| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR11123494) BLOTZ, GEOFFREY 0752 DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION A SCHEDULE FOUR NARCOTIC, ALPRAZOLAM, AND A NON SCHEDULED DRUG, TRAMADOL WITH NO PRESCRIPTION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 110911 I RESPONDED TO 42 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO A DOMESTIC DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO ROOMMATES. UPON MY ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, RANDALL LACKEY, WHO ADVISED ME HIS ROOMMATE, JAMES STAFFORD (DEFENDANT) HAD KICKED IN THE DOOR OF HIS RESIDENCE AFTER HE TOLD THE DEFENDANT TO LEAVE. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE A CIVIL ISSUE. WHILE ON SCENE I WAS ADVISED BY THE COMPLAINANT THAT HIS ROOMMATE, DEFENDANT JAMES STAFFORD, HAD A DEPENDENCY ON PRESCRIPTION NARCOTICS AND ALCOHOL. THE COMPLAINANT ALSO STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF BOTH AT THAT TIME. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT AND THE COMPLAINANT IF THEY WOULD MIND COMPLETING A PERMISSION TO SEARCH FORM WHERE BOTH ADVISED THEY WOULD. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PRE PRINTED CARD. AFTER OBTAINING THE COMPLETED PERMISSION TO SEARCH FORM FROM THE DEFENDANT AND THE COMPLAINANT, I CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE BEDROOM THAT THE DEFENDANT IDENTIFIED AS HIS OWN. UPON SEARCHING UNDER A NIGHTSTAND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE DEFENDANT'S BED, I FOUND A FULL PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE CONTAINING SMALL, BLUE OVAL SHAPED PILLS AND MULTIPLE YELLOW CIRCULAR SHAPED PILLS. THE PILLS WERE THEN COUNTED AND IDENTIFIED. THE BLUE OVAL SHAPED PILLS WERE IDENTIFIED AS ALPRAZOLAM (A SCHEDULE 4 NARCOTIC) AT 1 MILLIGRAM FOR A TOTAL OF 76 PILLS. THE YELLOW CIRCULAR SHAPED PILLS WERE IDENTIFIED AS TRAMADOL FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR PILLS. THE PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE CONTAINING ALL THE PILLS WAS PRESCRIBED TO A TIMOTHY RICKOLO, AND WAS FILLED ON 110711 AT THE RELIANT PHARMACY IN BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA. THE PRESCRIPTION WAS PRESCRIBED BY ANITHA KOLLI. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED ANY MEDICATION, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD NOT. I ASKED the DEFENDANT WHY HE HAD THE PRESCRIPTION PILLS UNDER HIS NIGHTSTAND, WHERE HE STATED HE GOT THEM FROM A FRIEND. UPON FURTHER QUESTIONING THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO USING THE MEDICATION UNLAWFULLY ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND ALSO ADMITTED TO PURCHASING THE PILLS FROM A SUBJECT NAMED "TIMMY" FOR $60.00 IN CASH AT EITHER THE DOLLAR GENERAL, SHELL OR CVS LOCATED ON 491. ACCORDING TO THE DEFENDANT, HE WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED WHEN HE PURCHASED THE PILLS AND COULD NOT RECALL WHERE THE PURCHASE TOOK PLACE. HE DID STATE THAT HE DOES NOT SELL THE PILLS AND THEY WERE USED FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. THE DEFENDANT THEN PROVIDED ME WITH A HANDWRITTEN STATEMENT STATING THAT HE DOES NOT SELL THE MEDICATION AND HE ONLY TAKES THEM FOR PERSONAL USE. THE PILLS WERE IDENTIFIED BY POISON CONTROL (OPERATOR PAMELA) AS ALPRAZOLAM AT 1 MILLIGRAM, A SCHEDULE FOUR NARCOTIC, AND TRAMADOL, WHICH IS A NON SCHEDULED DRUG. THE PILLS WERE SEIZED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO EVIDENCE. THE PERMISSION TO SEARCH FORM AND THE HANDWRITTEN STATEMENTS WERE LATER SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BEDROOM WAS ALSO SEARCHED WHICH YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR ANY ILLEGAL WEAPONS OR CONTRABAND. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
