE THE METHAMPHETAMINE. HE ALSO OPENLY ADMITTED TO USING METHAMPHETAMINE. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT BEGAN COMPLAINING OF HIS SKIN BURNING AND SORENESS IN HIS THROAT. UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE INTERVIEW HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS MEDICALLY CLEARED BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. I CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH MR MICHAEL RUCKER, I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. WHEN ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS HE ADVISED HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE, HE ADVISED HE DID. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE DOES NOT USE NARCOTICS AND HE KNEW THE MANUFACTURING WAS OCCURRING, HOWEVER, HE HAD NO PART IN IT. WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT SEARCHED HIS BELONGINGS INSIDE THE FIRST RESIDENCE HE HAD A BAG WHICH HAD A SMALL LOCK ON IT WHICH, HE OPENLY ADMITTED WAS HIS BAG. INSIDE OF THIS BAG WAS A SMALL PIPE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. DURING THE INTERVIEW THE DEFENDANT WOULD NOT STATE THAT THE PIPE WAS HIS BUT DID STATE THAT THE BAG WAS HIS. HE FURTHER ADVISED HE DID USE METHAMPHETAMINE A WHILE BACK. I CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH MS FELICITIE GILLETTE. I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD. WHEN ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS SHE ADVISED SHE DID. WHEN ASKED IF SHE STILL WISHED TO SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE, SHE ADVISED SHE DID. IT SHOULD BE NOTED UPON ARRIVAL DETECTIVE LAUGHLIN AND I MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT GILLETTE IN THE REAR YARD. SHE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TRYING TO HIDE STUFF IN HER POCKETS, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED AS SYRINGES. LATER IN THE INTERVIEW A PAT DOWN SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED BY DETECTIVE PERRY. DETECTIVE PERRY LOCATED A SMALL BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND TWO MORE SYRINGES IN DEFENDANT GILLETTEâS BRA. DURING THE INTERVIEW DEFENDANT STATED SHE DOES NOT STAY AT THE RESIDENCE VERY OFTEN, SHE WAS JUST VISITING AND WAS VERY EVASIVE WITH QUESTIONS. DEFENDANT GILLETTE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. THE SEARCH OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE DID LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF SMALL TRACE AMOUNTS OF NARCOTICS AND MULTIPLE PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS. ALL ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED, COLLECTED, AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. ALL ITEMS DEMEANED HAZARDOUS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND COLLECTED BY DETECTIVE LUDLOW AND I. ALL HAZARDOUS ITEMS WILL BE TURNED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINER FOR DESTRUCTION. ALL DEFENDANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THEIR BONDS WERE SET AS FOLLOWS; DEFENDANT WILBURâS BOND WAS SET AT $21,000.00. DEFENDANT OWENSâ BOND WAS SET AT $51,000.00. DEFENDANT DAMRONâS BOND WAS SET AT $20,000.00. DEFENDANT RADZINSKIâS BOND WAS SET AT $20,000.00. DEFENDANT RUCKERâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00. DEFENDANT GILLETTEâS BOND WAS SET AT $6,000.00. |
