| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RICCI, ANTHONY 606 (AR11123289) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICALS OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(A) THESE CHEMICALS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: PSEUDO EPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE. ON 102511 AT APPROXIMATELY 1120 HOURS, I, ALONG WITH DETECTIVE FARKAS, ARRIVED AT 7518 GREEN ACRES STREET IN HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO A TRESPASS. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, WHO IS A NEIGHBOR OF THE ABOVE ADDRESS, WHO ADVISED THAT PRIOR TO CALLING 9-1-1 HE HAD DISCOVERED AN UNKNOWN WHITE MALE ASLEEP AT HIS NEIGHBOR'S RESIDENCE and that HE WAS SLEEPING ON THE FRONT PORCH. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBOR IS out of TOWN MOST OF THE YEAR AND DOES NOT ARRIVE BACK UNTIL NOVEMBER. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR ERIC ELSON, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE HAD NO PERMISSION TO BE ON THE PROPERTY and THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE LISTED AN AREA OFF OF POLARIS COURT, WHICH HE STATED HE NO LONGER LIVED AT. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW THE OWNERS OF the RESIDENCE HE WAS SLEEPING AT; HOWEVER, DECIDED AFTER A LONG WALK DURING THE NIGHTTIME HOURS OF YESTERDAY'S DATE THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO SLEEP ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE ABOVE NAMED RESIDENCE RATHER THAN THE SIDE OF the STREET. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE WAS DROPPED OFF BY A FRIEND NAMED WENDY AT THE WAL-MART STORE IN HOMOSASSA AND THAT SHORTLY AFTER BEING DROPPED OFF HIS FRIENDS HAD LEFT HIM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE BEGAN WALKING AIMLESSLY IN HOMOSASSA UNTIL HE ARRIVED in the AREA OF 7581 GREEN ACRES STREET. UPON ARRIVAL HE BECAME VERY TIRED AND HAD LAID DOWN ON THE FRONT PATIO OF THE RESIDENCE. THE ITEMS NEAR THE DEFENDANT INCLUDED A GAS CAN WITH NEWSPAPER SHOVED INSIDE AND SEVERAL UNOPENED TABLETS OF PSEUDO EPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THESE ARTICLES THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE HAD THESE TWO ITEMS IN HIS POSSESSION AND THAT HE INTENDED TO GIVE THEM TO ANOTHER SUBJECT HE REFERRED TO AS "SAM" SO THAT HE COULD THEN USE THESE ARTICLES TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINES AND IN TURN GET "A LITTLE BIT" OF THE METHAMPHETAMINE. DETECTIVE FARKAS WAS ALSO ON SCENE AND HAD WITNESSED THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE DEFENDANT. DETECTIVE FARKAS THEN ENTERED INTO A RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT AND READ HIM HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE AGREED TO SPEAK WITH US. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD SEVERAL TABLETS OF PSEUDO EPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND A GAS CAN THAT HE INTENDED TO GIVE TO AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED SAM WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING METHAMPHETAMINES AND IN RETURN HE WOULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF METHAMPHETAMINES. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE BOUGHT THESE PSEUDO EPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE TABLETS AT A STORE FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF GIVING THESE ARTICLES TO SAM TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINES. THE DEFENDANT HAD IN HIS POSSESSION 20 TABLETS PSEUDO EPHEDRINE HYDROCHLORIDE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WOULD BE PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR UNLAWFULLY BEING IN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINES. THESE ARTICLES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND TAKEN IN TO EVIDENCE. I MADE CONTACT WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORS WHO ADVISED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE OWNERS OF 7518 GREEN ACRES STREET; HOWEVER, AN EXTERNAL CHECK OF THE RESIDENCE REVEALED NO SIGNS OF FORCED ENTRY AND THE RESIDENCE TO BE SECURE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEPUTY SMITH REFERENCE METHAMPHETAMINE CHARGES, WHO ADVISED A BOND OF $10,000.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00. "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* |
