| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DOWLING, THOMAS 0709 (AR10117785) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN 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, TO WIT: A YELLOW EXTRA STRENGTH TYLENOL CONTAINER ALONG WITH THREE PLASTIC BAGS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 110610 AT APPROXIMATELY 0022 HOURS, I OBSERVED A SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLE (SUV) TRAVELING ON OAKLAWN HEADING TOWARDS SOUTH CANARY PALM TERRACE. AS thE VEHICLE PASSED ME, I NOTICED THAT THE TAG LIGHT WAS INOPERABLE. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED AROUND AND PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE TURNED RIGHT ONTO SOUTH CANARY PALM TERRACE HEADING TOWARDS WEST GREENACRES. I THEN CAUGHT UP WITH THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT THAT LOCATION. I THEN APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION, AT which TIME THE PASSENGER ALSO PROVIDED ME WITH A DRIVER' S LICENSE. I ADVISED THE DRIVER THAT HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR HAVING AN INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. ALL VEHICLE PASSENGERS WERE THEN ADVISED TO STAY IN the VEHICLE. I THEN RESPONDED BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME CANINE DEPUTY RITLI ARRIVED ON SCENE. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE UTILIZING CANINE AJAX. CANINE AJAX DID ALERT TO THE DRIVER'S SIDE AREA OF THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY SEFFERN ARRIVED ON SCENE AND THE DRIVER AND ALL PASSENGERS WERE ASKED TO STEP OUT OF the VEHICLE AND WERE SEARCHED FOR ANY WEAPONS, KNIVES, OR NARCOTICS. DEPUTY RITLI AND DEPUTY SEFFERN CONDUCTED AN INTERIOR SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, WHERE DEPUTY SEFFERN LOCATED ON the FRONT PASSENGER SEAT INSIDE THE DEFENDANT, MS JESSICA CLARKE'S PURSE, A YELLOW EXTRA-STRENGTH TYLENOL CONTAINER WHICH CONTAINED LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE LOCATED INSIDE A PLASTIC BAGGIE ALONG WITH TWO OTHER PLASTIC BAGS. DEPUTY SEFFERN USED A FIELD TEST KIT, AT WHICH TIME the SUBSTANCE TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. UPON SPEAKING WITH MS CLARKE, SHE STATED SHE SMOKED WHAT WAS IN the BAG EARLIER WITH A FRIEND. I THEN PLACED MS JESSICA CLARKE UNDER ARREST HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK. SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DRIVER WAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR THE INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT WARNING NUMBER, 314101B. the NARCOTICS AND PARAPHERNALIA WERE PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF' S OFFICE EVIDENCE. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS SIGNED BY the DEFENDANT WHICH WAS ALSO TURNED IN. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00, PER 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* |
