| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, AIDAN 0453 (AR1014960) DID KNOWINGLY SELL, PURCHASE, MANUFACTURE, DELIVER, OR BRING INTO THIS STATE, OR WHO IS KNOWINGLY IN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF, 14 GRAMS OR MORE OF AMPHETAMINE, AS DESCRIBED IN FLORIDA STATE STATUE 893.03(2)(C) , OR METHAMPHETAMINE, AS DESCRIBED IN S. 893.03(2)(C), OR OF ANY MIXTURE CONTAINING AMPHETAMINE OR METHAMPHETAMINE, OR PHENYL ACETONE, PHENYL ACETIC ACID, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, OR EPHEDRINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER CHEMICALS AND EQUIPMENT UTILIZED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF AMPHETAMINE OR METHAMPHETAMINE, COMMIT A FELONY OF THE FIRST DEGREE, WHICH FELONY SHALL BE KNOWN AS "TRAFFICKING IN AMPHETAMINE," PUNISHABLE AS PROVIDED IN FLORIDA STATE STATUE 775.082, 775.083 OR 775.084; AND DID UNLAWFULLY, KNOWINGLY AND INTENTIONALLY POSSESS OR DISTRIBUTE A LISTED CHEMICAL KNOWING, OR HAVING REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE, THAT THE LISTED CHEMICAL WILL BE USED TO UNLAWFULLY MANUFACTURE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE TO WIT: ETHYL ETHER AND PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(B) DID HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY, UNLAWFULLY OWN OR HAVE IN HIS CARE, CUSTODY, POSSESSION OR CONTROL TWO FIREARMS, TO-WIT: A REMINGTON 22 CALIBER RIFLE AND IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 790.23(1)(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, METHAMPHETAMINE, TO WIT: NINE METHAMPHETAMINE PIPES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 052010, THIS DEPUTY RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL BY THE NAME OF ERIC RENNEY WOULD BE MANUFACTURING OR "COOKING" METHAMPHETAMINE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 0300 HOURS. THE SOURCE ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH MR RENNEY'S HOME ADDRESS OF 53 SOUTH ELMHURST POINT IN LECANTO. I CONDUCTED RESEARCH THROUGH THE DAVID QUERY SYSTEM AND DISCOVERED THAT MR. RENNEY'S ADDRESS ON HIS DRIVERS LICENSE MATCHED THE ADDRESS PROVIDED BY THE SOURCE. A FURTHER CHECK THOUGH THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS MANAGEMENT DATABASE REVEALED MR. RENNEY'S CURRENT ADDRESS MATCHED HIS DRIVERS LICENSE. ON MAY 21, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 0030 HOURS MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT AND I ARRIVED AT 53 SOUTH ELMHURST POINT AND APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE. UPON APPROACHING THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE RESIDENCE I COULD SEE THOUGH THE DOOR WINDOW A BLUE COOLER WITH THE TOP OF A PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING A BROWN ITEM PROTRUDING FROM THE TOP OF THE OPEN COOLER. I BELIEVED THE BROWN ITEM INSIDE THE COOLER TO BE COFFEE FILTERS WHICH ARE USED TO SEPARATE LIQUID FROM SOLIDS DURING THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE. NEXT TO THE COOLER I COULD SEE A HOT PLATE WHICH IS COMMONLY USED TO EVAPORATE LIQUIDS DURING THE COOK. A YELLOW CAN OF STARTER FLUID WAS ALSO VISIBLE WHICH CONTAINS THE CHEMICAL ETHYL ETHER THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF METHAMPHETAMINES. WHILE LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW I COULD DETECT AN ODOR OF ETHER EMANATING FROM THE RESIDENCE SIGNIFYING A METHAMPHETAMINE COOK WAS IN PROGRESS OR HAD TAKEN PLACE RECENTLY. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE HOMEOWNERS WHO WERE SLEEPING AT THE TIME OF OUR ARRIVAL. THE HOMEOWNERS INVITED MYSELF AND DEPUTY BERGEN INSIDE THE HOME. WHILE INSIDE THE KITCHEN AREA I COULD DETECT A STRONGER SMELL OF ETHER. FROM THE KITCHEN AREA I COULD SEE INTO THE BEDROOM WHEN I HAD OBSERVED THE SUSPICIOUS ITEMS FROM OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE. IN THE EAST BEDROOM IN PLAIN VIEW WERE A BAG OF MOIST COFFEE FILTERS CONTAINING RESIDUE, ANOTHER CAN OF STARTER FLUID, AND A BOX OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE IS KNOWN TO BE A PRECURSOR CHEMICAL USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINES. AFTER VIEWING THE ITEMS IN PLAIN VIEW I CONCLUDED THROUGH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE THAT THE EAST BEDROOM CONTAINED A METHAMPHETAMINE LAB. BOTH THE HOMEOWNERS WERE READ MIRANDA VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD AND ADVISED THEY UNDERSTOOD AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO THIS DEPUTY. AFTER EXPLAINING MY OBSERVATIONS TO THE HOMEOWNERS AND ADVISING THEM OF THE DANGERS OF HAVING A METHAMPHETAMINE LAB WITHIN A STRUCTURE, THEY BOTH CONSENTED TO ALLOW THE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT TO REMOVE THE LAB FROM THEIR HOME. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DETECTIVE BLAIR WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE DEA IN INVESTIGATING CLANDESTINE METHAMPHETAMINE LABS. DETECTIVE BLAIR ARRIVED ON SCENE AND BEGAN REMOVING ITEMS FROM THE EAST BEDROOM WHILE DEPUTY BERGEN PHOTOGRAPHED THE SCENE. THE CONTENTS REMOVED INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: TWO REACTIONARY VESSELS CONTAINING A BI-LAYER LIQUID, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE (LISTED CHEMICAL), TWO CANS OF STARTER FLUID (LISTED CHEMICAL), COFFEE FILTERS CONTAINING RESIDUE, PYREX DISH WITH RAZORBLADE, A BINDER CONTAINING CHEMISTRY INFORMATION, SEVERAL PLASTIC TUBES, AND A PLASTIC BOTTLE CONTAINING A SUBSTANCE KNOWN AS BYPRODUCT AND NINE METHAMPHETAMINE PILES CONTAINING RESIDUE. THE LIQUID IN THE REACTIONARY VESSELS WERE FIELD TESTED AND YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. SAMPLES OF THE LIQUID WERE TAKEN BY DETECTIVE BLAIR AS EVIDENCE WHICH WEIGHED AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 512 GRAMS. ALSO FOUND IN THE ROOM NEAR THE REACTIONARY VESSELS WAS A WALLET CONTAINING ALL OF MR. ERIC RENNEY'S PERSONAL ITEMS AND HIS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. ALS FOUND IN THE MR RENNEY'S ROOM WAS A LOADED REMINGTON .22 CALIBER RIFLE WHICH WAS REMOVED AS EVIDENCE DUE TO MR. RENNEY BEING A CONVICTED FELON WHO WAS ON INMATE RELEASE STATUS FOR AGGRAVATED BATTERY. ALL ITEMS RECOVERED WERE PROCESSED BY DEPUTY BERGEN FOR LATENT FINGERPRINTS. AN INTERVIEW OF THE HOMEOWNERS REVEALED THAT THE ROOM DID IN FACT BELONG TO THEIR SON MR. ERIC RENNEY. THEY STATED THAT IN THE PAST MONTH MR. RENNEY HAD BEEN ACTING STRANGE AND THEY BELIEVED HE WAS ABUSING SOME TYPE OF NARCOTIC. WHEN ASKED THE LAST TIME THEY HAD SEEN MR. RENNEY, THEY STATED THAT HE WAS IN HIS ROOM APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL AND THAT HE HAD LEFT THE HOME AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. WHILE STILL ON SCENE TWO FEMALES (WITNESS ONE AND TWO) ARRIVED AT THE HOME AND STATED THEY ALSO LIVED IN THE HOME. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE IMMEDIATELY SEPARATED AND READ MIRANDA VIA PRE PRINTED CARD. BOTH SUBJECTS ADVISED THEY UNDERSTOOD AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO ME. WITNESS ONE ADVISED ME THAT SHE KNEW THAT MR. RENNEY HAD BEEN MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINES IN THE HOME HOWEVER SHE WAS SCARED TO CONTACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. WITNESS TWO STATED SHE WAS MR RENNEY'S EX-GIRLFRIEND AND HAD BEEN STAYING IN THE OTHER ROOM WITH WITNESS ONE. WITNESS TWO ADMITTED THAT SHE ABUSES METHAMPHETAMINES AND HAD SMOKED THE DRUG EARLIER IN THE DAY. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HER FINGERPRINTS WOULD BE ON THE METHAMPHETAMINE PIPES AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE REACTIONARY VESSELS DUE TO THE FACT SHE HAD MOVED ONE EARLIER IN THE DAY. WITNESS TWO STATED SHE KNEW HER EX-BOYFRIEND MR. RENNEY WAS MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE IN HIS ROOM HOWEVER SHE STATED SHE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THE SUBSTANCE. BOTH WITNESSES COMPLETED SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENTS WHICH WAS LATER TURNED INTO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RECORDS DIVISION. ON 052210 AT APPROXIMATELY 0010 HOURS DEPUTY LAMBERT AND I RESPONDED BACK TO 53 SOUTH ELMHURST POINT, WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH MR. RENNEY. MR. RENNEY WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL BY DEPUTY LAMBERT. MR. RENNEY'S BOND WAS SET AT $65,500 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
