| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HUNTER, JEFFERY 0441 (AR07004952) 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 TWENTY GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). AND UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION, AN OBJECT USED, INTENDED FOR USE, OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN INGESTING, INHALING, OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: MARIJUANA , IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147. ON 090607 AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO 4195 EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD, UNIT NUMBER 40, IN HERNANDO, IN REFERENCE TO A VERBAL DISTURBANCE. UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTY LYNN WAS ALREADY ON SCENE AND SPEAKING WITH THE WITNESS. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT (MR GREGORY PARKER, JR), WHO ADVISED HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND/WITNESS AND HE WAS WANTING TO LEAVE, BUT WANTED TO GET SOME OF HIS POSSESSIONS FIRST. I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY LYNN AND WITNESS. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS ACTUALLY AFTER DRUGS. I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANY DRUGS OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN THE RESIDENCE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A BONG UNDERNEATH THE BATHROOM SINK AND UNDERNEATH THE BED WAS A METAL TIN CONTAINING "PARAPHERNALIA." I ASKED HIM WHO THESE ITEMS BELONGED TO, TO WHICH HE STATED, "THEY BELONG TO ME." I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING DETAINED FOR INVESTIGATION AND HAD HIM TAKE A SEAT IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN MADE CONTAIN AGAIN WITH THE WITNESS. I ASKED HER IF THERE WERE ANY DRUGS OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA UNDERNEATH THE BED OR UNDERNEATH THE BATHROOM SINK. SHE RETRIEVED A METAL TIN FROM UNDERNEATH THE BED, WHICH CONTAINED TWO MARIJUANA PIPES, SOME ROLLING PAPERS AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE SOME TYPE OF A GRINDER. BOTH PIPES CONTAINED WHAT APPEARED TO BE MARIJUANA RESIDUE. ADDITIONALLY THERE WAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF SHAKE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TIN BOX. THE WITNESS ALSO PRODUCED A BONG FROM UNDERNEATH THE BATHROOM SINK WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN A BLUE CROWN ROYAL BAG. THE WITNESS ADDITIONALLY PRODUCED A SMALL CELLOPHANE WRAPPER CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE. BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, THIS SUBSTANCE APPEARED TO BE MARIJUANA. THE WITNESS ADVISED THAT ALL THESE ITEMS BELONGED TO THE DEFENDANT. THIS DEPUTY TOOK CUSTODY OF ALL DRUGS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND WAS LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER. I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, LESS THAN 20 GRAMS, AND FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HE WAS HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND HIS TOTAL BOND SET AT $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THE DEFENDANT WAS SHARING A HOTEL/MOTEL LEASE WITH THE WITNESS. AT THE REQUEST OF THE MOTEL OWNER, THE DEFENDANT AND HIS PROPERTY WERE REMOVED FROM THE ROOM AND HIS PROPERTY WAS PLACED IN HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
