| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HESSE, NICHOLAS 0689 (AR15-14653) \t\t\tMCGILL, TOMMY 1360 DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, .5 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 893.13(6)(A), AND 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: TWO NEEDLES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 893.147(1), AND DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A). ON 041915, AT APPROXIMATELY 0604 HOURS, I WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT THE RACE TRAC GAS STATION LOCATED AT 2120 HIGHWAY 44 WEST IN INVERNESS WHEN I OBSERVED A 1998 JEEP CHEROKEE BLACK IN COLOR PULLING OUT OF THE GAS STATION WITH A PIECE OF CARDBOARD with NUMBERS BEING USED AS A LICENSE PLATE. I IMMEDIATELY CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP UTILIZING MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ON HIGHWAY 44 WEST AND COLONADE STREET. I THEN WALKED UP TO the VEHICLE, INTRADUCED MYSELF, AND INFORMED THE DRIVER ON WHY I HAD CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC STOP. I ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HIS LICENSE, REGISTRATION, and INSURANCE. THE DRIVER TOLD ME HE HAD NO LICENSE and IT WAS SUSPENDED. HE THEN HANDED ME A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD WITH the NAME FRANK IRVIN. I IMMEDIATELY ASKED MR IRVIN TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND PLACED HIM IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED), AND INFORMED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS UNDER ARREST. I ASKED the DEFENDANT WHY HE WAS DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT THE DID NOT KNOW. I BEGAN TO CONDUCT A SEARCH OF the DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM IF HE HAD ANYTHING inSIDE the VEHICLE THAT WAS ILLEGAL. HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW. I SEARCHED the DEFENDANTâS LEFT POCKET and LOCATED A BLACK POCKET SIZE MESH PULL TIE BAG THAT CONTAINED TWO NEEDLES and A SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE COMMONLY USED FOR DRUGS CONTAINING A CLEAR SUBSTANCE. THE SUBSTANCE WAS LATER TESTED UTILIZING A FIELD TEST KIT WITH RESULTS BEING POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. AFTER THE DEFENDANT WAS SEARCHED THOROUGHLY, HE WAS PLACED IN THE BACK OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AFTER THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE WAS SEARCHED, I RAN the VEHICLEâS ââVINââ NUMBER TO SEE WHO THE VEHICLE CAME BACK REGISTERED TO, WHICH IT DID NOT. I THEN CALLED EDâS TOWING FOR TRANSPORTATION AND THEY TOOK POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE FOR IMPOUND. I THEN RAN the DEFENDANTâS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD TO CHECK HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE HISTORY AND IT CAME BACK SUSPENDED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. THE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING THE METHAMPHETAMINE WEIGHED .5 GRAMS. ALL CONTRABAND WAS PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH THE ABOVE LISTED CHARGES WITH HIS TOTAL BOND SET AT $3,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED CITATION NUMBER A1BU36P, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY. |
