| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SUDLOW, JAMES 0759 (AR12124591) THE DEFENDANT DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, SAID OBJECT BEING A GLASS PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 013012, I RESPONDED TO 11318 SOUTH ANN POINT IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO A WARRANT ATTEMPT. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED A LIGHT COLORED DODGE CARAVAN PARKED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENCE'S DRIVEWAY. THERE WAS A WHITE FEMALE, IDENTIFIED AS MS ASHLEY EMANUEL, SITTING IN THE DRIVER SEAT AND A WHITE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR JEFFREY PALMER, STANDING BETWEEN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE OPEN PASSENGER DOOR. AS I EXITED MY PATROL VEHICLE AND APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE DODGE CARAVAN, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TURN QUICKLY TOWARD THE INSIDE OF THE VAN, MOVING HIS HANDS ERRATICALLY. AS I GOT CLOSER TO THE DODGE CARAVAN, THE DEFENDANT TURNED AROUND AND WALKED TOWARD ME. I ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW A JASON HALL, TO WHICH HE REPLIED YES. I ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW MR HALL'S LOCATION, TO WHICH HE STATED HE BELIEVED MR HALL WAS BEHIND THE MOBILE HOME. I THEN INSTRUCTED THE DEFENDANT TO REMAIN BY THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE I ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE MR HALL. THE DEFENDANT WALKED TOWARD CANINE DEPUTY RITLI WHO ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD IDENTIFICATION ON HIM, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED HE DID NOT. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH AND THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HIS NAME WAS GREGORY A PALMER AND HIS DATE OF BIRTH WAS 082358. AT THAT TIME, CANINE DEPUTY RITLI OBSERVED A GLASS PIPE USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE APPROXIMATELY ONE FOOT AWAY FROM WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS STANDING. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI DETAINED THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED IF HE HAD ANYTHING ELSE ILLEGAL ON HIS PERSON, TO WHICH HE STATED "JUST MY WALLET." CANINE DEPUTY RITLI RETRIEVED THE WALLET FROM THE DEFENDANT'S LEFT FRONT JEANS POCKET AND OBSERVED A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE IN THE NAME OF JEFFREY D PALMER AND A DATE OF BIRTH OF 043062. ONCE MR HALL WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, I MADE CONTACT WITH CANINE DEPUTY RITLI WHO ADVISED ME OF HIS FINDINGS AND ADVISED THAT WHEN HE ARRIVED ON SCENE, HE OBSERVED A PLUME OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS STANDING. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN FRONT OF HIS PERSON DUE TO A DISABILITY, AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI MADE CONTACT WITH MS EMANUEL WHO STATED BEFORE WE ARRIVED ON SCENE, SHE HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT SMOKING METHAMPHETAMINE. SHE STATED HE WAS SMOKING THE METHAMPHETAMINE FROM THE GLASS PIPE WHICH WE LOCATED ON THE GROUND NEXT TO THE DEFENDANT. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI ASKED MS EMANUEL FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH THE DODGE CARAVAN, TO WHICH SHE STATED "YES YOU CAN." WHILE SEARCHING THE DODGE CARAVAN, WE LOCATED THREE SMALL ZIPLOC BAGGIES WITH WHITE RESIDUE INSIDE WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, USING A FIELD TEST KIT. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 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* |
