| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAKATIS, KENNETH 0585 (AR11118929) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS 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). 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: THE DEFENDANT DID HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). DID INTRODUCE CONTRABAND IN TO A DETENTION FACILITY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 951.22(1). ON 012011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 HOURS, MEMBERS OF THE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT AND I WERE DOING SURVEILLANCE IN REFERENCE TO A SUBJECT WANTED FOR A HOME INVASION ROBBERY. DURING THE COURSE OF MY SURVEILLANCE, I OBSERVED A BLUE PICKUP TRUCK AND A WHITE CROWN VICTORIA IN THE WINN DIXIE MEADOW CREST PARKING LOT. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE WANTED SUBJECT WAS IN ONE OF THESE TWO VEHICLES, HOWEVER, A POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION COULD NOT BE MADE FROM WHERE I WAS SITTING. I THEN OBSERVED SEVERAL SUBJECTS GET INTO THE WHITE CROWN VICTORIA AND TWO OTHER SUBJECTS GET INTO THE PICKUP TRUCK. AS THE VEHICLE LEFT, I COORDINATED WITH THE OTHER UNITS TO FOLLOW THE BLUE TRUCK AND I FOLLOWED THE WHITE CROWN VICTORIA. AS I FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE EAST ON HIGHWAY 44, I WAITED FOR A BACKUP UNIT. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF DEPUTY TACKETT HE INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THAT VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BEARMONT AND HIGHWAY 44. ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED THE OCCUPANTS WERE ORDERED TO PUT THEIR HANDS IN THE AIR AND WERE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE UNTIL THEIR IDENTIFICATION COULD BE CONFIRMED. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER, MR BYERS, AND HE WAS SECURED. DEPUTY TACKETT THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR GEORGE RUSSELL, WHO WAS SEATED BEHIND THE DRIVER AND ALSO SECURED. AT THAT TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, MS BYERS, WHO WAS ALSO SECURED. WHILE SECURING MR BYERS, IT WAS STATED THAT THERE WERE NARCOTICS IN THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER, SINCE DEPUTY TACKETT WAS ALSO A CANINE HANDLER, HE DEPLOYED HIS CANINE AROUND THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE CANINE DID MAKE A POSITIVE ALERT. AT THAT TIME A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTED WHERE SEVERAL PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS WERE FOUND AS WELL AS METHAMPHETAMINE. DURING THE SEARCH OF DEFENDANT RUSSELL'S SEAT, A RED BANDANA WAS FOUND WHICH CONTAINED A GLASS PIPE USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE. DEPUTY TACKETT ADVISED THAT THE PIPE WAS LOCATED NEAR DEFENDANT RUSSELL'S RIGHT LEG AND IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS TRYING TO STUFF IT IN BETWEEN THE SEAT. DEFENDANT RUSSELL WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. WHILE COMPLETING DEFENDANT RUSSELL'S PAPERWORK, IT WAS ADVISED BY OFFICER AFFEE OF CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, THAT APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND ONE HALF GRAMS OF CANNABIS WAS LOCATED IN THE INTAKE ROOM WHERE DEFENDANT RUSSELL HAD BEEN STANDING. OFFICER AFFEE AND I THEN REVIEWED THE SECURITY VIDEO WHERE WE OBSERVED DEFENDANT RUSSELL DROP THE CANNABIS INTO A PROPERTY STORAGE BAG LOCATED IN THAT SAME ROOM. DEFENDANT RUSSELL WAS READ HIS MIRANDA VIA PRE PRINTED AGENCY CARD DURING THE INITIAL STOP, WHERE HE DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF THE METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE. I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT RUSSELL IN REFERENCE TO THE CANNABIS WHICH HE ALSO DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF. DEFENDANT RUSSELL WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF CANNABIS UNDER 20 GRAMS AND INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HIS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $6,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
