| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MOORE, ANDREW 0619 (AR10117670) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 38 GRAMS OF CANNABIS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). 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: GLASS PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 102910 AT APPROXIMATELY 2158 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 108 NORTH PINE AVENUE IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A FEMALE LYING ON THE GROUND NEAR A WHITE FORD EXTENDED CAB PICKUP. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED A VEHICLE MATCHING THAT DESCRIPTION PARKED IN THE REAR OF THE PARKING LOT. I THEN WALKED AROUND THE VEHICLE IN SEARCH OF THE FEMALE AND UPON LOOKING THROUGH THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW, I OBSERVED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE AND THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE KNEW IT WAS CANNABIS. THE CANNABIS WAS LOCATED IN PLAIN VIEW ON THE FRONT SEAT NEAR THE CENTER CONSOLE. LYING NEXT TO THE CLEAR BAGGY, I OBSERVED A GLASS WHITE PIPE USED FOR SMOKING MARIJUANA. I THEN REQUESTED FOR "K-9", AT WHICH TIME, "K-9" DEPUTY ROWAND AND "K-9" TUCK ARRIVED ON SCENE AND ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE. I ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE IN DOWNTOWN INVERNESS BUT WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. A WORKER FROM A NEARBY RESTAURANT ADVISED THAT ONE OF HER WAITRESSES WAS THE GIRLFRIEND TO THE OWNER AND THAT THE OWNER HAD LEFT THE AREA DUE TO BEING TOO INTOXICATED. AT THAT TIME, "K-9" DEPUTY ROWAND AND I LEFT THE AREA AND WALKED BACK BEHIND THE BUSINESSES. AT THAT TIME, THE WITNESS WHO WAS THE DEFENDANT'S GIRLFRIEND HAD COME TO THE VEHICLE AND OPENED THE DOOR. WE THEN MADE CONTACT WITH HER AND SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, BUT PROPERLY PARK IT. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS AWARE OF WHAT WAS IN THE VEHICLE. SHE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT VIA TELEPHONE, ADVISING HIM THAT I REQUESTED THAT HE RETURN TO THE SCENE, BUT HE HAD ADVISED THAT HE HAD NO WAY TO GET THERE AND THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO DRIVE DUE TO BEING INTOXICATED. I THEN FOLLOWED THE WITNESS TO 6033 EAST CARMEL LANE WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS STANDING IN THE FRONT YARD. I PERSONALLY KNOW THE DEFENDANT, AT WHICH TIME, I ASKED HIM TO WALK OVER TO ME. THE DEFENDANT WAS IDENTIFIED AS MR JEREMIAH CHAMPION WHO PROVIDED ME HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE . AT THAT TIME, I READ MR CHAMPION HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA PRE-PREPRINTED CARD. HE STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. MR CHAMPION WAS ASKED WHAT WAS IN HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE STATED MARIJUANA. HE WAS ASKED IF THE MARIJUANA WAS HIS AND HE STATED "YES". HE STATED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN INTOXICATED AND HAD FORGOTTEN IT WAS THERE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA OVER 20 GRAMS AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA . HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (CCJ) FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $5,500.00 FOR BOTH CHARGES. *NOT-EXEMPT* "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.” |
