| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PANETTI, JAMES 1304 (AR16-18111) (16-13986)\t DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A); AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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: EMPTY PILL BOTTLE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.147(1). ON 013116, WHILE CONDUCTING ROUTINE PATROL IN THE AREA OF HOMOSASSA TRAIL AND SOUTH PITTSBURGH AVENUE, I OBSERVED TAILLIGHTS, WHICH APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY IN THE ROAD, NEAR THE AREA OF A KNOWN DRUG HOUSE. I THEN RELOCATED MY PATROL VEHICLE SOUTH OF HOMOSASSA TRAIL IN ORDER TO OBSERVE the VEHICLE AS IT LEFT the DEAD END ROAD. I WATCHED the VEHICLE BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND THEN PROCEED SOUTH ON PITTSBURGH AVENUE TOWARDS HOMOSASSA TRAIL WHERE IT MADE A RIGHT TURN ON HOMOSASSA TRAIL AND THEN BEGAN TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD. the VEHICLE MADE A U-TURN AND BEGAN TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON SUNCOAST BOULEVARD. AFTER MAKING A U-TURN AND CATCHING BACK UP WITH the VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TOUCH THE WHITE LINE IN THE OUTSIDE LANE, WHICH IS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A TRAFFIC STOP FOR FAILING TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE LANE OF TRAVEL, JUST SOUTH OF WEST YULEE DRIVE. AFTER CALLING OUT THE TRAFFIC STOP OVER the RADIO, I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP WHERE THE VEHICLE CAME TO A FINAL STOP SOUTH OF OAKRIDGE DRIVE. I MADE CONTACT WITH the DRIVER OF the VEHICLE AND ADVISED HIM OF THE REASON FOR the TRAFFIC STOP. I THEN ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. I ALSO ASKED THE PASSENGER/DEFENDANT, FOR HIS PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION. THE PASSENGER WAS LOCATED IN the FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND WAS THE ONLY OTHER OCCUPANT INSIDE the VEHICLE OTHER THAN THE DRIVER. I THEN ASKED THE DRIVER OF the VEHICLE IF HE WOULD CONSENT TO A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE AGREED. WHILE I WAS ASKING the DRIVER FOR HIS PAPERWORK, K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA (0735) HAD ARRIVED ON SCENE. I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO RESEARCH THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OF THE DRIVER AND the IDENTIFICATION CARD OF THE PASSENGER WHILE K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA CONDUCTED A PAT DOWN OF the OCCUPANTS AND A HAND SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. SEE HIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. the DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING, NUMBER 400207B, FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE LANE. K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA LOCATED HALF A GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE, WHICH WAS LAYING ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VEHICLE NOT IN A CONTAINER, BETWEEN the PASSENGER DOORJAMB AND PASSENGER SEAT WHERE THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN SITTING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED MIRANDA CARD AT 0325 HOURS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD ALL HIS RIGHTS AND WISHED TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH ME. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE THE VEHICLE THAT BELONGED TO HIM AND HE ADVISED THERE MAY BE SMALL SHARDS OR RESIDUE OF METHAMPHETAMINE LOCATED BETWEEN the FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND the FRONT PASSENGER DOOR ON THE FLOORBOARD because HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO DUMP OUT the CONTENTS OF A BOTTLE, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN HIS POCKET. I ASKED the DEFENDANT WHERE HE HAD GOTTEN the METHAMPHETAMINE FROM AND AT FIRST HE ADVISED HE FOUND IT ON THE GROUND IN HIS YARD; HOWEVER, LATER CHANGED HIS STORY AND STATED HE LOCATED IT INSIDE THE SHED AT HIS MOTHER'S RESIDENCE AND HAD PLANNED TO SMOKE IT LATER TONIGHT. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. the DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $3,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL CONTRABAND WAS PACKAGED AND TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. |
