| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CRUZ, ABNER 0517 (AR-2581) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: FIVE CYCLOBENZAPRINE 10 MILLIGRAM, ONE MORPHINE SULFATE 30 MILLIGRAM, TEN MORPHINE SULFATE 60 MILLIGRAM (TOTAL OF 16 PILLS), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 090212, WHILE TRAVELLING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY 19, I OBSERVED A GRAY TOYOTA WITH THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER AIEJ01, TRAVELLING IN FRONT OF ME. I NOTICED THAT the LICENSE PLATE WAS EXPIRED, AT WHICH TIME, I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ACTIVATING MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE THEN MADE A RIGHT TURN ON HALLS RIVER ROAD, EVENTUALLY COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP AT THE PLAZA. I THEN APPROACHED THE DRIVER SIDE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS MS TIFFANY COLLINS, I EXPLAINED TO HER THE REASON FOR MY STOP, TO WHICH SHE IMMEDIATELY STATED THAT SHE KNEW IT WAS EXPIRED. I THEN ASKED FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND INSURANCE. SHE PROVIDED ME WITH HER DRIVER'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION. I OBSERVED TWO MALE PASSENGERS, ONE IN THE FRONT SEAT AN ONE IN THE REAR SEAT, NEITHER ONE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE SUBJECTS FOR THEIR IDENTIFICATION. THE FRONT PASSENGER PROVIDED ME WITH HIS IDENTIFICATION, SHOWING HIM TO BE MR JAMES DANIEL COLLINS (DEFENDANT), THE BACK PASSENGER DID NOT HAVE ANY IDENTIFICATION ON HIM, HOWEVER HE LATER WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH D.A.V.I.D. AS MR JAMES DEKE COLLINS. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED THE DRIVER IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN VEHICLE THAT I NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF, TO WHICH SHE STATED NO. I THEN ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY OBJECTION FOR ME TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH SHE STATED NO. I THEN ASKED ALL OCCUPANTS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, AT THE SAME TIME DEPUTY K-9 HRYC ARRIVED ON SCENE. DEPUTY HRYC ADVISED ME THAT HE DISCOVERED IN THE POCKET OF THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMES DANIEL COLLINS, A GRAY PLASTIC CONTAINER WHICH HAD SIX PILLS WHICH WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS FIVE CYCLOBENZAPRINE AND ONE MORPHINE SULFATE 30 MILLIGRAM. NO OTHER CONTRABAND WAS LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE. SHORTLY AFTER, DEPUTY HRYC, OBSERVED ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE VEHICLE, A CLEAR CELLOPHANE PAPER CONTAINING TEN MORPHINE SULFATE 60 MILLIGRAM PILLS. AT THAT TIME, THE OCCUPANTS WERE ASKED WHO THE PILLS BELONGED TO, which THE DEFENDANT STATED THEY BELONGED TO HIM AND THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE FALLEN OUT OF HIS POCKET WHEN HE STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. HE STATED THAT HE HAS A PRESCRIPTION FOR ALL THE PILLS HOWEVER HE DID NOT HAVE IT ON HIM. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. HE WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $15,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE OTHER MALE PASSENGER, MR JAMES DEKE COLLINS, WAS DISCOVERED TO HAVE AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT OUT OF BREVARD COUNTY, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED (AR-2579). THE DRIVER WAS ISSUED A WARNING, WARNING NUMBER 343507B FOR EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE AND SHE WAS RELEASED ON SCENE. ALL THE CONTRABAND WAS LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE DIVISION. |
