| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: \tDUNNELLON POLICE DEPARTMENT, OFFICER ANGER (D12) AR13-7407 DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS 154.8 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). 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: MORPHINE (37 PILLS)(4 OR MORE GRAMS) IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 893.135.(1)C). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE 10.2 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: XANAX (4 PILLS), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A)(FOUR COUNTS). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: HYDROCODONE)(THREE PILLS), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A)(THREE COUNTS). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: PSILOCYBIN (MUSHROOMS), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(2). ON 092313 AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 HOURS, I WAS CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN the 11900 BLOCK, OF NORTH WILLIAM STREET. I OBSERVED A 2004 WHITE DODGE PASSENGER VEHICLE EXITING THE PARKING LOT OF THE CIRCLE K THAT FAILED TO USE ITS TURN SIGNAL WHILE MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN TO DRIVE SOUTH. I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE, WHICH CAME TO A STOP AT NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND NORTH LOCKPORT LANE. I ADVISED THE DRIVER DEFENDANT, MR STEFANO ALBERT SQUARTINO, WHO I POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THROUGH PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT OF THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP. I RAN MR SQUARTINO THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, WHICH ADVISED THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS NOT VALID. UPON REPROACHING THE VEHICLE I COULD DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF CANNABIS EMANATING from the VEHICLE. I ASKED MR SQUARTINO, AND THE PASSENGER/DEFENDANT, MR MARCELO MESA, WHO I ALSO IDENTIFIED THROUGH PREVIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT, IF THERE WAS ANY MARIJUANA OR ILLEGAL NARCOTICS IN THE VEHICLE. MR SQUARTINO STATED YES THERE IS MARIJUANA. I HAD BOTH MR SQUARTINO AND MR MESA EXIT THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE, PLACED THEM INTO HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN THE REAR AND THEN SECURED THEM IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN ASKED MR SQUARTINO WHERE THE CANNABIS WAS LOCATED, TO WHICH HE ADVISED IN A BLACK BACKPACK LOCATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I OBSERVED A BLACK BACKPACK CONTAINING A CLEAR PLASTIC BAG, WITH A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO ME THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE AS CANNABIS. I PROCEEDED WITH A GLOVED HAND TO OPEN THE BLACK BACKPACK AND discovered A CLEAR ZIPLOC BAG CONTAINING A LARGE AMOUNT OF A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE ALSO KNOWN TO ME AS CANNABIS. WHILE CONTINUING MY SEARCH IN THE SAME AREA OF THE VEHICLE, I LOCATED A SECONDARY LARGE CLEAR PLASTIC BAG ALSO CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO ME THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE AS CANNABIS. ALSO LOCATED IN A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING EIGHT GRAMS OF PSILOCYBIN COMMONLY KNOWN AS MUSHROOMS, IN THE PASSENGER DOOR, APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES FROM WHERE MR MESA WAS SITTING IN THE VEHICLE. A MARION COUNTY DEPUTY ARRIVED ON SCENE, TO ASSIST WITH MY INVESTIGATION. AT THAT TIME, I RETRIEVED EACH OF THE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES AND CONDUCTED A FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TEST ON BOTH BAGS, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF CANNABIS. I READ BOTH DEFENDANTS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY CARD AND QUESTIONED THEM SEPARATELY ABOUT THE MARIJUANA. I BEGAN SPEAKING WITH MR SQUARTINO, WHO ADVISED ME THAT THE MARIJUANA BELONGED TO MR MESA. I ASKED SQUARTINO IF THEY WERE SELLING THE MARIJUANA, TO WHICH HE ADVISED NO. NEXT, I SPOKE TO MR MESA, WHERE I QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE MARIJUANA. I ASKED HIM WHOSE MARIJUANA WAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED IT WAS MR SQUARTINOâS. I RETURNED TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE FURTHER, AT WHICH TIME, OFFICER MILEY (DUNNELLON POLICE DEPARTMENT), ARRIVED AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION TO ASSIST WITH THE INVESTIGATION. WE THEN SEARCHED THE VEHICLE FURTHER AND LOCATED IN THE REAR PASSENGER SEAT, WITHIN REACH OF BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER, A CLEAR JAR INSIDE A KFC BOX THAT I IDENTIFIED TO CONTAIN BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, CANNABIS. WE ALSO LOCATED IN THE JAR AN ASSORTMENT OF LOOSE PILLS, AS WELL AS A GOLD IN COLOR PACKAGE CONTAINING MULTIPLE CRYSTALS BELIEVED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. I CONDUCTED FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TESTS ON BOTH THE MARIJUANA AND THE METHAMPHETAMINE, WHICH BOTH TESTED POSITIVE. I THEN IDENTIFIED THE ASSORTMENT OF PILLS VIA FLORIDA DRUG AND IDENTIFIER BOOK AND CONFIRMED WHAT THEY WERE VIA AN INTERNET SEARCH ON THE DRUG IDENTIFIER SITE. I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY 37 MORPHINE PILLS, 4 XANAX PILLS AND THREE HYDROCODONE PILLS. I AGAIN SEPARATED THE DEFENDANTS AND SPOKE WITH MR SQUARTINO, WHERE HE STATED THAT HE DROPPED MR MESA OFF AT A RESIDENCE IN CITRUS SPRINGS AND WHEN MR MESA RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE HE HAD THE CLEAR GLASS JAR, WHICH CONTAINED NUMEROUS PILLS INSIDE. I ASKED MR SQUARTINO, ABOUT THE METHAMPHETAMINE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED, âMESA HAS BEEN SELLING THE CRYSTAL METH AS MOLLY THROUGHOUT CITRUS AND MARION COUNTYâ. I SPOKE WITH MR MESA ALONE IN REGARDS TO THE PILLS AND CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE LOCATED INSIDE THE GLASS JAR. MR MESA AGAIN ADVISED THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ILLEGAL NARCOTICS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I QUESTIONED MR MESA IN REFERENCE TO THE MUSHROOMS, LOCATED IN HIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY, TO WHICH HE ADVISED that HE HAD NO IDEA, THAT THERE WERE MUSHROOMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THIS CONCLUDED THE ROADSIDE INTERVIEW, WITH BOTH DEFENDANTS. ONCE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I AGAIN INTERVIEWED EACH DEFENDANT separateLY, TO WHICH MR SQUARTINO WAS EXTREMELY COOPERATIVE AND PROVIDED ME WITH A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. MR MESA AGAIN ADVISED HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY OF THE ILLEGAL NARCOTICS INSIDE THE VEHICLE. DEFENDANT SQUARTINOâS, TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT MESAâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $80,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT SQUARTINO WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM CRIMINAL TRAFFIC CITATION FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED-KNOWINGLY, CITATION NUMBER AOHRUPP, WITH A COURT DATE TO BE SET. |
