| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BYRD, JEDIDIAH 0737 (AR14-12550) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: HYDROCODONE 5 MG /ACETAMINOPHEN 325 MG, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 102814, I WAS PATROLLING THE AREA NEAR OF SOUTHERLY AVENUE AND PINEAIRE STREET, IN INVERNESS, WHERE I OBSERVED A WHITE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMES VANHOUTEN, SLEEPING ON A BENCH IN THE BUSINESS PLAZA. THE DEFENDANT WAS WEARING AN ORANGE SHIRT, BLUE JEANS, A GRAY HAT, WITH BLACK PLASTIC FRAMED GLASSES. I APPROACHED THE DEFENDANT AND ATTEMPTED TO WAKE HIM UP SEVERAL TIMES. HE FINALLY RESPONDED AND APPEARED TO BE INTOXICATED. I ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING AND HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS WALKING HOME FROM THE BAR AND HE STOPPED TO REST ON THE BENCH, WHERE HE FELL ASLEEP. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON HIS PERSON, TO WHICH HE ADVISED NO. I ASKED HIM IF HE COULD REMOVE THE ITEMS FROM HIS POCKETS, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT COMPLIED AND CONSENTED TO A SEARCH. LOCATED IN HIS FRONT LEFT JEAN POCKET WAS A WHITE PLASTIC CONTAINER, WITH A SCREW TOP LID. I ASKED HIM WHAT WAS INSIDE THE CONTAINER AND HE ADVISED THAT THERE WAS HALF OF A VIAGRA PILL, TWO TYLENOL PILLS, AND ALSO A PAIN PILL, WHICH HIS MOTHER HAD GIVEN HIM. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY MACIAS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO ASSIST ME. HE IDENTIFIED THE PILL WITH POISON CONTROL, WHO ADVISED THAT THE PILL WAS HYDROCODONE 5 MG /ACETAMINOPHEN 325 MG. THE PILL WAS WHITE IN COLOR, OVAL SHAPED, WITH PINK SPOTS, IT HAD WATSON ON ONE SIDE, AND 3202 ON THE OTHER SIDE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE NARCOTICS, WHICH HE STATED NO, BUT HIS MOTHER HAD GIVEN IT TO HIM BECAUSE HIS BACK WAS HURTING HIM. I ADVISED HIM THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE PILL WAS COLLECTED AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
