| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: TITUS, JOSHUA 1243 (AR15-75754) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT:.25 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN a CLEAR PLASTIC BAGgie AND THREE BAGGIES WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). 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 BLACK DIGITAL SCALE, a BLACK SURVIVAL KNIFE WITH STRAW CONCEALED in the knife AND THREE STRAWS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 060915, I WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AT NORTH FOREST RIDGE BOULEVARD AND NORTH LINCOLN AVENUE, WHERE I OBSERVED A RED AND BLACK BLAZER TRAVELING 52 MILES PER HOUR IN A 45 MILES PER HOUR ZONE. AT THAT TIME, I TURNED AROUND ON THE VEHICLE AND BEGAN TRAVELING NORTH ON FOREST RIDGE BOULEVARD, WHERE THE BLAZER ACCELERATEd IN EXCESS SPEED OF 70 MILES PER HOUR. I CAUGHT UP TO THE VEHICLE AT NORTH FOREST RIDGE BOULEVARD AND NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY. I OBSERVED A RIGHT TAIL LIGHT TO BE OUT AND THERE WAS NO THIRD TAIL LIGHT FUNCTIONING. I initiated MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE BLAZER AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH FOREST RIDGE BOULEVARD AND NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR JOSEPH STANTON, WHERE I ADVISED HIM THE REASON FOR THE STOP. I ASKED HIM FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSurance, WHICH HE PROVIDED ME WITH. I RETURNED BACK TO MY VEHICLE AND RAN THE DEFENDANT, WHICH SHOWED HE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. I RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE and ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH HE STATED HE DID NOT. I ASKED FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH, WHICH I WAS DENIED. K-9 DEPUTY PHILLIPS AND HIS K-9 partner KINO ARRIVED on SCENE and conducted a 360 degree sniff of the air SURROUNDING the blazer AND K-9 kino ALERTED ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE PRESENCE of the odor of NARCOTICS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, WHERE I CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF HIS PERSON AND LOCATED A SMALL BLACK DIGITAL SCALE IN HIS FRONT LEFT POCKET AND A STRAW IN HIS FRONT RIGHT POCKET. WHILE SEARCHING THE DEFENDANT, DEPUTY PHILLIPS SEARCHED THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED A SURVIVOR STYLE KNIFE WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED WAS HIS. A STRAW WAS ALso LOCATED IN A CONCEALED COMPARTMENT OF THE KNIFE. DEPUTY PHILLIPS SEARCHED A BLACK BACKPACK WHICH THE DEFENDANT ALSO STATED WAS HIS, AND LOCATED THREE SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES that all CONTAINED METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE. HE ALSO LOCATED ONE SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING .25 GRAMS of a CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE THAT WAS TESTED UTILIZING AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD TEST KIT, WHICH YIELDED A POSITiVE RESPONSE FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. I PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, WHERE HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND TRANSported TO THE CITRUS COUNTY JAIL. THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE WAS turned over TO the DEFENDANTâs FRIEND who WAS ALREADY ON SCENE, WITH THE CONSENT OF THE DEFENDANT. THE METHAMPHETAMINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WAS TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. the DEFENDANT was charged with POSSESSION of controlled substance with a bond of $2,000.00 and POSSESSION of drug PARAPHERNALIA with a bond of $1,000.00, for a total bond amount of $3,000.00, per the bond schedule. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER A1P1QHP, FOR IMPROPER OR UNSAFE EQUIPMENT, WITH A $116.00 fine, payable within 30 days to the citrus county Courthouse. |
