| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STOKES, ERIC 0736 (AR14-11657) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: HALF A GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). 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: A GRINDER AND A DRAGON SHAPED GLASS PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B). ON 081714, I WAS DISPATCHED AS BACK UP TO A TRAFFIC STOP BEING CONDUCTED BY K-9 DEPUTY HRYC. THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS BEING CONDUCTED ON A GREEN OLDSMOBILE SUV BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE CXXQ02, AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 19 AND FORT ISLAND TRAIL. WHEN I ARRIVED, DEPUTY HRYC ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD STOPPED THE VEHICLE FOR AN AS1 TINT LINE VIOLATION. DEPUTY HRYC STATED THAT HE WOULD BE DEPLOYING HIS CANINE PARTNER ZEUS TO CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. AS DEPUTY HRYC DEPLOYED ZEUS, I STOOD BY WITH THE DEFENDANT AT MY VEHICLE. DEPUTY HRYC ADVISED ME THAT HIS CANINE HAD ALERTED TO THE PRESENCE OF NARCOTICS IN THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY NORTON ARRIVED ON SCENE AND STOOD BY WITH THE DEFENDANT WHILE DEPUTY HRYC AND I CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. INSIDE THE VEHICLE, LOCATED IN AN EMPTY CIGARETTE PACKAGE WAS A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE THAT APPEARED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE, AS WELL AS A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE THAT APPEARED TO BE CANNABIS. LOCATED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE WAS A LARGE CANNABIS GRINDER THAT WAS SILVER IN COLOR AND LOCATED IN THE BACK SEAT WAS A LARGE DRAGON SHAPED PIPE WITH BURNT RESIDUE IN THE BOWL THAT SMELLED LIKE BURNT CANNABIS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST BY DEPUTY NORTON , HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE CANNABIS AND METHAMPHETAMINE WERE FIELD TESTED USING A PRESUMPTIVE FIELD TEST KIT AND BOTH YIELDED POSITIVE TEST RESULTS. THE CANNABIS WAS WEIGHED INSIDE OF ITS PACKAGING AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY .78 GRAMS. THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS WEIGHED INSIDE OF ITS PACKAGE AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY .5 GRAMS. THE DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA WERE TURNED OVER TO DEPUTY HRYC TO BE PLACED INTO EVIDENCE. DEPUTY HRYC REMAINED ON SCENE TO WAIT FOR KNIGHTLY TOWING TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING 382165B, FOR AS1 TINT LINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 FOR THE POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE CHARGE, $500.00 FOR THE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS CHARGE AND $500.00 FOR THE POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA CHARGE, FOR A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $6,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
