| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCLAUGHLIN, ALLISON (0507) TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT (AR09109944) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO-WIT: COCAINE, WITH THE INTENT TO SELL THE SAID SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1); DID POSSESS WITH INTENT TO USE, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA: TO PLANT, PROPAGATE, CULTIVATE, GROW, HARVEST, MANUFACTURE, COMPOUND, CONVERT, PRODUCE, PROCESS, PROCESS, PREPARE, TEST, ANALYZE, PACK, REPACK, STORE, CONTAIN, OR CONCEAL A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 893.147(1)(A) DID HAVING BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY, UNLAWFULLY OWN OR HAVE IN HIS CARE, CUSTODY, POSSESSION OR CONTROL A FIREARM, TO-WIT: HOPKINS AND ALLEN ARMS .32 CALIBER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 790.23(1)(A); ON 071009, MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT EXECUTED A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT AT THE DISTINCT ADDRESS OF 3790 EAST DAWSON DRIVE, IN INVERNESS, FLORIDA, CITRUS COUNTY . THE SEARCH WARRANT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN REVIEWED AND GRANTED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE DANIEL MERRITT, JR., CIRCUIT JUDGE IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1821 HOURS, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SERVED THE SEARCH WARRANT AT 3790 EAST DAWSON DRIVE, IN INVERNESS, FLORIDA. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE RESIDENCE, SEVERAL SUBJECTS WERE LOCATED IN A VEHICLE, HAVING ALL DOORS OPEN, PARKED UNDER THE CARPORT ATTACHED TO THE RESIDENCE. AMONG THESE SUBJECTS INCLUDED: DEFENDANT, MR HENRY A BAILEY, HAVING BEEN LOCATED IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. DEFENDANT MS JENNIFER NICOLE REED, LOCATED IN THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, AND DEFENDANT, MR COURTNEY TERMAINE HENRY, SEATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT LOCATED BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT. ALL SUBJECTS ON SCENE WERE HANDCUFFED BEHIND THEIR BACKS, AND SEATED UNDER THE CARPORT OF THE RESIDENCE. THIS DEPUTY READ A COPY OF THE SEARCH WARRANT AS WELL AS THE DEFENDANT'S MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD; TO WHICH ALL DEFENDANT'S STATED INDIVIDUALLY THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD AND WOULD SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY. SERGEANT FERRARA ADVISED THAT UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, HE HAD OBSERVED, THROUGH THE OPEN FRONT DOORS OF THE VEHICLE, DEFENDANT BAILEY TO LEAN FORWARD AND PLACE AN OBJECT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S FLOORBOARD. SERGEANT FERRARA STATED THAT WHILE ASSISTING DEFENDANT BAILEY OUT OF THE DRIVER SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, HE HAD LOCATED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF COCAINE ON DEFENDANT BAILEY'S LAP. IN ADDITION, SERGEANT FERRARA OBSERVED A HOPKINS AND ALLEN ARMS .32 CALIBER HAND GUN LYING ON THE DRIVER'S FLOORBOARD NEXT TO DEFENDANT BAILEY'S FEET. UPON CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF DEFENDANT BAILEY'S PERSON, SERGEANT FERRARA LOCATED SEVEN SMALL CLEAR ZIPLOC PLASTIC BAGGIES TWO OF WHICH CONTAINED A WHITE POWDERY RESIDUE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF COCAINE. A FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TEST OF THE SUSPECTED COCAINE RESIDUE YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION TO THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. SERGEANT FERRARA ADVISED THIS DEPUTY, THAT IN ADDITION TO THE SEVEN SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIES, DEFENDANT BAILEY ALSO HAD TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00), OF UNITED STATES CURRENCY ON HIS PERSON. SERGEANT FERRARA ALSO LOCATED ANOTHER CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF CRACK COCAINE IN A STORAGE COMPARTMENT, ABOVE THE FRONT DRIVER WINDOW HEADLINER. A FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TEST OF THE SUSPECTED COCAINE YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION TO THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, THIS DEPUTY CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT BAILEY. DEFENDANT BAILEY ADMITTED TO BEING IN POSSESSION OF THE COCAINE, IN ADDITION TO THE HOPKINS AND ALLEN ARMS FIREARM. DEFENDANT BAILEY ALSO ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT TWO DIGITAL SCALES WOULD BE LOCATED UNDER THE COUCH IN THE LIVING ROOM, ADVISING THAT THEY WERE HIS. DEFENDANT BAILEY STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN STAYING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND/DEFENDANT, MS JENNIFER REED, AT THE SUSPECT RESIDENCE, AND THAT SOME PERSONAL ITEMS OF HIS WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE RESIDENCE. PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF THIS SEARCH WARRANT, A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK WAS CONDUCTED FOR DEFENDANT BAILEY. IT WAS DISCOVERED AND CONFIRMED THAT DEFENDANT BAILEY IS A CONVICTED FELON, AND IS CURRENTLY ON FLORIDA INMATE RELEASE WITH A CURRENT STATUS OF ABSCONDER/FUGITIVE. DEFENDANT BAILEY ALSO HAS AN UNRELATED ACTIVE WARRANT FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION WITH AN ORIGINAL CHARGE OF POSSESSION OF A WEAPON. AT THIS TIME, DEFENDANT BAILEY WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A CONVICTED FELON; POSSESSION OF COCAINE WITH INTENT TO SELL, AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA. DEFENDANT BAILEY WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY CORPORAL ROUSH. DEFENDANT BAILEY'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $15,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
