| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WATTS, ROSCOE 1299 (AR15-15444) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 0.15 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, RED IN COLOR, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 061915, AT 1745 HOURS, WHILE CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK IN THE AREA OF NORTHEAST 8TH AVENUE AND NORTHEAST 10TH STREET, IN CRYSTAL RIVER, I OBSERVED A GREEN, TWO DOOR SEDAN RUN A STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTHEAST 10TH STREET AND NORTHEAST 8TH AVENUE. I FOLLOWED THE SAID VEHICLE, WHICH WAS NOW TRAVELING SOUTH ON NORTHEAST 8TH AVENUE. I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS JUST SOUTH OF NORTHEAST 9TH STREET IN ORDER TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP, WHERE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT NORTHEAST 8TH AVENUE AND NORTHEAST CRYSTAL STREET. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MS JILL RENAE JACOBS, WHO IS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE GREEN 1997 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE 4720PZ. I IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIED MYSELF AS DEPUTY WATTS WITH THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS FOR HER RUNNING THE STOP SIGN AT NORTHEAST 10TH STREET AND NORTHEAST 8TH AVENUE. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT SHE COMMITTED THE SAID INFRACTION. SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS AND SEEMED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOME TYPE OF SUBSTANCE, WHICH WAS EVIDENT DUE TO THE CONSTANT MOVEMENT OF HER HANDS AND FEET. WHEN THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK TO ME, HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED AND HER JAWS MOVED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR BACKUP TO RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY TRAFFIC STOP, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEFENDANT BEING ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING (WARNING NUMBER 398887B) FOR RUNNING THE STOP SIGN, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTENTS WITHIN. THE DEFENDANT GAVE ME CONSENT TO SEARCH HER VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, K-9 DEPUTY HRYC (0701) AND DEPUTY BARR (1338) ARRIVED ON SCENE TO ASSIST WITH THE TRAFFIC STOP. UPON THE DEFENDANT EXITING THE VEHICLE, SHE BEGAN TO BEG ME NOT TO TAKE HER TO âJAIL.â I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY I WOULD TAKE HER TO THE DETENTION FACILITY, AT WHICH TIME SHE ADVISED ME THAT SHE HAD A DIME BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN HER WALLET, WHICH WAS IN HER PURSE. I RETRIEVED THE BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE FROM THE DEFENDANTâS BLACK PURSE. K-9 DEPUTY HRYC TESTED THE SUBSTANCE WITH AN AGENCY ISSUED TEST KIT, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE SUBSTANCE WAS WEIGHED AND WEIGHED 0.15 GRAMS. K-9 DEPUTY HRYC COLLECTED THE METHAMPHETAMINE TURNED IT IN TO EVIDENCE. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (METHAMPHETAMINE). THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED MIRANDA CARD, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK TO ME. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. DEPUTY BARR STOOD BY WITH THE DEFENDANT WHILE I CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE, WHICH YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR ANY FURTHER CONTRABAND. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HER VEHICLE WOULD BE TOWED. I COMPLETED A TOW SHEET FOR THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE, WHICH WAS TOWED BY ADAMâS TOWING AT 1836 HOURS. THE VEHICLE TOW SHEET WAS TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
