| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BLOTZ, GEOFFREY 0752 (AR15-17317) (15-151823) 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 CLEAR PIPE USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.147(1). ON 111915, I WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON NORTHEAST HIGHWAY 19 WHERE I OBSERVED A SILVER IN COLOR VEHICLE TRAVELING NORTH ON NORTHEAST HIGHWAY 19 AND NORTHEAST 3RD AVENUE OPERATING WITHOUT ITS HEADLIGHTS ON. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED AROUND AND OBSERVED the SILVER VEHICLE MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN ONTO CITRUS AVENUE. I ATTEMPTED TO INITIATE A TRAFFIC STOP UTILIZING MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS and SIREN ON NORTH CITRUS AVENUE JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST 7TH STREET. AT THAT TIME, I OBSERVED THE SILVER IN COLOR VEHICLE ACCELERATE AT A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED. IT THEN MADE AN ABRUPT LEFT HAND TURN ONTO 10TH STREET WHERE IT CAME TO A STOP JUST EAST OF NORTHWEST 1ST AVENUE. AT THAT TIME, I OBSERVED THE DRIVER OF the VEHICLE, A WHITE MALE, APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET TALL, WEARING DARK IN COLOR PANTS AND NO SHIRT, WITH MULTIPLE TATTOOS ON HIS BACK FLEE the SCENE. UPON APPROACHING THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THREE other SUBJECTS WITH A DOG LOCATED IN the BACKSEAT. AT THAT TIME, I CALLED FOR A BACK UP UNIT AND ALSO K-9 DEPUTY VIGGIANO AND CANINE CONAN. I THEN GATHERED the INFORMATION FROM the SUBJECTS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. UPON DEPUTY VIGGIANO'S ARRIVAL, I INFORMED HIM OF the SITUATION. AT THAT TIME, HE DEPLOYED CANINE CONAN AND CONDUCTED A TRACK. CANINE CONAN TRAVELED NORTHBOUND DOWN 1ST AVENUE AND THEN MADE A LEFT TURN HEADING WEST ON NORTHWEST 11TH AVENUE. CANINE CONAN TRACKED TO THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND MADE AN ABRUPT NORTHBOUND TURN IN TO A HEAVILY WOODED AREA. CANINE CONAN ENTERED THE AREA AND APPREHENDED the DEFENDANT, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR WILLIAM CARROLL II. I PLACED DEFENDANT CARROLL UNDER ARREST AND DUE TO THE DOG BITE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WAS REQUESTED. I RAN DEFENDANT CARROLL THROUGH TELETYPE WHERE I WAS ADVISED DEFENDANT CARROLL HAD AN OPEN CITRUS COUNTY WARRANT and WAS ALSO A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER. EMS UNIT 124 ARRIVED ON SCENE WHERE THEY THEN TRANSPORTED DEFENDANT CARROLL TO SEVEN RIVERS HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION. I THEN RAN DEFENDANT CARROLL'S DRIVER'S LICENSE THROUGH NCIC/FCIC WHERE I OBSERVED ON 072015, DEFENDANT CARROLL WAS DETERMINED A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER FOR 60 MONTHS AND ALSO ON 122314, DEFENDANT CARROLL'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY FOR A CRIMINAL FAIL TO APPEAR. I THEN RETURNED BACK TO THE SCENE OF MY TRAFFIC STOP WHERE CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEPUTY VIGGIANO. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED ME THAT HE CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO A POSITIVE ALERT BY CANINE CONAN. UPON DEPUTY VIGGIANO CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, HE LOCATED A BLACK DIGITAL SCALE USED TO WEIGH METHAMPHETAMINE AND A PLASTIC CONTAINER THAT CONTAINED MULTIPLE PLASTIC BAGGIES IN THE REAR FEMALE PASSENGER'S PURSE WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS MORGANNE TRUESDALE. THE SCALE HAD A SUBSTANCE ON IT, WHICH DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE BELIEVED IT TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THAT TIME, I UTILIZED A FIELD TEST KIT, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. I THEN CONDUCTED A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WHERE I FOUND A GLASS PIPE THAT THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE I BELIEVED TO BE USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE, LOCATED IN the PASSENGER FRONT FLOORBOARD IN A FUSE BOX. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MS JESSICA SLACK, WHO WAS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE, OCCUPIED THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHERE THE GLASS PIPE WAS FOUND. I THEN CONDUCTED A FIELD DRUG TEST ON THE GLASS PIPE, WHICH TESTED FOR POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THAT TIME, MS SLACK AND MS TRUESDALE WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. DEPUTY D JOHNSON THEN PLACED the TWO FEMALE SUBJECTS IN THE REAR OF HIS PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED THEM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DUE TO THE ONLY REMAINING SUBJECT ON SCENE, MR ANTHONY BROADHURST, NOT HAVING A VALID FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, ADAM'S TOWING WAS CONTACTED FOR the TOWING OF THE VEHICLE WHERE A TOW SHEET WAS COMPLETED AND TURNED INTO RECORDS. I THEN GATHERED THE PARAPHERNALIA FROM BOTH FEMALE DEFENDANTS, WHICH WAS PACKAGED TO BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. I THEN TRAVELED TO SEVEN RIVERS HOSPITAL WHERE DEFENDANT CARROLL WAS MEDICALLY CLEARED. AT THAT TIME, I PLACED DEFENDANT CARROLL IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHERE HE WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. ON THE WAY TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I ASKED DEFENDANT CARROLL WHY HE FLED, WHICH HE STATED HE WAS SCARED AND DID NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO JAIL. I ALSO ASKED DEFENDANT CARROLL WHY HE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN the FRONT PASSENGER AND THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE HAD A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, TO WHICH HE STATED HE WAS NOT SURE. I THEN ASKED DEFENDANT CARROLL WHY his DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED, TO WHICH HE STATED APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO HE WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED. ONCE AT the DETENTION FACILITY, DEFENDANT CARROLL WAS ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING, NUMBER 403954B, FOR THE DRIVING WITH NO HEADLIGHTS; FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC), NUMBER A1P2R7P, WAS COMPLETED FOR THE DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED (HABITUAL) AND FLORIDA UTC, NUMBER A192ARP WAS COMPLETED FOR the FLEEING AND ELUDING, TO BE DETERMINED. DEFENDANT CARROLL'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $8,000.00. DEFENDANT SLACK'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 AND DEFENDANT TRUESDALE'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 ALL PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
