| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, ANDRA 0464 (AR07005015) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN THE AMOUNT GREATER THAN TWENTY GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13.6.A, AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; TO WIT: SEVEN HYDROCODONE PILLS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13.6.A, AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; TO WIT; TWO METHADONE PILLS, 893.13.6.A, AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH 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, SAID OBJECT BEING: NEEDLE AND SYRINGE , IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147. ON 091007, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF 486 AND 491 IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE BETWEEN TWO MALE SUBJECTS. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, HE ADVISED HE AND HIS COUSIN (DEFENDANT/MR DREW FERANDES) HAD GOTTEN INTO AN ARGUMENT, DUE TO THE FACT THE DEFENDANT HAD A LOT OF DRUGS ON HIM AND THE COMPLAINANT HAD MADE HIM GET OUT OF HIS VEHICLE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE COMPLAINANT ALSO STATED THAT HE AND HIS COUSIN (DEFENDANT) HAVE A SEVERE DRUG HABIT AND HE WAS MAD AT THE DEFENDANT BECAUSE HE HAD STOLEN THE "DRUGS" FROM A FRIEND, WHO HE WOULD NOT NAME. HE STATED, SINCE THE DEFENDANT DID THAT, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE A PLACE TO STAY NOW. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HIS COUSIN'S WELL-BEING AND AFRAID HE WAS GOING TO POSSIBLY GET HURT OR HURT HIMSELF. AT THAT TIME, I BOLO'D THE GENERAL AREA WHERE I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS OBSERVED CROUCHED DOWN SLEEPING IN FRONT OF AN ABANDONED STORE AT THE INTERSECTION OF 491 AND 486. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, I WOKE HIM UP AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS NAME, TO WHICH HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS DREW ANTHONY FERANDES (DEFENDANT). WHEN I ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS COUSIN HE SEEMED TO BE VERY BEWILDERED AND APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED TO SOME DEGREE. AT THAT TIME, I NOTICED A LARGE PLASTIC BAG BETWEEN THE DEFENDANT'S LEGS. THE CONTENTS OF THE BAG LOOKED TO BE A PLANT WHICH HAD A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA. UPON LOOKING IN THE BAG, I COULD SEE WHAT APPEARED TO ME AS MARIJUANA LEAVES AND BUDS. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE PRODUCED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE DEFENDANT WAS BECOMING AGITATED. HE WAS STARTING TO SWAY BACK AND FORTH AND PLACED HIS HANDS IN HIS POCKETS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF I COULD PAT HIM DOWN, TO WHICH HE STATED YES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE DEFENDANT WAS WEARING VERY LARGE BAGGIE PANTS. JUST PRIOR TO PATTING THE DEFENDANT DOWN, I ASKED IF HE HAD ANY WEAPONS OR NEEDLES OR ANYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HARM MYSELF, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. AT THAT TIME, HE DROPPED A PACK OF CIGARETTES TO THE GROUND AND HE DID HOLD HIS FRONT POCKETS OUT AND I COULD SEE THERE WAS NOTHING IN THEM. AS I BEGAN TO PAT DOWN THE DEFENDANT'S POCKETS ON THE BACK SIDE I COULD FEEL AN OBJECT. I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS IN THAT POCKET, TO WHICH HE STATED NOTHING. . I AGAIN ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANY WEAPONS OR NEEDLES, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. I THEN PULLED THE OBJECT OUT OF THE POCKET WHICH WAS A USED NEEDLE AND SYRINGE WITH THE CAP IMPROPERLY SEATED. AS SOON AS I BECAME AWARE THE OBJECT WAS A NEEDLE AND SYRINGE I DROPPED IT ON THE GROUND AND THEN PUSHED THE CAP SECURELY ONTO THE NEEDLE BY PUSHING IT AGAINST THE SOLE OF MY SHOE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK. I PICKED UP THE PACK OF CIGARETTES AND IN THE PACK OF CIGARETTES CONTAINED A PLASTIC CELLOPHANE BAGGIE CONTAINING SEVEN HYDROCODONE PILLS AND TWO METHADONE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PRE-PRINTED CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED TO THIS DEPUTY THAT HE HAD USED THE NEEDLE AND SYRINGE ON THIS DATE TO SHOOT A HYDROCODONE AND METHADONE MIXTURE. HE ALSO STATED HE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE HYDROCODONE; HOWEVER, WOULD NOT STATE AS TO WHERE HE HAD GOTTEN THEM. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, ONCE AT THE DETENTION FACILITY THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAS A PRESCRIPTION. WHEN I ASKED HIM WHY ALL THE PILLS WERE WRAPPED IN A SMALL CELLOPHANE BAGGIE HE JUST SHRUGGED HIS SHOULDERS. THE DEFENDANT IS BEING CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA OVER 20 GRAMS, TWO COUNTS POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, ONE BEING HYDROCODONE (7 PILLS) AND THE OTHER BEING METHADONE (2 PILLS) AND FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA; TO WIT: NEEDLE AND SYRINGE. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $6,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
