| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCLAUGHLIN-PERRY, ALLISON 0507 (AR14-9087) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO-WIT: TWO (2) GRAMS OF âCRACKâ COCAINE, WITH THE INTENT TO SELL THE SAID SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1). ON 021414, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT AND VICE NARCOTIC UNIT, WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SWAT TEAM PERFORMED A SEARCH WARRANT INVESTIGATION WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN CITRUS COUNTY LOCATED AT 6429 WEST FOLGER COURT, HOMOSASSA, CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA. YOUR AFFIANT PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPED PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT, WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE LISA HERNDON FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDENCE. ON 021414, MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SWAT TEAM AND TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 6429 WEST FOLGER COURT, HOMOSASSA, CITRUS COUNTY, AT APPROXIMATELY 0550 HOURS. UPON OUR ARRIVAL, THE SWAT TEAM APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE, ANNOUNCED THEMSELVES. ONCE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME (CO-DEFENDANTS), MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SWAT TEAM SECURED THE OCCUPANTS IN HANDCUFFS, AND RELOCATED ALL THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME IN THE LIVING ROOM OF THE RESIDENCE. THE REMAINDER OF THE HOME WAS RENDERED SAFE AND SECURED. YOUR AFFIANT READ THE SEARCH WARRANT IN ITS ENTIRETY TO MR JAMIR LEWIS (DEFENDANT), AND THE REMAINDER OF THE OCCUPANTS, TO WHICH THEY ALL ADVISED VERBALLY THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD AND IN ADDITION WAS READ MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD. AFTER READING THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME IN REFERENCE TO WHY WE WERE AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT HE KNOWS HIS RIGHT AND WISHES TO INVOKE HIS RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS EXPLAINED THAT AS PART OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE SEARCH WARRANT, MEMBERS OF THE TACTICAL IMPACT/VICE NARCOTICS UNIT WOULD BE CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD AND REMAINED IN THE LIVING ROOM IN THE PRESENCE OF DETECTIVE STRICKLAND. THE DEFENDANTS ROOM WAS DETERMINED TO BE HIS BY PERSONAL INFORMATION BEARING THE DEFENDANTS NAME, IDENTIFICATION CARDS, CLOTHING, AND STATEMENTS MADE BY OTHER OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME. WHILE CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANTS BEDROOM, DETECTIVE MARSHALL LOCATED TWO (2) GRAMS OF âCRACKâ COCAINE, LOCATED ON THE NIGHT STAND TO THE LEFT OF THE BED. LOCATED WITHIN THE DEFENDANTS BEDROOM WAS THE DEFENDANTâS WALLET (WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED BY THE DEFENDANT) WAS $754.00 OF UNITED STATES CURRENCY. UPON CONDUCTING A COUNT OF THE CURRENCY, YOUR AFFIANT LOCATED A TWO DOLLAR BILL WITH WHITE RESIDUE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE BY UTILIZING A FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TEST. ALL ITEMS OF EVIDENTIARY VALUE WAS COLLECTED, PACKAGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AGENCY POLICY, AND TURNED INTO THE TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER BY DEPUTY PARSONS. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY BY DEPUTY SLINGERLAND IN THE REAR OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
