| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, TRAVIS 0358 (AR15-13907) 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). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICALS OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(A), THESE CHEMICALS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: EPHEDRINE. DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY 0.5 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE OIL, 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: STRAWS, A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE, AND BAGGIES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY 0.5 GRAMS OF 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 021615, A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 7042 WEST HOMOSASSA TRAIL, IN HOMOSASSA. UPON UNITS ARRIVING TO SERVE THE WARRANT, THE DEFENDANT, MR LOUIS SMITH, WAS LEAVING HIS RESIDENCE IN A SILVER PICK UP TRUCK. OFFICERS MET MR SMITH IN HIS DRIVEWAY, STOPPED HIS VEHICLE, AND DETAINED HIM. AT THAT TIME, I READ THE DEFENDANT THE WARRANT AND ADVISED HIM WHY WE WERE THERE. DEPUTY SMITH MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND READ HIM MIRANDA, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WAS WILLING TO SPEAK TO DEPUTY SMITH. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS AT THE RESIDENCE AND THAT SOMEONE ELSE, WHO WAS STAYING AT THE RESIDENCE, HAD BEEN CONDUCTING THE MANUFACTURING. DURING THIS CONVERSATION, DEPUTY SMITHâS RECORDER DIED, AT WHICH TIME DEPUTY SMITH RETRIEVED ANOTHER RECORDER AND INTERVIEWED THE DEFENDANT A SECOND TIME. AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS REINTERVIEW, DEPUTY SMITH CONFIRMED THAT HE HAD READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS AND HE ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS STILL WILLING TO TALK. AT FIRST, THE DEFENDANT DENIED EVERYTHING; HOWEVER, AS THE INTERVIEW CONTINUED THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO USING METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADMITTED TO SEVERAL BAGGIES (LOCATED IN HIS VEHICLE, ONE BAGGIE IN HIS WALLET, AND SEVERAL BAGGIES INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE) BELONGING TO HIM, ALONG WITH HAVING A METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE LOCATED BY HIS BED. LATER IN THE INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO BUYING CHEMICALS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE, TO INCLUDE SUDAFED. HE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT THE METHAMPHETAMINE COOK; HOWEVER, HE DID PICK UP ITEMS FOR THE SUBJECT THAT WAS COOKING. THE DEFENDANT STATED TO DEPUTY SMITH THAT ONLY RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, DID HE KNOW WHAT THE OTHER SUBJECT WAS DOING; HOWEVER, LATER IN THE INTERVIEW HE ADMITTED TO SEEING THE SUBJECT COOK METHAMPHETAMINE AT THE RESIDENCE APPROXIMATELY SIX TIMES. WHEN ASKED WHAT TIMEFRAME, HE STATED SEVERAL MONTHS. THE DEFENDANT ALSO WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW NOT ALL OF THE MANUFACTURES TURNED OUT DOPE, BUT HE ADMITTED TO TRYING TO SMOKE FROM ALL OF THE COOKS. THE DEFENDANT ALSO OPENLY ADMITTED THAT THE SUBJECT DOING THE COOKS WOULD PROVIDE HIM METHAMPHETAMINE TO USE UPON THE COOKS BEING COMPLETED. WHILE DEPUTY SMITH WAS CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS, I CONDUCTED A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE/SHED. FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES, THE RESIDENCE WHERE THE DEFENDANT IS LIVING IS APPROXIMATELY AN 8 FOOT BY 16 FOOT SHED, WITH NO WATER OR ELECTRICITY. THE SHED IS COMPLETELY OPEN ON THE INSIDE, WITH A BATHTUB AND TOILET LOCATED IN THE BACK OF IT. A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE/SHED REVEALED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: CUT LITHIUM BATTERY CASINGS, 2 HCL GAS GENERATOR LIDS, COFFEE FILTERS, 3 CANS OF COLEMAN FUEL, (IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE SUSPECT DID NOT HAVE AN APPLIANCE THAT RAN OFF OF LIQUID COLEMAN GAS, ONLY SMALL COLEMAN GAS TANKS), METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE, SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIES, ALUMINUM SMOKING BOATS, CUT SNORTING STRAWS, CUT OPEN COLD PACKS (AMMONIA NITRATE), AN EMPTY LYE CONTAINER (SODIUM HYDROXIDE), A GALLON OF ACID, SALT, FUNNELS, MEASURING CUPS, ALUMINUM FOIL, AND A GLASS MASON JAR CONTAINING AN OILY CLEAR SUBSTANCE WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, WITH AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF 0.5 GRAMS. THE HCL GAS GENERATOR LIDS, METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE, SMALL BAGGIES, CUT STRAWS, AND ALUMINUM SMOKING BOATS ALL FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE/SHED IN A BURN PILE WAS REMINISCE OF BLISTER PACKS, CUT LITHIUM BATTERIES, EMPTY ETHER CANS, AND MULTIPLE COFFEE FILTERS WHICH HAD BEEN USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. ALL ITEMS DEEMED NON HAZARDOUS WERE COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. ALL OTHER ITEMS WERE COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTAINER. ALL ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED. THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, ONE COUNT OF POSSESS LISTED CHEMICAL WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CANNABIS (LESS THAN 20 GRAMS). UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT DUE TO HIM RECENTLY (WITHIN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS) MOVING TO FLORIDA, NOT HAVING A PERMANENT RESIDENCE, AND ALL OF HIS TIES BEING IN NEW YORK. |
