| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SKINNER, RODNEY 0563 (AR11123171) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). (AND) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER 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; MARIJUANA, TO WIT: ONE BROWN WOODEN PIPE CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE AND ONE WHITE METAL TUBULAR PIPE CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 101511, AT APPROXIMATELY 0743 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING SOUTH ON U S HIGHWAY 41, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROOKS ROAD WHEN I OBSERVED A BLACK AND TAN FORD BRONCO TRAVELING NORTHBOUND AT ABOVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 55 MILES PER HOUR (MPH). I ESTIMATED THE VEHICLE TO BE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES PER HOUR IN THE 55 M ILE PER HOUR ZONE. I ACTIVATED MY DECATUR GENESIS RADAR UNIT AND RECEIVED A HIGH CONSISTENT DOPPLER AUDIO TONE WITH A TARGET SPEED OF 62 MILES PER HOUR. I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP UTILIZING MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND CAME TO A STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH U S HIGHWAY 41 AND ROOKS ROAD. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR JEREMY EDWARDS, AND HE WAS EXPLAINED THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP. I THEN ASKED FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE AND PROOF OF INSURANCE CARD, AND MR EDWARDS ASKED IF HE COULD STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO GET HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE OUT OF HIS BACK POCKET. I ADVISED MR EDWARDS HE COULD STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, AND WHEN HE OPENED THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR, I COULD IMMEDIATELY DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF WHAT, BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, WAS MARIJUANA EMANATING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE ODOR WAS SO STRONG IT APPEARED THAT MARIJUANA HAD BEEN VERY RECENTLY SMOKED FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I ASKED MR EDWARDS IF THERE WERE ANY NARCOTICS OR WEAPONS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AND HE REPLIED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME I INFORMED MR EDWARDS THAT I COULD DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, AND THAT HE NEEDED TO BE HONEST AND TELL ME IF HE STILL HAD ANY DRUGS IN THE VEHICLE. MR EDWARDS THEN ADMITTED HE HAD JUST SMOKED MARIJUANA IN A PIPE PRIOR TO BEING STOPPED BY THIS DEPUTY, AND THAT THE MARIJUANA AND PARAPHERNALIA WAS INSIDE A SMALL BLACK NYLON CASE LOCATED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. I OPENED THE CENTER CONSOLE AND RETRIEVED THE BLACK NYLON CASE. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE INSIDE THE CASE: ONE SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1.0 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA, ONE SET OF TWEEZERS, ONE BROWN WOODEN PIPE CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE, ONE WHITE METAL TUBULAR PIPE CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE, ONE PACK OF "TOP" ROLLING PAPERS, AND ONE PACK OF TWO SPARE SCREENS FOR THE BROWN WOODEN PIPE. THERE WAS NO OTHER NARCOTICS OR ILLEGAL CONTRABAND LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE. THESE ITEMS WERE LATER PROPERLY PACKAGED AND TURNED IN TO AN EVIDENCE LOCKER AT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE OPERATION'S CENTER ALONG WITH A PROPERTY RECEIPT. MR EDWARDS WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CANNABIS LESS THAN 20 GRAMS, AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HE WAS HANDCUFFED IN FRONT DUE TO HIS ARMS BEING TOO LARGE TO BE PLACED BEHIND HIS BACK. MR EDWARDS WAS THEN SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS RUN THROUGH FCIC/NCIC WHICH REVEALED HE HAD A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THERE WERE NO WANTS OR WARRANTS. MR EDWARDS REQUESTED HIS VEHICLE BE SECURED AND LEFT AT THE SCENE SO HIS WIFE COULD LATER RETRIEVE IT. MR EDWARDS CONTACTED HIS WIFE VIA TELEPHONE AND SHE WAS EN ROUTE TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE. MR EDWARDS WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE, UPON ARRIVAL, HE WAS TURNED OVER TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. WHILE AT THE JAIL THE CANNABIS WAS WEIGHED WHICH INDICATED 1.0 GRAMS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 335841-B, FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED OF 62/45. THE IN-CAR VIDEO FROM THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS LATER DOWNLOADED ONTO DVD AND THE DVD WAS LATER PACKAGED AND TURNED OVER TO EVIDENCE. "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* |
