| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, DALE 0276 (AR15-14834)(15-58054) \t\t WILLIAMS, MICHAEL 1120 DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF 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: PARAPHERNALIA WHICH WAS A GLASS PIPE COMMONLY USED FOR INHALING METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 050315, I RESPONDED TO GROVER CLEVELAND AND HIGHWAY 19, IN REFERENCE TO BACK UP FOR K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANO, WHO WAS ON A TRAFFIC STOP AT HIGHWAY 19 AND GROVER CLEVELAND. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANO, WHO ADVISED ME THAT HE SAW MR DOUGLAS BEMUS, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE VEHICLE FIDGETING AROUND AND LOOKED TO BE TRYING TO SHOVE SOMETHING IN THE TOP HOLE, IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DASHBOARD. I ASKED THE DRIVER FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE, WHICH THE DRIVER DENIED. K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANO CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR VEHICLE SNIFF. K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED ME THAT K-9 CONAN GAVE A POSITIVE ALERT, SEE K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANOâS SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. WE DIRECTED ALL OCCUPANTS OUT OF THE VEHICLE STARTING WITH THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS MS JULIE SHULL. WE DIRECTED MS SHULL BACK TO K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANOâS PATROL VEHICLE AND DID AN EXTERIOR PAT DOWN FOR WEAPONS, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. WE DIRECTED THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND BACK TO DEPUTY VIGGIANOâS PATROL VEHICLE, WHERE I CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR PAT DOWN FOR WEAPONS, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. I DIRECTED THE PASSENGER IN THE BACK SEAT, PASSENGER SIDE, IDENTIFIED AS, MR GERALD QUEEN, TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND BACK UP TO DEPUTY VIGGIANOâS PATROL VEHICLE, AND DID AN EXTERIOR PAT DOWN FOR WEAPONS, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AN INTERIOR SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTED. I OBSERVED ONE CLEAR PLASTIC BOTTLE, WITH A CLEAR PLASTIC LID ON IT, IN THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASHBOARD. I OBSERVED THE CLEAR PLASTIC BOTTLE TO CONTAIN A CLEAR AND GREEN IN COLOR, PLASTIC BAGGY, THAT CONTAINED A CLEAR CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE. I ALSO OBSERVED A GLASS PIPE IN THE HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DASHBOARD THAT APPEARED TO HAVE RESIDUE INSIDE OF THE PIPE. THE CLEAR CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE THAT WAS INSIDE THE PLASTIC BOTTLE, INSIDE THE BAGGY, WAS FIELD TESTED THROUGH MY AGENCY ISSUED TEST KIT, AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, AND PLACED IN THE BACK OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I OBSERVED A RED AND BLACK IN COLOR TRAVEL BAG IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. UPON OPENING THE TRAVEL BAG, I OBSERVED A BONG AND A SMALL BLACK IN COLOR NYLON TYPE CASE, CONTAINING SEVERAL MORE PIPES AND SEVERAL PLASTIC BAGGIES, ONE OF THE BAGGIES CONTAINING A CLEAR CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE. I SPOKE WITH ALL OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE, ALL OF THE OCCUPANTS STATED THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS IN THE VEHICLE THAT THEY WERE JUST LEAVING FROM DROPPING OFF A FRIEND AND HEADING BACK TO THEIR RESIDENCE. THE DRIVER, MS SHULL, WAS ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING BY K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANO, WARNING NUMBER 394370B, FOR AN INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS COLLECTED AT THE SCENE WAS WEIGHED, WEIGHING LESS THAN ONE GRAM. ALL OF THE PARAPHERNALIA WAS ALSO COLLECTED AND WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE AT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC). THE BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $3,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
