| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REEVES, CHRISTOPHER 0663 (AR11119408) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). 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: A MARIJUANA SMOKING PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(10)(A). ON 021811, AT 0036 HOURS, I PERFORMED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY 19 AND WEST LONGFELLOW IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE ON HIGHWAY 19. UPON EXITING MY VEHICLE, I OBSERVED A GRAY CHEVROLET PICK UP TRUCK TO BE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19 IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE. I OBSERVED THIS VEHICLE TO BE TRAVELING WELL ABOVE the POSTED 55 MILE PER HOUR (MPH) SPEED LIMIT AND ESTIMATED THE VEHICLE TO BE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. I THEN CHECKED MY RADAR UNIT AND VERIFIED THAT IT WAS TRAVELING AT 71 MPH. I AM A CERTIFIED RADAR AND LAZAR OPERATOR IN the STATE OF FLORIDA, AND MY RADAR LOG WAS CURRENT AT THE TIME OF this INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE FAILED TO MOVE OVER FROM MY EMERGENCY VEHICLE. I THEN RADIOED FOR CANINE DEPUTY RITLI AND ADVISED HIM OF THE TRAFFIC INFRACTION, AT WHICH TIME HE STOPPED THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY 19 AND WEST YULEE DRIVE IN HOMOSASSA. UPON COMPLETING THE ORIGINAL TRAFFIC STOP, I THEN ARRIVED ON CANINE DEPUTY RITLI'S TRAFFIC STOP. I MADE CONTACT WITH the DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR JOSEPH LEE, AND ADVISED HIM OF the REASON FOR THE STOP. I THEN ASKED FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, and PROOF OF INSURANCE WHICH HE PROVIDED. I DETECTED THE STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA TO BE EMANATING FROM INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN RAN the DEFENDANT'S INFORMATION THROUGH D.A.V.I.D. WHERE I DISCOVERED THAT HIS LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY and THAT REQUIRED NOTICE HAD BEEN GIVEN ON 111610. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI WALKED CANINE AJAX AROUND THE VEHICLE WHICH RESULTED IN A POSITIVE ALERT FOR THE PRESENCE OF NARCOTICS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANY CONTRABAND IN the VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE SMOKES MARIJUANA AND THAT THERE WAS A MARIJUANA PIPE IN the VEHICLE BUT PROBABLY NOTHING ELSE. CANINE DEPUTY RITLI AND I THEN SEARCHED THE VEHICLE WHERE I discovered A PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WHICH LATER TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA USING AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD TEST KIT, AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 3.7 GRAMS. A GLASS MARIJUANA SMOKING PIPE WITH UN-SMOKED MARIJUANA IN the BOWEL WAS FOUND NEXT TO THIS BAGGIE IN the CENTER COUNSEL. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF the PIPE THAT I HAD FOUND WAS THE ONE HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT, TO WHICH HE REPLIED IT WAS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS PERSON and SECURED IN the REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. the DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC) NUMBER 5826-GJX2 FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 031011 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED UTC 5830-GJX9 FOR VIOLATION OF the MOVE OVER ACT. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA LESS THAN 20 GRAMS, ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA, AND ONE COUNT OF KNOWINGLY DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $1,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL CONTRABAND WAS COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER. the VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED BY DAVE'S TOWING and A TOW SHEET WAS COMPLETED AND COPY LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECORDS DEPARTMENT. "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* |
