| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0142 (AR15-16522) \t\t PARSONS, WILLIAM TRAVIS 0358 DID UNLAWFULLY AGREE, CONSPIRE, COMBINES, OR CONFEDERATES, WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, TO WIT: CONSPIRES TO MANUFACTURE/TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.04(3), DID UNLAWFULLY AND FELONIOUSLY SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR POSSESS WITH INTENT TO SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR CAUSE TO BE SOLD, MANUFACTURED OR DELIVERED TO ANOTHER PERSON, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1); AND 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: METH BOATS, METH PIPES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B). ON 092215, A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 4765 EAST YALE LANE. UPON ARRIVAL, CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS MADE CONTACT WITH THE HOMEOWNER. AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS ASKED TO STEP FROM THE RESIDENCE. DIRECTLY INSIDE THE LIVING ROOM, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEFENDANT LEA HASTINGS AND DEFENDANT GERALD DEAM, WHO WERE SECURED. AS UNIT MEMBERS ENTERED THE RESIDENCE, THEY MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT GARY SMITH IN THE HALLWAY, WHO WAS ALSO DETAINED. AFTER DEFENDANT SMITH WAS DETAINED, LOCATED IN HIS FRONT RIGHT POCKET WAS A SMALL TIN CONTAINER, WHICH CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM OF "SHAKE AND BAKE" METHAMPHETAMINE AND TEN BLOTS OF WHAT DEFENDANT SMITH IDENTIFIED AS ACID/LSD. ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS REMOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE WERE READ THE SEARCH WARRANT BY ME. AFTER THE WARRANT WAS READ, I INTERVIEWED DEFENDANT SMITH. HE WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. WHEN ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, HE ADVISED HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE STILL WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS DETECTIVE, HE ADVISED HE DID. HE ADVISED THAT THE ITEMS IN THE HOUSE WERE HIS AND THAT NO ONE ELSE IN THE HOUSE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A BOTTLE IN HIS ROOM COVERED UP BY A GREEN JACKET, AND SEVERAL OTHER CONTAINERS, WHICH HE ADVISED SOMEONE DROPPED OFF. HOWEVER; LATER WHEN ASKED WHOSE FINGERPRINTS WOULD BE ON THEM, HE ADVISED THAT HIS WOULD BE. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT HE WAS USING APPROXIMATELY A GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE A DAY AND THAT HE SMOKED IT. I THEN CONDUCTED A DIGITAL INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT DEAM. HE WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. WHEN ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, HE ADVISED HE DID. WHEN ASKED IF HE STILL WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS DETECTIVE, HE ADVISED HE DID. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN LIVING AT THE RESIDENCE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THAT HE ALSO WAS USING METHAMPHETAMINE SINCE HE HAD MOVED TO THE RESIDENCE. HE ADVISED THAT HE SMOKED IT, NORMALLY USING A METHAMPHETAMINE BOAT. WHEN ASKED WHEN THE LAST TIME HE SMOKED IT WAS, HE ADVISED THAT HE AND THE OTHER TWO DEFENDANTS WERE SMOKING IN THE LIVING ROOM LAST NIGHT. WHEN ASKED WHERE THE BOAT WAS, HE ADVISED THAT HE BELIEVED DEFENDANT SMITH KICKED IT UNDER THE COUCH WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT KNOCKED ON THE DOOR. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT SINCE HE HAD LIVED AT THE RESIDENCE HE PURCHASED EPHEDRINE FOR DEFENDANT SMITH, NORMALLY THREE BOXES A MONTH, WHICH WAS THE LIMIT, AND THAT HE GAVE THESE TO DEFENDANT SMITH IN EXCHANGE FOR A PLACE TO LIVE. WHEN ASKED IF HE HAD TO PURCHASE HIS METHAMPHETAMINE FROM DEFENDANT SMITH, HE ADVISED NO, THAT HE NORMALLY SHARED. I THEN CONDUCTED A DIGITAL INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT HASTINGS. SHE WAS READ MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD. WHEN ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, SHE ADVISED SHE DID. WHEN ASKED IF SHE STILL WANTED TO SPEAK TO THIS DETECTIVE, SHE ADVISED SHE DID. SHE ALSO ADMITTED TO SMOKING METHAMPHETAMINE, USING A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE AND BOATS. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE THE METHAMPHETAMINE BECAUSE DEFENDANT SMITH WOULD GIVE IT TO HER. SHE ALSO ADVISED OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, SHE WAS BUYING HER LIMIT OF EPHEDRINE AND GIVING THEM TO DEFENDANT SMITH, SO THAT HE COULD MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE METHAMPHETAMINE BOAT USED TO SMOKE THE PREVIOUS EVENING, SHE ADVISED THAT SHE BELIEVED IT GOT THROWN AWAY. UPON THE INITIAL ENTRY, I DID OBSERVE A ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOK AND NUMEROUS MANUFACTURING ITEMS IN DEFENDANT SMITH AND HASTINGS' BEDROOM. HAZMAT AND FIRE WERE NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. AT THAT TIME, AIR QUALITY SAMPLES WERE TAKEN. UPON THE AIR QUALITY BEING SAFE, THE ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOK WAS REMOVED FROM THE BEDROOM FOR SAFETY REASONS, AS WELL AS A SECOND PLASTIC CONTAINER CONTAINING A BI-LAYERED LIQUID. AT THAT TIME, A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE WAS CONDUCTED AND THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE LOCATED: ON THE FRONT PORCH, THE CAP AND TUBING FROM AN HCL GENERATOR WAS LOCATED. IN THE LIVING ROOM, A CONTAINER CONTAINING SEVERAL PIPES AND PARAPHERNALIA WAS LOCATED. ONE OF THESE CONTAINERS DID CONTAIN AN ADDITIONAL GRAM OF METHAMPHETAMINE. ALSO LOCATED IN THE SAME AREA WAS A METHAMPHETAMINE BOAT. THESE ITEMS WERE LOCATED JUST UNDERNEATH THE COUCH WERE DEFENDANT DEAM STATED THEY WOULD BE. UPON SEARCHING DEFENDANT SMITH AND HASTINGS' ROOM, SEVERAL GLASS CONTAINERS, USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, WERE LOCATED. THESE ITEMS DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. COLD PACKS WERE ALSO LOCATED IN THE ROOM ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL LIDS AND TUBING FOR HCL GENERATORS, A PYREX CONTAINER, WHICH DID ALSO TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, A FUNNEL, A MEASURING CUP, A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE AND A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING RESIDUE, A BROWN VIAL CONTAINING TRACE AMOUNTS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, ALUMINUM FOIL, AND METHAMPHETAMINE BOATS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOK, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN DEFENDANT SMITH AND HASTINGS' ROOM, HAD BEEN REMOVED FOR SAFETY. THIS ONE POT COOK, BEFORE IT WAS NEUTRALIZED HAD THE LIQUID TESTED. THE LIQUID DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND WAS COLLECTED. THE LIQUID METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS COLLECTED HAD A WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 172 GRAMS. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT WE DID NOT LOCATE A COOK/BOTTLE UNDERNEATH THE GREEN JACKET THAT DEFENDANT SMITH ADVISED WOULD BE THERE. WHEN WE WALKED HIM INSIDE THE RESIDENCE TO SHOW US, HE STATED THAT THE ONE POT THAT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR IN HIS ROOM WAS THE ONE THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. A SEARCH OF THE HALLWAY CLOSET LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE SECONDARY PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH THE BI-LAYERED LIQUID, WHICH HAD BEEN REMOVED EARLIER FOR SAFETY. THIS BOTTLE ALSO HAD THE LIQUID COLLECTED OUT OF IT. THIS LIQUID HAD A WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 426 GRAMS. A SEARCH OF THE BACK PORCH LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF COLEMAN FUEL. A SEARCH OF THE GARBAGE BAGS IN THE FRONT YARD LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF AN EMPTY CONTAINER OF SALT AND CUT LITHIUM BATTERY CASINGS AND THE CONTENTS FROM INSIDE THE LITHIUM BATTERIES. ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. ITEMS DEEMED SAFE WERE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. ITEMS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY METHAMPHETAMINE CONTAINER UNIT FOR DESTRUCTION. THE THREE DEFENDANTS WERE ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE THERE BONDS WERE SET. DEFENDANT SMITH'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $46,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, DEFENDANT HASTINGS' BOND WAS SET AT $21,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE, AND DEFENDANT DEEM'S BOND WAS SET AT $21,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
