| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HRYC, CHRISTOPHER, 0701 (AR11120304) THE DEFENDANT, MS ELIZABETH CHRISTOPHER, DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 041611, WHILE TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON SOUTH GROSS STREET, I OBSERVED A TWO DOOR SILVER NISSAN, BEARING TAG NUMBER 333YZW, AT WHAT I ESTIMATED TO BE TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH. I THEN ACTIVATED MY DECATUR FRONT MOVING RADAR UNIT. I OBSERVED A READING OF 40 MPH AND ALSO HEARD A CLEAR AUDIO DOPPLER TONE. AS THE VEHICLE PASSED, I CONDUCTED A U-TURN. THE VEHICLE MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN ON WEST PARK STREET. I WAS ABLE TO GET BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AT WEST PARK STREET AND SOUTH HAMBURG TERRACE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS ELIZABETH CHRISTOPHER AND I ADVISED HER THE REASON FOR THE STOP. DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER PROVIDED ME WITH HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION and INSURANCE CARD. I THEN RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO CHECK FOR WANTS AND WARRANTS WHICH YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS. I THEN ISSUED DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER A WARNING CITATION FOR SPEEDING. I THEN ASKED DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER IF THERE WAS ANY ILLEGAL NARCOTICS OR WEAPONS IN THE VEHICLE. DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER STATED THERE WAS NOT. I ASKED IF SHE WOULD MIND IF I LOOKED IN THE VEHICLE. DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER STATED SHE WOULD NOT MIND AND THAT I WOULD NOT FIND ANYTHING. THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE, DEFENDANT STOWELL, ALSO STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I ASKED DEFENDANT STOWELL IF I WOULD FIND ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN HER POSSESSION AND SHE STATED I WOULD NOT. BOTH DEFENDANT'S WERE PATTED DOWN WHICH PRODUCED NO CONTRABAND. I THEN NOTICED A BLACK LEATHER PURSE THAT BELONGED TO DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER. THE BLACK LEATHER PURSE WAS THOROUGHLY SEARCHED ALONG WITH THE VEHICLE AND NOTHING WAS FOUND IN EITHER THE VEHICLE OR THE PURSE. I THEN NOTICED THAT DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER HAD A PINK WALLET IN HER HAND. I ASKED DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER IF THE PINK WALLET WAS HERS AND IF I COULD LOOK INSIDE THE PURSE AND SHE STATED I COULD. INSIDE OF DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER'S PINK WALLET BETWEEN A STACK OF BUSINESS CARDS WAS A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE THAT CONTAINED A CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE TO WHICH I RECOGNIZED THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO POSSIBLY BE METHAMPHETAMINE. AS I PULLED THE SUBSTANCE OUT OF THE WALLET DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER SHOUTED "I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WAS IN THERE". THE CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE WAS FIELD TESTED WHICH YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THERE WAS ALSO A WHITE LEATHER PURSE ON THE PASSENGER'S FLOOR BOARD WHICH WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF DEFENDANT STOWELL. I ASKED DEFENDANT STOWELL IF THE WHITE LEATHER PURSE BELONGED TO HER AND IF I WOULD FIND ANYTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE AND SHE STATED I WOULD NOT AND THAT I COULD SEARCH the PURSE. INSIDE OF THE WHITE LEATHER PURSE WAS A PINK SUNGLASS CASE. INSIDE OF THE SUNGLASS CASE WAS A GLASS PIPE WITH RESIDUE CONSISTENT WITH THE USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. AS I DISCOVERED THE PIPE DEFENDANT STOWELL STATED "I JUST CHANGED PURSES AND DID NOT KNOW THAT WAS IN THERE", BUT WHEN ASKED IF THE PIPE WAS HERS AND IF SHE USED METHAMPHETAMINE, SHE STATED SHE DID AND HAD BEEN USING FOR SIX MONTHS. INSIDE OF THE PURSE WAS A ZIPPERED POCKET. UPON LOOKING IN THE ZIPPERED POCKET, I FOUND A MEDICINE BOTTLE WHICH WAS FOR REXALL, WHICH IS AN OVER THE COUNTER SLEEP AID. INSIDE OF THE REXALL BOTTLE WAS HALF OF A, DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, WHAT I RECOGNIZED AS A XANAX BAr. i then asked DEFENDANT STowell if she had a prescription for xanax and she stated she did not. POISON CONTROL WAS CONTACTED THE PILL WAS DESCRIBED AND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS XANAX. DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER WAS then advised of the charges. DEFENDANT CHRISTOPHER WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 ACCORDING TO THE BOND SCHEDULE. the plastic baggie CONTAINING THE METHAMPHETAMINE was then WEIGHED, which WEIGHED 3 grams. the bottle of rexall with the half xanax bar, the METHAMPHETAMINE and the suNglass case containINg the METHAMPHETAMINE pipe were all later turned in to evidence. a video of the traffic stop wILL ALSO BE turned in to evidence. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
