| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LUDLOW, CHRISTOPHER 0214 CASE:2014-118367 (AR15-16350) ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY SELLS, PURCHASES, MANUFACTURES, DELIVERS, OR BRINGS INTO THIS STATE, OR WHO IS KNOWINGLY IN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION OF CANNABIS, TO WIT: MORE THAN 25 POUNDS, IS IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 893.135(1)(A). DID POSSESS SCHEDULE I, II OR III DRUGS WITH INTENT TO SELL/MFG/DELIVER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 893.13(1)(A)(2). ON 090815, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 3388 NORTH CHAMELEON POINT, CRYSTAL RIVER, CITRUS COUNTY FLORIDA. THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED BY THIS DETECTIVE AND SIGNED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE EINEMAN. ON 090215, CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS ACCOMPANIED REPRESENTATIVES FROM WITHLACOOCHEE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE TO 3388 NORTH CHAMELEON POINT, IN REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE THEFT OF UTILITIES. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT DETECTIVES WALKED WITH ââWRECââ REPRESENTATIVES TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE WHERE THE ELECTRIC METER IS LOCATED. WITHLACOOCHEE REPRESENTATIVES THEN CONDUCTED AN AMPERAGE READING AT THE ELECTRIC METER AND DETERMINED A THEFT OF UTILITIES WAS OCCURRING. DURING THIS TIME, DETECTIVE PERRY COULD SMELL THE ODOR OF CANNABIS COMING FROM THE METER BOX AFTER IT WAS OPENED. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION, PROBABLE CAUSE FOR A SEARCH WARRANT WAS ESTABLISHED. DURING THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION, I LEARNED JOSHUA DESTACHE WAS LISTED ON THE ACCOUNT FOR THE ELECTRICITY AND LISTED AS THE PROPERTY OWNER. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE ON THIS DATE AND ENTERED THROUGH A GATE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. UNIT MEMBERS PROCEEDED TO A DOOR ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BLOCK TWO STORY STRUCTURE AND KNOCKED AT THE DOOR. THEY ANNOUNCED, âSHERIFFâS OFFICE SEARCH WARRANTâ. AFTER A SHORT TIME OF NO RESPONSE AT THIS DOOR UNIT MEMBERS FORCED ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE. ONCE INSIDE THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE, UNIT MEMBERS LOCATED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LIVING AREA WITH A TELEVISION AND BEDS. UNIT MEMBERS THEN LOCATED A SEPARATE ROOM JUST TO THE NORTH WITH APPEARED TO BE A SEPARATE BEDROOM WITH A BED AND DRESSER SET UP. THESE ROOMS WERE DEEMED SAFE AND SECURE, AT WHICH TIME, UNIT MEMBERS PROCEEDED TO A DOOR ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE RESIDENCE JUST OFF OF THE LIVING AREA AND PROCEEDED INTO A GARAGE AREA WITH TOOLS AND APPROXIMATELY 8-10 POTS WITH SOIL AND THE ROOTS OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE MARIJUANA PLANTS. UNIT MEMBERS THEN ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER DOOR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GARAGE AREA WHICH WAS SECURED. UNIT MEMBERS MADE ENTRY INTO THE ROOM AND DISCOVERED A FULLY OPERATIONAL GROW ROOM WHICH WAS ENCLOSED WITH DRYWALL. UNIT MEMBERS LOCATED THIRTY ONE MARIJUANA PLANTS APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TALL INSIDE BLACK POTS WITH SOIL. UNIT MEMBERS ALSO LOCATED LIGHTING, BALLASTS, FANS, CO2, CHEMICALS, WATER SOURCE, GRINDER, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS WHICH ARE USED FOR THE PROCESS OF CULTIVATING MARIJUANA. UNIT MEMBERS THEN PROCEEDED TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS GROW ROOM AND ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER DOOR WHICH WAS CLOSED. UNIT MEMBERS MADE ENTRY INTO THIS ROOM AND DISCOVERED THREE MARIJUANA PLANTS GROWING IN BLACK POTS WITH SOIL. THIS ROOM WAS ALSO SET UP WITH LIGHTING, FANS AND OTHER ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CULTIVATING CANNABIS. UNIT MEMBERS PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE UPSTAIRS PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE AND LOCATED AN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT INSIDE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UNIT MEMBERS ALSO LOCATED MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CULTIVATING CANNABIS. ONCE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE WAS DEEMED SAFE AND NO SUBJECTS WERE LOCATED INSIDE, UNIT MEMBERS PROCEEDED WITH THE SEARCH ASSIGNMENTS. DURING THIS TIME, I SPOKE TO A NEIGHBOR WHO INDICATED THAT THEY OBSERVED A BLACK TRUCK AT THE RESIDENCE BUT DID NOT KNOW WHO LIVED THERE. WHILE UNIT MEMBERS WERE FINISHING UP THE SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE, A BLACK TRUCK PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY OF THE RESIDENCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE OCCUPANTS APPARENTLY NOTICED THE ACTIVITY. THE OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE, WHO WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS DEFENDANT JOSHUA DESTACHE AND HIS FIANCÉ DEJA ARVIDSON, QUICKLY BACKED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AND BEGAN TRAVELING SOUTH ON CHAMELEON POINT. A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED AND THE DEFENDANT JOSHUA DESTACHE AND DEJA ARVIDSON AND THEY AGREED TO RETURN TO THE PROPERTY. DURING THIS TIME, JOSHUA DESTACHE CONSENTED TO A SEARCH OF HIS VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, UNIT MEMBERS LOCATED A PACK OF AMERICAN SPIRIT CIGARETTES. UNIT MEMBERS RECALLED FINDING THE SAME KIND OF CIGARETTES INSIDE ONE OF THE ROOMS WHICH CONTAINED THE MARIJUANA GROW OPERATION. AT THIS TIME I READ THE SEARCH WARRANT ALOUD TO BOTH JOSHUA DESTACHE AND DEJA ARVIDSON. I THEN READ BOTH SUBJECTS MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED CARD AND BOTH SUBJECTS AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. DEJA INDICATED THAT SHE AND JOSHUA RESIDE AT THIS LOCATION AND INDENTIFIED ROOMS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. I ASKED DEJA ABOUT THE ROOMS WHERE THE CANNABIS WAS GROWING AND SHE INDICATED SHE DIDNâT KNOW AND WASNâT SURE. DURING THIS PARTICULAR QUESTIONING, DEJA APPEARED TO BECOME NERVOUS WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ROOM WHERE THE MARIJUANA WAS GROWING. I THEN SPOKE WITH JOSHUA DESTACHE AND HE ALSO INDICATED THAT HE AND DEJA RESIDE AT THIS LOCATION AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE SET UP OF ROOMS INSIDE THE STRUCTURE. I ASKED JOSHUA DESTACHE ABOUT THE ROOMS WHERE THE MARIJUANA WAS GROWING. HE THEN INDICATED THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK ANY FURTHER. JOSHUA DESTACHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR CULTIVATING MARIJUANA AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. ALL PERTINENT ITEMS, TO INCLUDE MAIL DISPLAYING JOSHUA DESTACHE NAME AND ADDRESS OF 3388 NORTH CHAMELEON POINT, WERE COLLECTED AND SUBMITTED INTO EVIDENCE. THE CANNABIS GROWING INSIDE THE STRUCTURE TOTALED AT APPROXIMATELY 55.3 POUNDS. THE ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH GROW WERE DESTROYED ON SCENE PER FLORIDA STATE STATUTE. THE ELECTRICAL DIVERSION THAT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED BYââ WRECââ REPRESENTATIVES WAS REMOVED AND THE ELECTRICITY TO THE RESIDENCE WAS DISCONNECTED. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $30,000.00 FOR THE ABOVE LISTED CHARGES. TYPED BY: CHRISTOPHER LUDLOW 0214 |
