| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR13-5554) A PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY USES INTIMIDATION OR PHYSICAL FORCE OR THREATENS ANOTHER PERSON OR ATTEMPTS TO DO SO OR ENGAGES IN MISLEADING CONDUCT TOWARDS ANOTHER PERSON, ALTERS, DESTROYS, MUTILATES OR CONCEALS AN OBJECT WITH THE INTENT TO IMPAIR THE INTEGRITY OR THE AVAILABILITY OF THE OBJECT FOR USE IN AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OR OFFICE PROCEEDING, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT SWALLOWED A LORTAB PILL, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER, 914.22(1). ON 050913 AT APPROXIMATELY 1529 HOURS, MYSELF AND DEPUTY NEAL (0676) WERE TRAVELING IN AN UNMARKED AGENCY VEHICLE AND CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE AREA OF SUNCOAST BOULEVARD AND WEST CARDINAL STREET. AT THAT TIME, WE OBSERVED A 1994 BLUE PONTIAC VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA TAG 3109BQ, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON SUNCOAST BOULEVARD. WE OBSERVED THE REAR SEAT PASSENGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR JOHN BRUNDON, PUT HIS LEFT ARM OUT OF THE VEHICLE WINDOW AND THROW A SMALL, SILVER PAPER LIKE OBJECT OUT THE WINDOW. AT THAT TIME A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED ON SAID VEHICLE AS IT PULLED IN TO THE WAL-MART PARKING LOT. I THEN APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND DEPUTY NEAL APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERâS SIDE. DEPUTY NEAL MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS FELICIA KEEN, AND MR JOHN BRUNDON. DURING THIS CONTACT, IT WAS PLAINLY VISIBLE THAT MR BRUNDON HAD TWO, 16 OUNCE CANS OF NATURAL LIGHT BEER ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE BETWEEN HIS FEET. HE WAS THEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE BEVERAGES AND THE LITTERING. CANINE DEPUTY PHILLIPS (0482) WAS REQUESTED TO BE EN ROUTE TO THE SCENE. UPON ARRIVAL, HE DEPLOYED HIS DRUG SNIFFING CANINE AND I WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ADVISED THAT HIS CANINE HAD GIVEN AN ALERT. DEPUTY NEAL THEN ASKED MR BRUNDON TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME DEPUTY NEAL BEGAN SPEAKING WITH MR BRUNDON IN FRONT OF OUR AGENCY VEHICLES. MR BRUNDON ADVISED THAT HE HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF CANNABIS IN HIS WALLET, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. DURING THAT TIME, I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT AND THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER AND EXPLAINING TO THEM WHAT WAS GOING ON. I THEN OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO BEGIN ACTING IN A NERVOUS MANNER, AT WHICH TIME SHE OPENED UP A SMALL CHANGE PURSE AND BEGAN TO SHUFFLE THROUGH IT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STOP MOVING AROUND, WHERE SHE THEN RETRIEVED AN UNKNOWN OBJECT FROM THE CHANGE PURSE. I COULD TELL BY THE WAY THE DEFENDANT WAS CUPPING HER HAND AND GRABBING HER MCDONALDS DRINK THAT SHE WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SWALLOW THE ITEM SHE HAD TAKEN FROM THE CHANGE PURSE. I BEGAN TO SHOUT, âSTOP, STOP, STOPâ, HOWEVER, THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO SWALLOW THE OBJECT. I RAN TO THE DRIVERâS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, PULLED THE DEFENDANT FROM THE VEHICLE AND DEPUTY NEAL PLACED THE DEFENDANT IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK. I ESCORTED THE DEFENDANT BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH HER. I READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE-PRINTED AGENCY CARD, AT WHICH TIME SHE ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME REFERENCE TO THE INCIDENT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT SHE HAD SWALLOWED, WHERE SHE ADVISED A LORTAB PILL WITH AN UNKNOWN MILLIGRAM. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE MEDICATION. I ASKED HER WHY SHE SWALLOWED THE MEDICATION AFTER SHE WAS TOLD TO STOP, WHERE SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS SCARED OF GETTING IN TO TROUBLE. I ASKED HER IF THE CHANGE PURSE SHE RETRIEVED THE LORTAB PILL FROM BELONGED TO HER, WHERE SHE STATED YES. I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS AWARE THAT HAVING THAT MEDICATION IN HER POSSESSION WITHOUT A VALID PRESCRIPTION WAS ILLEGAL, TO WHICH SHE STATED, YES. I ASKED HER WHERE SHE HAD OBTAINED THE LORTAB, WHERE SHE STATED FROM A FRIEND, BECAUSE OF BACK PAIN RESULTING FROM A PAST CAR ACCIDENT. THE CANNABIS WHICH MR BRUNDON HAD IN HIS POSSESSION WAS COLLECTED AND LATER SUBMITTED TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
