| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FISHER, AUSTIN 1335 (AR15-17047)(15-142611) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: A YELLOW IN COLOR HYDROCODONE 10 MILLIGRAMS PILL, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM OF MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 103115, I WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON HIGHWAY 44 WEST WHEN I OBSERVED A BLUE IN COLOR OLDSMOBILE, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE BLTG56, DRIVING WESTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 44 WEST. UPON RUNNING THE LICENSE PLATE NCIC/FCIC REVEALED the VEHICLEâS REGISTRATION EXPIRED ON 103015. I THEN INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE BY INITIATING MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, TO WHICH the VEHICLE PULLED OVER ON HIGHWAY 44 WEST AND TRAIL 15. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM, I ASKED FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT HANDED ME HER DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN DETECTED THE STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO BE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. I THEN ASKED THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER/DEFENDANT, MS JESSICA GROOM, IF THERE WERE ANY ILLEGAL NARCOTICS IN THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT MR JESSICA GROOM STATED âYES.â SHE REACHED INTO HER PANTS AND PULLED OUT A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE WITH A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE INSIDE, which TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA BY USING AN AGENCY ISSUED TEST KIT THAT HAD A TOTAL PACKAGE WEIGHT OF ONE GRAM. DEFENDANT MS JESSICA GROOM WAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION with a COURT DATE OF 110915, AT 1300 HOURS. THE MARIJUANA WAS PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM IF THERE WAS ANYMORE MARIJUANA INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AT which TIME DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM HANDED ME A BLUE IN COLOR METAL ALTOIDS TIN, INSIDE OF WHICH WAS A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA BY AN AGENCY ISSUED TEST KIT THE WEIGHT OF THE MARIJUANA WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM. I THEN ASKED BOTH DEFENDANTS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH THEY DID. I THEN SEARCHED the VEHICLE TO WHICH I found ON THE DRIVER SIDE FLOORBOARD A YELLOW IN COLOR OVAL SHAPED PILL WITH THE INSCRIPTED LETTER âVâ ON ONE SIDE AND â3601â ON THE OTHER SIDE, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED BY POISON CONTROL AS HYDROCODONE 10 MILLIGRAMS, WHICH WAS A SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTIC. AT 0215 I READ BOTH DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM AND MS JESSICA GROOM MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, TO WHICH BOTH WAIVED THEIR RIGHTS AND AGREED TO TALK WITH THIS DEPUTY. AT WHICH TIME DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM ADMITTED THAT THE HYDROCODONE PILL BELONGED TO HER, AND THAT IT WAS NOT PRESCRIBED TO HER AT WHICH TIME I PLACED DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM UNDER ARREST HANDCUFFED(DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND the BACK. I THEN SEARCHED THE DEFENDANT AND PLACED HER in the BACK OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM OF MARIJUANA AND THE HYDROCODONE 10 MILLIGRAMS WERE PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. I THEN TURNED DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOMâS VEHICLE OVER TO PASSENGER/DEFENDANT MS JESSICA GROOMâS CUSTODY, PER DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOMâS REQUEST. I THEN TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND CANNABIS 20 GRAMS OR LESS with A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $3,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT MS JANICE GROOM WAS ALSO WRITTEN A WRITTEN WARNING FOR EXPIRED REGISTRATION NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN BY THIS DEPUTY. |
