| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOWLING, THOMAS 0709 (AR2068) THE DEFENDANT, MR GEOFFREY KARL GREEN, WAS PLACED ON PROBATION FOR POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO SELL/MANUFACTURE/DELIVER. HIS PROBATION COMMENCED ON 061512. THE DEFENDANT DID VIOLATE THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 948.06, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WAS FOUND TO HAVE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS. THE DEFENDANT, MR GEOFFREY KARL GREEN, DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 072012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1927 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 9515 EAST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY. OFF DUTY DEPUTY CROSNOE (0234) HAD ARRIVED TO the HESS GAS STATION. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO BE STANDING AT the PUMP, BY HIS BLACK HONDA CIVIC. DEPUTY CROSNOE THEN ADVISED THAT AS HE WAS WALKING INTO THE STORE, the DEFENDANT STATED, âMAN, THE PARKING LOT GOT FULL,â AND DEPUTY CROSNOE ADVISED THAT THERE WERE ONLY FIVE CARS IN THE ENTIRE PARKING LOT, AND THAT HE DID NOT THINK the PARKING LOT WAS VERY FULL. DEPUTY CROSNOE THEN EXITED THE STORE, AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT WALKED OVER, AND ASKED IF HE COULD GIVE HIM A RIDE TO WILDWOOD, TO WHICH DEPUTY CROSNOE STATED, âISNâT THAT YOUR VEHICLE?â TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT IT WAS NOT. DEPUTY CROSNOE ADVISED THAT HE THOUGHT THE DEFENDANT WAS ACTING IN A SUSPICIOUS MANNER. DEPUTY CROSNOE THEN CONTACTED THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHOSE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF HESS GAS STATION. THE DEFENDANT WAS SITTING ON THE GROUND OF THE PARKING LOT LOOKING THROUGH A TELEPHONE BOOK. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, HE ADVISED that HE WAS FROM OCALA AND WAS JUST DRIVING AROUND TODAY. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY WILLIAMS ARRIVED ON SCENE. I THEN RAN THE VEHICLE THROUGH FCIC/NCIC AND IT CAME BACK AS REGISTERED TO THE DEFENDANT. HE STATED that HE WAS DRIVING THROUGH SUMTER COUNTY, AND WAS PULLED OVER, AND HAD BEEN GIVEN TWO TICKETS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD A DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN STOLEN. HE ADVISED THAT the SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE HAD SEARCHED HIS VEHICLE BECAUSE THEIR K9 ALERTED, BUT could NOT FIND ANYTHING I THEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED âNO, YOU CAN SEARCH IF YOU WANT.â AT THAT TIME, WHILE SEARCHING THIS VEHICLE, ON the PASSENGERS SIDE. I LOCATED A WALLET, IN THE PASSENGERâS SIDE DOOR, WITH IDENTIFICATION TO A MR MARK GREEN, WITH THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS THE DEFENDANT, AND DID APPEAR IN THE PHOTOGRAPH TO BE THE DEFENDANT. I THEN WENT BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO VERIFY HIS IDENTITY. AT WHICH TIME, THIS CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS HIS BROTHER. WHILE DEPUTY WILLIAMS WAS STANDING BY WITH THE DEFENDANT, I SAW THE DEFENDANT WALK BACK TO the FRONT SEAT, REACH UNDER THE FRONT SEAT. I THEN WALKED BACK TO THE VEHICLE, AND ASKED the DEFENDANT IF HE HAD EVER BEEN ARRESTED, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN ARRESTED FOR INTENTION TO SELL, AND WAS ON PROBATION. I THEN ASKED ONCE MORE IF HE WAS BEING HONEST ABOUT ANYTHING ILLEGAL BEING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE AGAIN STATED, âNO, MY VEHICLE WAS ALREADY SEARCHED BY SUMTER COUNTY, GO AHEAD AND SEARCH AGAIN.â AT THAT TIME, I LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE DRIVERâS FRONT SEAT, WHERE I LOCATED WHAT I BELIEVED TO BE, BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, A CANNABIS BUD. I THEN RETURNED BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TESTED THIS SUBSTANCE WITH AN AGENCY TEST KIT, WHICH YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC). AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS. HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNING, AND EH STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, AND DID WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT the DRUGS WERE NOT HIS AND THAT THE CANNABIS HAD BEEN PLANTED. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAD OBSERVED HIM MAKING AGITATED MOVEMENTS NEAR THE FRONT SEAT, AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS ONLY LOOKING FOR A LIGHTER. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION, AND FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS, IN AN AMOUNT OF LESS THAN 20 GRAMS THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. BOND WAS SET AT |
