| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEST, JAMES 1286 (AR16-18146)(16-15352) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY TWO GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, 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: FIVE SYRINGES, ONE GLASS PIPE COMMONLY USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE, ONE BLUE AND BLACK GLASS PIPE WITH MARIJUANA RESIDUE, ONE BUTANE TORCH LIGHTER, AND THREE SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 020216 AT APPROXIMATELY 2312 HOURS, I OBSERVED A TAN NISSAN FOUR-DOOR VEHICLE TURN NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 19 FROM WEST MCKINLEY STREET WITHOUT COMING TO A COMPLETE STOP. I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE ESXB91, just NORTH OF SUFFOLK TERRACE AND HIGHWAY 19. UPON CONDUCTING THE STOP I MADE CONTACT with the DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR CARLOS TORRES, AND ASKED HIM FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. ALSO IDENTIFIED IN the VEHICLE WAS DEFENDANT, MR LEONARD MORALES, SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHILE CONDUCTING MY TRAFFIC STOP DEPUTY VIGGIANO (0682) ARRIVED ON SCENE. DEPUTY VIGGIANO CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR WALK WITH HIS CANINE AND UPON COMPLETION OF the WALK HE ADVISED ME THE CANINE ALERTED TO THE POSSIBILITY OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, SEE DEPUTY VIGGIANO'S SUPPLEMENT. BOTH OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE WERE REMOVED AND BROUGHT BACK to the FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. DEPUTY VIGGIANO AND DEPUTY AMATO (1393) CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE PASSENGER SEAT, DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE DEFENDANT, WAS A BLACK BAG. INSIDE OF THE BLACK BAG A SMALLER CLOTH BLACK POUCH WAS LOCATED, WHICH CONTAINED FIVE SYRINGES, A GLASS PIPE COMMONLY USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE, ANOTHER GLASS PIPE BLUE AND BLACK IN COLOR with MARIJUANA RESIDUE, SEVERAL SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES, AND A SMALL BUTANE TORCH LIGHTER. LOCATED INSIDE OF ONE OF THE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES WAS AN UNIDENTIFIED CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE, WHICH RESEMBLED METHAMPHETAMINE. UPON FINDING THE BLACK BAG THE DEFENDANT SPONTANEOUSLY UTTERED "IT'S NOT METH IN THE BAG, ITS MSN". THE DEFENDANT REFERRED TO MSN AS A FAKE VERSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. A FIELD TEST WAS CONDUCTED ON THE SUBSTANCE WHICH YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. ALL ITEMS WERE COLLECTED AND SUBMITTED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT AT THAT TIME WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF APPROXIMATELY TWO GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE and POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, SEARCHED AND SECURED IN the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE and TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. MR TORRES WAS ISSUED CITRUS COUNTY WARNING CITATION 405440B, FOR FAILURE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND RELEASED FROM the SCENE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00, FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $3,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
