| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CANFIELD, ANDRA 0464 (AR07004391) did unlawfully acquire or attempt to acquire possession of a controlled substance, to-wit: HYDROCODONE, commercially known as LORTAB, as described in Florida Statute 893.03, and in the course thereof utilized misrepresentation, fraud, deception, or subterfuge, in violation of Florida Statute 893.13(7)(a)9 and 893.13(7)(c). ON 080907, I RESPONDED TO 795 WEST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY IN HERNANDO, THE WALGREEN'S PHARMACY, IN REFERENCE TO A FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION. AS I WAS PULLING INTO THE WALGREEN'S PARKING LOT, DISPATCH ADVISED THE DEFENDANT WAS IN THE DRIVE-THRU LANE, TRYING TO PICK UP THE PRESCRIPTION. BY THE TIME THE INFORMATION WAS RELAYED TO ME, THE DEFENDANT HAD SEEN ME, ABANDONED HIS VEHICLE AND FLED ON FOOT. I ASKED DEPUTY SKINNER TO STAND BY WITH THE VEHICLE SO I COULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT/PHARMACIST INSIDE WALGREEN'S. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT, HE ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HAD COME IN TO THE PHARMACY AND PRESENTED A PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN BY DOCTOR JEAN, THE EMERGENCY ROOM (ER) PHYSICIAN AT CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM. HE STATED THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HIM HE WOULD BE BACK IN AN HOUR TO PICK UP THE PRESCRIPTION. WHEN THE COMPLAINANT WENT TO FILL THE PRESCRIPTION, HE NOTICED DISCREPANCIES ON THE PRESCRIPTION IN THE AMOUNT AREA. AT THAT TIME, THE COMPLAINANT MADE CONTACT WITH DOCTOR JEAN AT CITRUS MEMORIAL WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD ONLY PRESCRIBED TWENTY LORTAB PILLS. HOWEVER, THE PRESCRIPTION HAD BEEN CHANGED TO READ A QUANTITY OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY LORTAB PILLS. THE COMPLAINANT THEN CONTACTED LAW ENFORCEMENT. WHILE I WAS GATHERING INFORMATION FROM THE COMPLAINANT, DEPUTY SKINNER ADVISED THAT ON THE DRIVER SEAT, INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHICH THE DEFENDANT HAD ABANDONED, WAS A LOCAL ADDRESS. I ADVISED LIEUTENANT (LT) VICK OF THE SITUATION AND OF THE POSSIBLE LOCAL ADDRESS FOR THE DEFENDANT. WHILE STILL GATHERING INFORMATION, LT VICK MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AT THE LOCAL ADDRESS. UPON BEING ADVISED OF THAT INFORMATION, I RESPONDED TO THE DEFENDANT'S LOCAL ADDRESS. I WAS ADVISED BY LT VICK THAT THE DEFENDANT STATED TO HIM THAT HE DID IN FACT ALTER THE PRESCRIPTION DUE TO HIM "HAVING A PROBLEM." LT VICK FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED TO HIM THAT HE HAD IN FACT FLED UPON MY ARRIVAL. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT WHO WAS BEING VERY COOPERATIVE. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY CARD AND ASKED HIM IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE STATED YES. I THEN ASKED IF HE WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME, TO WHICH HE AGAIN STATED YES. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAD GONE TO CITRUS MEMORIAL ON THIS DATE TO GET SOME PAIN KILLERS; HOWEVER, THE DOCTOR WOULD ONLY PRESCRIBE TWENTY PILLS SO HE CHANGED THE PRESCRIPTION TO MAKE THE QUANTITY READ ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PILLS. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE JUST HAS A BAD PROBLEM AND WAS SORRY THAT HE HAD FLED FROM ME. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEFENDANT MATCHED BOTH THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN BY THE COMPLAINANT AND THE DESCRIPTION PROVIDED BY THE OTHER PHARMACY EMPLOYEE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED, PROCESSED AND HELD ON A BOND OF $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
