| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: REEVES, CHRISTOPHER 0663 (AR09109230) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 3.5 GRAMS OF COCAINE, 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 CD CASE CONTAINING BAGGIES OF COCAINE , IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 052509 AT APPROXIMATELY 2114 HOURS, WHILE ON PATROL IN CRYSTAL RIVER, I OBSERVED A VEHICLE BEARING TAG NUMBER K484YR, TO BE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 44 EASTBOUND TO STRIKE THE CENTER LINE OF TRAFFIC TWO TIMES AND THEN TURN ONTO COUNTY ROAD 486. I FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 ½ MILES, AND DURING THAT TIME FRAME I OBSERVED the VEHICLE TO STRIKE THE FOG LINE TWICE, AND ONE TIME NEARLY RUNNING COMPLETELY OFF THE ROAD. I ALSO OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO STRIKE THE CENTER LINE TWO TIMES AS WELL. I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIRENS, AT WHICH TIME THE VEHICLE PULLED OVER ON the SIDE OF THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 486 AND CEDAR HOUSE. I THEN MADE CONTACT with THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR KENRIC COLLINS, AT WHICH TIME I REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE ON HIM, BUT THAT HE DID POSSESS A VALID CLASS "A" DRIVER'S LICENSE. HE WAS ABLE TO PRODUCE THE REGISTRATION FOR THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS HIS MOTHER'S. THE DEFENDANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT ONLY HIM AND HIS MOTHER HAVE ACCESS TO THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT THE REASON HE HAD STRUCK THE CENTER LINE AND THE FOG LINE WAS THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE. I DID OBSERVE AN OPENED BEER CAN TO BE IN the CENTER CONSOLE OF THE WHITE FOUR DOOR PASSENGER VEHICLE. I ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH THE PASSENGER, WHO STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE ON HIM EITHER. the PASSENGER ADVISED THAT THE BEER IN THE CENTER CONSOLE BELONGED TO HIM. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WERE ANY WEAPONS, DRUGS, OR PARAPHERNALIA IN the VEHICLE TO which HE REPLIED "NO". I THEN ASKED HIM IF IT WAS OKAY FOR ME TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE, TO which HE REPLIED THAT I COULD. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY TACKETT ARRIVED ON SCENE AND WALKED CANINE PRIEST AROUND the VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE CANINE GIVING A POSITIVE ALERT TO the VEHICLE FOR THE PRESENCE OF NARCOTICS. SEE DEPUTY TACKETT'S CANINE SUPPLEMENT. I THEN ASKED BOTH the DEFENDANT AND the PASSENGER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH THEY COMPLIED. I ASKED BOTH SUBJECTS IF THEY MINDED IF I SEARCHED THEIR PERSON, TO WHICH THEY CONSENTED. A SEARCH OF THEIR PERSON WAS CONDUCTED WHICH WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR BOTH SUBJECTS. AT THAT TIME, I BEGAN SEARCHING THE VEHICLE. I DID OBSERVE THE BEER LOCATED IN the CENTER CONSOLE TO BE COLD WITH CONDENSATION ON IT. I THEN OBSERVED A BLACK COMPACT DISC (CD) CASE TO BE STUFFED IN-BETWEEN THE DRIVER SEAT AND the CENTER CONSOLE. I OPENED THE CD CASE AND OBSERVED, FOUR SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIES CONTAINING A WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE which WAS LATER IDENTIFIED THROUGH A MOBILE FIELD TEST TO BE COCAINE. WHEN WEIGHED AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, ALL FOUR BAGGIES COMBINED WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 3.5 GRAMS. I THEN CARRIED THE CD CASE TO THE DEFENDANT AT WHICH TIME HE STATED, "I KNOW WHAT'S IN THERE, I FOUND THAT CD CASE IN THE RACE TRAC PARKING LOT ABOUT THREE HOURS AGO AND DIDN'T EVEN OPEN IT UP". I THEN HANDCUFFED THE DEFENDANT (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS PERSON AND SECURED HIM IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY VEHICLE. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT FURTHER STATED THAT THE PASSENGER DID NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS IN THE CD CASE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER TO THE DEFENDANT'S WIFE, WHICH SHE DROVE AWAY FROM the SCENE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING 254087 FOR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN A SINGLE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND 254088 FOR FAILURE TO PRESENT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DRUGS AND PARAPHERNALIA WERE PACKAGED AND TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
