| Probable cause affidavit: |
submitted by: AGUILERA, EMANUEL 1238 (AR16-19171) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 1.5 GRAMS OF COCCAINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 042216, AT APPROXIMATELY 1708 HOURS, DEPUTY CRUZ AND I WERE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON WEST HIGHLAND STREET, WHEN I OBSERVED A WHITE FOUR DOOR CHRYSLER 300, WHICH FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN AT SOUTH PALM AVENUE AND WEST HIGHLAND STREET. THE VEHICLE THEN TURNED WEST ON WEST HIGHLAND STREET. AT THAT TIME, I WAS OUT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE; THEREFORE, I RADIOED TO DEPUTY CRUZ WHO WAS WEST OF MY LOCATION. I ADVISED DEPUTY CRUZ THAT I JUST OBSERVED A WHITE FOUR DOOR CHRYSLER 300, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE GICT73, FAIL STOP AT THE STOP SIGN AT SOUTH PALM AVENUE AND WEST HIGHLAND STREET. DEPUTY CRUZ THEN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE AT WEST HIGHLAND STREET AND SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD. I THEN RESPONDED TO THAT LOCATION. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS ALSO RESPONDED. DEPUTY CRUZ ADVISED THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR JASON JONES, THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP. AS I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF writing A WRITTEN WARNING FOR THE DEFENDANT FAILING TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN, K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS DEPLOYED HIS K-9 PARTNER FOR AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HIS K-9 PARTNER ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY CRUZ ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT THE K-9 ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE AND WE WOULD BE CONDUCTING A HAND SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED HIS VEHICLE AND STOOD AT THE FRONT OF DEPUTY CRUZâ PATROL VEHICLE WITH DEPUTY CRUZ. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS, DEPUTY LABORDA, AND I THEN CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY LABORDA ADVISED THAT HE LOCATED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE, WHICH HE BELIEVED TO BE COCAINE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHERE I READ HIM MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH HE AGREED TO SPEAK TO ME. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT THE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WAS THAT WE LOCATED INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED ME THAT IT DID NOT BELONG TO HIM AND HE DOES NOT USE COCAINE. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS FIELD TESTED THE WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SEARCHED, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT âS VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY DAVEâS BODY SHOP AND A VEHICLE TOW SHEET WAS COMPLETED. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS LATER WEIGHED THE COCAINE WITH A WEIGHT OF 1.5 GRAMS, WHICH WAS PLACED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING, WARNING NUMBER 400300B, FOR THE STOP SIGN VIOLATION. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
