| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CARRERAS, JOSE 0481 (AR09108940) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO-WIT: COCAINE, WITH THE INTENT TO SELL THE SAID SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1); 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: EMPTY PLASTIC BAGGIES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 050609, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT CONDUCTED A SEARCH WARRANT INVESTIGATION AT, 1104 SOUTH MAPLENUT WAY, IN INVERNESS. PREVIOUSLY YOUR AFFIANT SECURED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT, 1104 SOUTH MAPLENUT WAY, WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY JUDGE CAROL A FALVEY, ON 050109. ON 050609, SURVEILLANCE WAS CONDUCTED BY DEPUTY MCINTYRE ON THE SAID RESIDENCE CONFIRMING MULTIPLE SUBJECTS WERE PRESENT, AND OTHERS WERE OBSERVED LEAVING AFTER STAYING FOR A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TIME. AT APPROXIMATELY 1930 HOURS, MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (SERT) ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE OF 1104 SOUTH MAPLENUT WAY. UPON ENTRY, MEMBERS OF THE SERT TEAM SECURED ALL SUBJECTS LOCATED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND WITHIN THE CURTILAGE. DURING INITIAL CONTACT, DEFENDANT, MR JARELL LATHAN, WAS LOCATED IN THE MASTER BEDROOM KICKING OUT THE WINDOW ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT MR JARELL LATHAN, WAS THEN OBSERVED BY DEPUTY RITLI (SERT TEAM MEMBER) REMOVING TWO CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES FROM HIS PANT POCKET, AND TOSSING THEM ON BED NUMBER TWO ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BEDROOM. ONE PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINED A WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE, WHILE THE OTHER CONTAINED A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE. THE WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE WAS LATER FIELD TESTED AND YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION FOR THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. A SECOND TEST WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE AND YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION FOR THE PRESENCE OF MARIJUANA. THE DEFENDANT, MR MONTARA JOHNSON, WAS LOCATED AND OBSERVED EXITING BATHROOM NUMBER TWO AFTER FLUSHING THE TOILET. UPON INSPECTION, DETECTIVE NOVY (SERT TEAM MEMBER) LOCATED A SMALL BLUE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE FLOATING INSIDE THE TOILET THAT WAS FLUSHED. THE DEFENDANT, MR KEVIN BRUNSON, WAS LOCATED AND REMOVED FROM A RED DODGE MAGNUM LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE PREMISES. ONCE THE RESIDENCE WAS CLEARED OF ALL SUSPECTS, THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO THE LIVING ROOM. AT THAT TIME, YOUR AFFIANT READ THE SEARCH WARRANT TO ALL SUBJECTS. YOUR AFFIANT ALSO READ MIRANDA TO ALL SUBJECTS VIA DEPARTMENT CARD, AND ALL SUBJECTS AGREED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS. UPON SPEAKING WITH DEFENDANT JOHNSON, DEFENDANT JOHNSON'S MOTHER, AND DEFENDANT LATHAN, THEY CONFIRMED DEFENDANT BRUNSON RESIDES AT THE RESIDENCE AND SLEEPS ON ONE OF TWO BEDS LOCATED BY THE CLOSET (SOUTHWEST) NEAR THE DOORWAY, INSIDE THE MASTER BEDROOM. DEFENDANT LATHAN ADVISED THAT HE SLEEPS ON THE SECOND BED LOCATED BY THE NORTHEAST WINDOW IN THE SAME BEDROOM. AT THAT TIME, MEMBERS OF THE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE. UPON CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF THE MASTER BEDROOM, A PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING A WALLET WAS LOCATED ON A SMALL PLASTIC TWO LEVEL PORTABLE SHELF NEXT TO THE BED THAT DEFENDANT JOHNSON AND DEFENDANT LATHAN CONFIRMED, DEFENDANT BRUNSON SLEEPS ON. INSIDE THE WALLET, DEFENDANT BRUNSON'S IDENTIFICATION CARD, SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, CREDIT CARDS, AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE WERE FOUND. ON THE SAME PLASTIC SHELF, A SMALL BOX CONTAINING MULTIPLE SMALL CLEAR ZIPLOC PLASTIC BAGGIES CONTAINING A WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE, ALONG WITH OTHER PLASTIC BAGGIES CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WAS LOCATED. IN THE SAME BOX, MULTIPLE EMPTY CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES WERE LOCATED. UPON FURTHER SEARCHING A NEARBY CLOSET NEXT TO DEFENDANT BRUNSON'S BED, SEVERAL MORE BAGGIES CONTAINING A WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE WERE DISCOVERED. THE WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE WAS FIELD TESTED AND YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION FOR THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. A SECOND TEST WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE AND YIELDED A POSITIVE REACTION FOR THE PRESENCE OF MARIJUANA. UPON FURTHER SEARCHING THE MASTER BEDROOM, A DIGITAL SCALE AND A PILL GRINDER WERE LOCATED ON A NIGHT TABLE NEXT TO DEFENDANT LATHAN'S BED (BED NUMBER TWO). UPON SPEAKING WITH DEFENDANT BRUNSON, HE COOPERATED AND ADVISED YOUR AFFIANT THAT HE DOES STAY AT THE AFOREMENTIONED RESIDENCE FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT ALSO RESIDES AT AN ADDRESS IN ORLANDO. DEFENDANT BRUNSON ADVISED YOUR AFFIANT THAT HE HAS SOLD NARCOTICS FROM THAT RESIDENCE RECENTLY AND THAT HE IS CURRENTLY ON FEDERAL PROBATION. UPON SPEAKING WITH DEFENDANT LATHAN, HE COOPERATED AND ADVISED YOUR AFFIANT THAT HE ALSO SELLS A SMALL AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS, BUT DOES HIS BUSINESS SEPARATE FROM DEFENDANT BRUNSON. DEFENDANT LATHAN ADMITTED TO YOUR AFFIANT THAT HE TOSSED TWO BAGGIES CONTAINING THE ILLEGAL NARCOTICS ON TOP OF BED NUMBER TWO INSIDE THE MASTER BEDROOM DURING ENTRY OF THE SERT TEAM. FURTHERMORE, DEFENDANT LATHAN ADVISED YOUR AFFIANT THAT HE PROVIDED DEFENDANT JOHNSON NARCOTICS TO DELIVER TO ANOTHER SUBJECT ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE. UPON SPEAKING WITH DEFENDANT JOHNSON, HE COOPERATED WITH YOUR AFFIANT CONFIRMING THAT HE RECEIVED A BAGGIE OF MARIJUANA AND A BAGGIE OF COCAINE FROM DEFENDANT LATHAN TO DELIVER TO THE SUBJECT ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE, BUT ATTEMPTED TO FLUSH BOTH ITEMS IN THE TOILET ONCE MEMBERS OF THE SERT TEAM ARRIVED. AT THAT TIME, DEFENDANTS BRUNSON AND LATHAN WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING BY DEPUTY CALLAHAN. DEFENDANT BRUNSON'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $10,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT LATHAN'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT JOHNSON WAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 16858 FOR POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA WITH A COURT DATE OF 052109. AN APPROXIMATE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 14.9 GRAMS OF COCAINE WAS LOCATED BY DEFENDANT BRUNSONS' BED. AN APPROXIMATE TOTAL AMOUNT OF .4 GRAMS OF COCAINE, ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 3.9 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA WAS LOCATED ON DEFENDANT LATHAN'S BED. ALL EVIDENCE WAS IMPOUNDED BY DEPUTY MCINTYRE AND PLACED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER ON THIS DATE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
