| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, TRAVIS 0358 (13-37633) (AR13-4936) DID SELL, MANUFACTURE, DELIVER, OR POSSESS WITH INTENT TO SELL, MANUFACTURE, OR DELIVER, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN, ON, OR WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF THE REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A CHILD CARE FACILITY OR A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, OR SECONDARY SCHOOL BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 6 A.M. AND 12 MIDNIGHT, OR AT ANY TIME IN, ON, OR WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF REAL PROPERTY COMPRISING A STATE, COUNTY, OR MUNICIPAL PARK, A COMMUNITY CENTER, OR A PUBLICLY OWNED RECREATIONAL FACILITY, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(C)(1). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER POSSESSION LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICALS OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(A) THESE CHEMICALS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: EPHEDRINE. DID UNLAWFULLY AGREE, CONSPIRE, COMBINES, OR CONFEDERATES, WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, TO WIT: CONSPIRES TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.04(3). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER 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: STRAWS FOR SNORTING METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 032113, A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS SERVED AT 1214 PARKSIDE AVENUE, INVERNESS, FLORIDA 34450. THE RESIDENCE 1214 PARKSIDE AVENUE, INVERNESS, IS LOCATED WITHIN 1,000 FEET OF THE INVERNESS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTY. UPON ARRIVAL, I KNOCKED ON THE FRONT DOOR. AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN ANSWERED THE DOOR. AFTER HE ANSWERED THE DOOR HE LOOKED AT ME AND MADE THE STATEMENT âTHERE IS NO METHAMPHETAMINE HEREâ. HE WAS DETAINED. THE OTHER TWO DEFENDANTS, DEFENDANT KNOX AND DEFENDANT BENTLEY, WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ALSO AND THE RESIDENCE WAS CLEARED. HAZMAT AND DEPUTY SMITH ENTERED THE RESIDENCE. UPON ENTERING THE GARAGE AREA, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A READING ON THE AIR MONITOR OF CHEMICALS IN THE AIR. THE RESIDENCE WAS THEN VENTILATED AND THE READINGS CAME DOWN. A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE LED TO THE DISCOVER OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: IN MASTER BEDROOM FOUR STRAWS WERE LOCATED, USED FOR SNORTING NARCOTICS A BLACK ROCK WHICH HAD CUTS FROM A RAZOR BLADE IN IT WITH A WHITE RESIDUE WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE PLASTIC BAGGIES IN LIVING ROOM ON THE COFFEE TABLE A BROWN CIGAR BOX WAS LOCATED CONTAINING TWO PIPES IN THE GARAGE A SILVER SPOON AND SYRINGE WERE LOCATED WHICH FIELD TESTED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE A LITHIUM BATTERY WHICH HAD A GROOVE CUT IN IT WHERE SOMEONE HAD ATTEMPTED TO OPEN IT A GAS MASK TWO FUNNELS WHICH FIELD TESTED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE A HCL GENERATOR TOP WITH TWO HOLES DRILLED IN THE LID PLASTIC TUBING WHICH ALSO FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE PLIERS WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN USED TO STRIP THE BATTERIES OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE IN THE REAR YARD AT THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF RESIDENCE, DEPUTY SMITH OBSERVED A BATTERY CASING OVER RECENTLY DISTURBED DIRT WITH A SHOVEL WHICH STILL HAD DIRT ON THE METAL PART. WHEN DEPUTY SMITH DUG UNDERNEATH THE BATTERY CASING, MULTIPLE BATTERY CASINGS AND LITHIUM PAPER FROM INSIDE THE BATTERY CASINGS WERE LOCATED. DETECTIVE MARSHALL TOOK OVER DIGGING AND ENDED UP DISCOVERING: WELL OVER 40 BATTERY CASINGS ONE HCL GENERATOR THREE ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOKS MULTIPLE BLISTER PACKS. IN THE KITCHEN COFFEE FILTERS HOUSEHOLD LYE ON THE BACK PORCH LIGHTER FLUID I SEARCHED A GARBAGE CAN WHICH WAS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. LOCATED IN THIS GARBAGE CAN, HE LOCATED STRIPPED LITHIUM BATTERIES A COLD PACK WATER AMPLET WHICH STILL HAD AMMONIA NITRATE STUCK TO IT AN EMPTY BOX OF SUDAFED WHICH STILL CONTAINED THE BLISTER PACKS A RECEIPT FOR THE COLD PACKS. WHEN DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN WAS ATTEMPTED TO BE INTERVIEWED, HE ADVISED HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASKED FOR AN ATTORNEY. DEFENDANTS BENTLEY AND KNOX WERE COOPERATIVE AND BOTH, AFTER BEING READ MIRANDA BY THIS DEPUTY SMITH AND I, ADVISED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS AND STILL WANTED TO SPEAK WITH US. DEFENDANT KNOX WAS INTERVIEWED SEVERAL TIMES. DURING THESE INTERVIEWS, SHE ADMITTED THAT SHE HAS PURCHASED SUDAFED FOR DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE KNEW IT WAS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE. SHE WENT INTO DEPTH THAT ALTHOUGH SHE USES METHAMPHETAMINE OCCASIONALLY, SHE PREFERS OTHER HIGHS. DEFENDANT KNOX STATED THAT MR MCCRACKEN ALWAYS WOULD COOK IN THE GARAGE AND THAT NORMALLY NO ONE ELSE WOULD BE WITH HIM. UPON INTERVIEWING DEFENDANT BENTLEY, WHO HAS LIVED WITH DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN AT THE RESIDENCE ON PARKSIDE FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS AND HAS BEEN WITH HIM FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS, ADVISED SHE HAS BOUGHT SUDAFED FOR DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN TIMES. SHE HAS ALSO GIVEN HIM AND HIS ASSOCIATES RIDES WHERE CHEMICALS HAD BEEN PURCHASED. SHE FURTHER STATED THAT WHEN SHE IS AT HOME AND DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN MANUFACTURES METHAMPHETAMINE; HE GOES TO THE GARAGE BY HIMSELF. SHE ALSO STATED THAT WHEN HE IS COOKING THE METHAMPHETAMINE, THE HOUSE HAS A REALLY STRONG SMELL OF AMMONIA. SHE SAID SHE DOES NOT USE METHAMPHETAMINE A LOT, BUT WHEN SHE DOES, SHE USES A STRAW TO SNORT IT. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE SYRINGES, SHE ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN IS THE ONE WHO USES THE SYRINGES. SHE FURTHER ADMITTED THAT DEFENDANT MCCRACKEN HAS TALKED ABOUT BURYING THE METHAMPHETAMINE WASTE IN THE BACK YARD. ALL ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BY DEPUTY PERRY. SEE HER CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT. ALL HAZARDOUS WASTE WAS COLLECTED BY THIS DEPUTY, WHICH WAS LATER TURNED IN TO THE LANDFILL FOR DESTRUCTION. ALL OTHER EVIDENCE DEEMED NON-HAZARDOUS WAS COLLECTED BY DEPUTY LUDLOW AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. ALL THREE DEFENDANTS WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND THEIR BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF A PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT BENTLEY AND DEFENDANT KNOXâS BONDS WERE SET AT RELEASED ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE DUE TO THEIR COOPERATION. DEFENDANT MCCRACKENâS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $160,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
