| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUGHES, JAMES 0500 (13-53453) (AR13-5360) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METH, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(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, TO WIT: THREE GLASS SMOKING PIPES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.147(1). ON 042313, AT APPROXIMATELY 2148 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD AND WEST FAUST LANE, IN REFERENCE TO BACKUP FOR K-9 DEPUTY HRYC. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY HRYC WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND THE DRIVER APPEARED TO BE VERY NERVOUS. HE ADVISED AT THAT TIME HE REQUESTED THE DRIVER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE SO THAT HE COULD INQUIRE AS TO WHERE HE WAS COMING FROM. THE DRIVER HAD ADVISED DEPUTY HRYC THAT HE REALLY DID NOT HAVE A DESTINATION AND THEN A SHORT TIME LATER CHANGED HIS STORY TO DEPUTY HRYC. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR FRANK GOOD, AND ASKED HIM WHERE HE WAS COMING FROM, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WAS COMING FROM NEW PORT RICHEY TO GO SEE A FRIEND IN CRYSTAL RIVER. THE FRIEND WAS TO SHOW HIM A GOOD FISHING SPOT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE WAS SO NERVOUS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE GETS NERVOUS WHEN HE GETS PULLED OVER BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. DEPUTY HRYC ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WERE ANY WEAPONS OR NARCOTICS IN THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NOT. HE THEN ADVISED US THAT WE COULD GO AHEAD AND SEARCH THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT AND I STOOD BY THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHILE K-9 DEPUTY HRYC AND CANINE ZEUS CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. UPON CONDUCTING THE SNIFF, K-9 DEPUTY HRYC ADVISED that HIS DOG MADE A PHYSICAL ALERT TO THE DOORS OF the VEHICLE AS WELL AS TO THE TRUNK OF the VEHICLE. I STOOD WITH THE DEFENDANT WHILE DEPUTY HRYC SEARCHED THE VEHICLE. A SEARCH OF THE INTERIOR OF the VEHICLE MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. DEPUTY HRYC ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE TRUNK, TO WHICH HE SAID THERE WAS NOT. UPON DEPUTY HRYC LOOKING IN THE TRUNK, LOCATED ON TOP OF THE SPARE TIRE, UNDER THE SPARE TIRE COVER, WAS A BLACK PLASTIC CLIPBOARD WHICH WAS ABLE TO BE OPENED UP. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF IT WAS HIS CLIPBOARD TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT IT WAS. DEPUTY HRYC OPENED THE CLIPBOARD AND OBSERVED A SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE, WHICH DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE APPEARED TO CONTAIN CRYSTAL METH AND THREE GLASS SMOKING PIPES. the DEFENDANT WAS DETAINED AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS BEING DETAINED FOR A DRUG INVESTIGATION. THE SUBSTANCE IN THE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE TESTED POSITIVE FROM AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD TEST KIT FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND WAS WEIGHED AT A TOTAL OF .8 GRAMS. DEPUTY HRYC READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD. the DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS and STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH US AT THIS TIME. DEPUTY HRYC ASKED the DEFENDANT WHERE HE GOT the METH FROM TO which HE ADVISED HE GETS IT FROM NEW PORT RICHEY AND THAT HE WAS JUST UP HERE RIDING AROUND AND WAS NOT REALLY GOING TO SEE A FRIEND. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE NORMALLY DOES; HE JUST GOT TO HANGING OUT WITH THE âWRONG PEOPLEâ. HE ADVISED THAT THE METH AND PIPES WERE HIS AND HE HIDES THEM THERE SO THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WONâT FIND THEM. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND PARAPHERNALIA. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY ADAMS TOWING. the DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE EVIDENCE WAS TURNED IN AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER EVIDENCE LOCKER. |
