| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR15-16721) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN 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: FOUR SYRINGES, TWO SPOONS, AND TWO Q-TIPS USED TO INJECT PILLS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). did then and there unlawfully have in HER actual or constructive possession OF a certain habit-forming, toxic, harmful, new or legend drug subject to Section 499.003, Florida Statutes, to-wit: METAXALONE, without having obtained said drug by a valid prescription, in violation of Florida Statute 499.03(1). ON 100615, I WAS CONTACTED BY DEPUTY LAUGHLIN (0617) IN REFERENCE TO A GRAY NISSAN ALTIMA THAT HE WAS FOLLOWING, WHICH HE ADVISED HAD ROLLED THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AT JASMINE LANE AND TWIN LAKES DRIVE. DEPUTY LAUGHLIN FOLLOWED THE VEHICLE TO JASMINE LANE AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, WHICH WAS WERE I WAS SITTING AT THAT TIME, WHERE HE ADVISED ME THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM. I THEN GOT BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND SPORTSMAN POINT, IN INVERNESS. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, THEY BOTH PROVIDED ME WITH THEIR PICTURE IDENTIFICATION. THE DRIVER WAS IDENTIFIED AS MR FRANK HOFFMEISTER AND THE PASSENGER WAS IDENTIFIED AS MS KIMBERLY ERICSON (DEFENDANT). AT THAT TIME DEPUTY SEFFERN ARRIVED ON SCENE. DEPUTY SEFFERN STOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, WHILE I WAS AT MY PATROL VEHICLE RUNNING THE OCCUPANTS FOR WANTS AND WARRANTS AND DRIVER'S LICENSE STATUS. I OBSERVED DEPUTY SEFFERN OPEN THE PASSENGER DOOR OF THE VEHICLE AND ORDER MS ERICSON OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN RESPONDED TO DEPUTY SEFFERNâS LOCATION AND HE STATED THAT MS ERICSON HAD A SYRINGE CAP IN HER HAND, ALONG WITH A WHITE RESIDUE ON HER OTHER PALM. DEPUTY SEFFERN STATED UPON MS ERICSON SEEING HIM SHE ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL THE SYRINGE CAP. HE STATED WHEN HE ASKED MS ERICSON TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, THE SYRINGE CAP FELL INTO THE GRASS. AS MS ERICSON WAS OUT OF THE VEHICLE, I COULD SEE A VERY LARGE BULGE IN THE FRONT OF HER PANTS, WHICH STUCK OUT APPROXIMATELY FOUR INCHES AND WAS ALMOST THE WIDTH OF HER WAIST. I ASKED MS ERICSON WHAT THE ITEM WAS, TO WHICH SHE STATED ââIT IS WHAT I USE TO SHOOT UP, I SELF MEDICATE.ââ AT THAT TIME, DUE TO IT BEING CLOSE TO MS ERICSONâS WAISTLINE I WAS ABLE TO RETRIEVE A BLACK ZIPPER BAG, WHICH WAS SHOVED IN HER PANTS. THE BLACK ZIPPER BAG CONTAINED TWO SPOONS AND FOUR SYRINGES; ONE OF THE SYRINGES IN THE BAG WAS MISSING A CAP. THERE WAS ALSO TWO Q-TIPS LOCATED INSIDE THE BLACK ZIPPER BAG. THREE OF THE SYRINGES WERE ALREADY LOADED WITH DISTILLED WATER. MS ERICSON STATED, ââIT IS JUST DILAUDID RESIDUE AND I SELF MEDICATE.ââ I EXPLAINED TO HER THAT SHE NEEDED A PRESCRIPTION TO CARRY DILAUDID, TO WHICH SHE STATED, ââI HAVE A DOCTORâS APPOINTMENT IN A FEW WEEKS AND I WILL BE TRYING TO GET THEM.ââ AT THAT TIME, I SPOKE TO THE DRIVER, MR HOFFMEISTER, AND ASKED HIM IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THAT I NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF, TO WHICH HE STATED THERE SHOULD NOT BE AND I COULD TAKE A LOOK. DEPUTY SEFFERN THEN WENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE TO CONDUCT A SEARCH. IN MS ERICSONâS PURSE, DEPUTY SEFFERN LOCATED A PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING NINE METAXALONE, WHICH ARE ONLY OBTAINED BY A PRESCRIPTION AND ARE A SCHEDULE N UNDER THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT. AT THAT TIME, MS ERICSON WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. MS ERICSONâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
