| Date of birth: | May 27, 1987 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: BENTZ, KRISTOPHER 0298 (AR07100214) ON 110507, MYSELF AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VICE/NARCOTICS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN AN INVESTIGATION RELATED TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN THE HOMOSASSA AREA OF CITRUS COUNTY. DURING THE COURSE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, DETECTIVE DIXON RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A DOCUMENTED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT REGARDING A KNOWN SUBJECT WHO WAS OBSERVED OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER. THE INFORMANT ALSO PROVIDED THE COLOR, APPROXIMATE AGE AND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL FOR THE VEHICLE THE KNOWN SUBJECT WAS OPERATING. DETECTIVE DIXON AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VICE/ NARCOTICS UNIT AND THE PATROL DIVISION IMMEDIATELY LOCATED A 2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU, BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER B460PG, AND A TRAFFIC STOP WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CONDUCTED ON THE VEHICLE. UPON CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER AND FOR HAVING SEVERAL OUTSTANDING CITRUS COUNTY WARRANTS FOR HIS ARREST. THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, DEFENDANT, MS MARIE FLORIO, WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE A FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. THE DEFENDANT THEN REACHED INTO A MULTI-COLORED PURSE AND RETRIEVED A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE FROM A BLACK WALLET AND TURNED IT OVER TO SERGEANT FERRARA. DETECTIVE DIXON AND I THEN CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE'S INTERIOR INCIDENT TO THE DRIVER'S ARREST. UPON LOOKING INTO THE DEFENDANT'S PURSE THAT WAS FOUND SITTING ON THE PASSENGER SEAT NEXT TO THE CENTER CONSOLE, THIS DETECTIVE LOCATED MORE THAN ONE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY-EIGHT GRAMS OF A WHITE ROCK SUBSTANCE. THIS DETECTIVE RECOGNIZED THE WHITE ROCK SUBSTANCE, THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO BE CRACK COCAINE. THIS DETECTIVE ALSO LOCATED SEVERAL "BUDS", WEIGHING MORE THAN ONE, BUT LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS OF A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE THAT THIS DETECTIVE RECOGNIZED AS CANNABIS. THIS DETECTIVE ALSO LOCATED PARAPHERNALIA ASSOCIATED WITH CRACK COCAINE USE AND DISTRIBUTION, TO INCLUDE A POCKET KNIFE WITH COCAINE RESIDUE ON THE BLADE. THIS DETECTIVE THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT UNDER ARREST AND TURNED HER OVER TO THE CUSTODY OF DEPUTY FERGUSON FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. AS THE DEFENDANT WAS BEING PLACED INTO DEPUTY FERGUSON'S PATROL VEHICLE, SHE SPONTANEOUSLY STATED THAT SHE HAS AN UNKNOWN TYPE NARCOTIC CONCEALED IN HER VAGINAL AREA. THIS DETECTIVE INQUIRED AS TO WHAT TYPE NARCOTIC IT WAS, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE WAS NOT SURE AND THAT AS THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS EFFECTED ON THE VEHICLE, SHE QUICKLY GRABBED A BAGGIE, OR BAGGIES, OF AN UNKNOWN NARCOTIC AND PLACED IT INTO HER VAGINA SO THAT IT WOULD NOT BE LOCATED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. UPON ARRIVAL TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, A FEMALE CORRECTIONS OFFICER RETRIEVED THE ITEMS OF CONTRABAND AND THE CONCEALED ITEMS WERE DETERMINED TO BE TWO SEPARATE CELLOPHANE BAGGIES; ONE CONTAINING LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS OF CANNABIS AND ONE CONTAINING LESS THAN TWENTY EIGHT GRAMS OF COCAINE. THE NARCOTIC RELATED EVIDENCE WAS FIELD TESTED POSITIVE, WEIGHED, PACKAGED AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED ACCORDINGLY AND HER BOND WAS SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Dec 7, 2007 |
| Booking number: | 07100662 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Arrest date: | Nov 5, 2007 |
| Booking number: | 07100214 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(A) |
| Charge description: | POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE |
| Bond amount: | $5,000 |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(B) |
| Charge description: | POSSESSION CANNABIS (LESS THAN 20 GRAMS) |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 893.147(1)(B) |
| Charge description: | DRUG PARAPHERNALIA - TO INJECT/INGEST/INHALE/INTRODUCE |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 948.06 |
| Charge description: | VIOLATION OF PROBATION |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
