| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR14-9484) (14-35574) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 1.2 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1). ON 031314, WHILE CONDUCTING COVERT SURVEILLANCE IN THE AREA OF TANGELO LANE AND HIGHWAY 41, I OBSERVED A RED NISSAN ALTIMA TURN ONTO TANGELO LANE. APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR MINUTES LATER, I OBSERVED the SAME VEHICLE LEAVING TANGELO LANE. UPON REACHING THE STOP SIGN AT TANGELO LANE AND HIGHWAY 41, THE VEHICLE STOPPED CLEARLY PAST the STOP BAR BY the FULL LENGTH OF THE VEHICLE. AT that TIME, I INFORMED DEPUTY CROSNOE, WHO WAS IN the MARKED UNIT. HE THEN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE JUST NORTH OF THAT LOCATION. AT THAT TIME, I RESPONDED TO THE SCENE WHERE I MADE CONTACT with DRIVER, MR DAVID LEE SCHOMAS. DUE TO PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS WITH THE SUBJECT, I REQUESTED K-9 TO CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. . DEPUTY RITLI ARRIVED ON SCENE WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. UPON CONDUCTING AN EXTERIOR SNIFF, HE ADVISED CANINE AJAX DID ALERT TO THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, NOW IDENTIFIED AS MS JENNIFER MENNELLA, I ASKED HER TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WHILE DEPUTY CALLAHAN SIMULTANEOUSLY ASKED MR SCHOMAS TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN ASKED MS MENNELLA IF SHE HAD ANYTHING ON HER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE THAT I NEEDED TO BE MADE AWARE OF, AT which TIME SHE WAS CLUTCHING A PURPLE ZIP UP BAG. SHE PUT HER HEAD DOWN AND STATED âYES I DOâ. SHE STATED SHE HAD SOMETHING INSIDE THE BAG. I THEN ASKED WHAT WAS INSIDE THE BAG, AT WHICH TIME SHE STATED âDRUGSâ. I THEN TOOK the BAG FROM her, WHICH SHE WAS CLUTCHING IN HER LEFT HAND. UPON LOOKING INSIDE THE BAG, I found TWO SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIES CONTAINING A CLEAR CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE, which I RECOGNIZED THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. A PRESUMPTIVE FIELD TEST WAS CONDUCTED ON EACH BAG AND DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. ALSO in the PURPLE ZIP UP BAG WERE APPROXIMATELY 12 CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES with RESIDUE, COUPLED WITH A DIGITAL SCALE, A GLASS SMOKING PIPE, A METAL PICK AND SEVERAL OTHER PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS, COMMONLY ASSOCIATED with SOMEONE WHO IS SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THAT TIME, I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH SHE AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. SHE STATED THAT THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS HERS AND THAT SHE HAD JUST BOUGHT IT. SHE STATED SHE PAID $50.00 FOR the METHAMPHETAMINE AND she WAS BUYING IT FOR A FRIEND. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT WISH TO DISCUSS ANY OTHER DETAILS. AT THAT TIME, THE ITEMS WERE SEIZED TO BE PLACED INTO EVIDENCE. MS MENNELLA WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK AND TRANSPORTED BY DEPUTY CROSNOE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE YIELDED NO OTHER CONTRABAND. MR SCHOMAS WAS RELEASED ON SCENE WITH A WARNING, NUMBER 375536B. the METHAMPHETAMINE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 1.2 GRAMS. THE DEFENDANT BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE |
