| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR13-4401) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 020613 AT APPROXIMATELY 1749 HOURS, WHILE CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK IN THE AREA OF EAST NORTH AVENUE AND NORTH EAST AVENUE, INVERNESS, I OBSERVED A VEHICLE IN MY LOCATION, WITH TWO SUBJECTS RIDING ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. ONE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR KYLE GEORGE VELEZ, WAS RIDING ON THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE, AND A SECOND SUBJECT, MR FELIPE LEE RIVERA, WAS RIDING ON THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. I THE OBSERVED BOTH MALES TO JUMP OFF OF THE VEHICLE AS IT CAME TO A STOP AT THE DEFENDANTâS RESIDENCE OF 2800 EAST NORTH AVENUE. A TRAFFIC STOP WAS THEN CONDUCTED AT THIS LOCATION ON THE GREEN IN COLOR, 2001, HYUNDAI ACCENT 2 DOOR VEHICLE, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER 694ITS. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, MS KAITLIN C ZAIS, AND ADVISED HER OF THE REASON FOR THIS TRAFFIC STOP. MR RIVERA AND THE DEFENDANT WERE BOTH STANDING BY THE VEHICLE, AND I REQUESTED THEIR IDENTIFICATION AS WELL. I THEN ASKED THE SUBJECTS IF THEY HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON THEIR PERSONS, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED, â I AINâT GONNA LIE, I GOT SOME WEED.â THE DEFENDANT THEN REMOVED TWO PLASTIC SANDWICH STYLE BAGGIES FROM HIS PANTS PACKETS, PLACING THE BAGGIES ON THE HOOD OF THE SUSPECTâS VEHICLE. THESE BAGGIES CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE, WHICH, BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVED TO BE CANNABIS. THIS SUBSTANCE WAS LATER TESTED USING AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD KIT, AND YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THE PRESENCE OF CANNABIS. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR POSSESSION OF LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS OF CANNABIS. HE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK, AND THEN SEARCHED, WHICH REVEALED NO OTHER NARCOTICS OR CONTRABAND. I THEN SECURED THE DEFENDANT IN THE FRONT PASSENGERâS SIDE SEAT OF MY UNMARKED AGENCY VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, HE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CANNABIS LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS, WITH HIS BOND SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE CANNABIS WAS WEIGHED AND FOUND TO BE 5 GRAMS, AND WAS LATER TURNED IN TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE DIVISION. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, MS ZAIS, WAS ISSUED CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WARNING NUMBER 360777B, FOR ALLOWING PASSENGERâS TO RIDE OF THE VEHICLE. |
