| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, ADAM 0505 (AR11119540) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: PERCOCET, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 022711 WHILE CONDUCTING A ROUTINE TRAFFIC CONTROL AT SE 8TH AVENUE AND SE 5TH TERRACE, I OBSERVED A BLACK DODGE SUV WITH A LICENSE PLATE LIGHT OUT. I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF NE 8TH AVENUE AND NE 4TH STREET. the DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR THE LICENSE PLATE LIGHT BEING OUT AND PROVIDED CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMES LEE, WHO WAS A BACK SEAT PASSENGER AS HE EXITED THE VEHICLE, I ASKED IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON HIS PERSON, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT. I ASKED HIM FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH HIS PERSON, WHICH HE GRANTED. UPON SEARCHING HIS SHORTS CARGO POCKET, I LOCATED ONE AND A HALF PILLS. AFTER SEARCHING THE REST OF THE VEHICLE, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH POISON CONTROL. I ADVISED THEM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PILL WHICH WAS A ROUND WHITE PILL WITH 512 ON ONE SIDE AND A SCORE MARK ON THE OTHER. THE OPERATOR ADVISED THAT IT WAS A PERCOCET and WAS A SCHEDULE 2 NARCOTIC. the DEFENDANT ADVISED that HE HAS NEVER BEEN PRESCRIBED ANY KIND OF NARCOTICS AND HE INITIALLY TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE ASPIRIN. the DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, DOUBLE LOCKED, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH A BOND SET AT $5,000.00 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* |
