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Submitted by: NORTON, NICK 0758 (AR14-8656) ON 010914 AT APPROXIMATELY 0132 HOURS, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A 2004 WHITE HONDA CIVIC BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER D639EV, FOR FAILING TO YIELD. UPON ENTERING ONTO HIGHWAY 19 FROM THE PARKING LOT OF LIQUID LAGOON BAR, LOCATED AT 2035 SOUTHEAST HIGHWAY 19, CRYSTAL RIVER, THE VEHICLE DID NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO STOP BEFORE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY. WHILE CONDUCTING THE TRAFFIC STOP, I OBSERVED THE FRONT PASSENGER MOVING AROUND IN A MANNER THAT MADE HIM DISAPPEAR FROM MY VIEW AS IF HE WAS LOOKING UNDERNEATH HIS SEAT. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND SPOKE WITH THE DRIVER, MR MARK ENDSLEY, I INFORMED HIM OF THE VIOLATION AND ASKED IF HE HAD ANY ILLEGAL DRUGS OR WEAPONS in the VEHICLE AND IF HE WOULD CONSENT TO A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. HE STATED HE WOULD NOT CONSENT. I THEN REQUESTED THAT K-9 DEPUTY HRYC (0701). HE RESPONDED AND DEPLOYED HIS K-9 PARTNER ZEUS FOR AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED ME THAT ZEUS HAD MADE A POSITIVE ALERT. AT THIS TIME, I INSTRUCTED THE PASSENGER LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR BEN PADGETT TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. I CONDUCTED A PAT DOWN FOR WEAPONS, WHICH MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. I DID THE SAME WITH THE DRIVER, MR ENDSLEY. WHILE PATTING DOWN MR ENDSLEY, I FELT A SMALL BULGE IN HIS POCKET THAT THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE FELT CONSISTENT WITH A PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING CANNABIS. I ASKED MR ENDSLEY WHAT WAS IN HIS POCKET, HE THEN REACHED IN HIS OWN POCKET AND REMOVED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE WHICH CONTAINED A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE THAT THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE I RECOGNIZED AS CANNABIS. DEPUTY HRYC AND I THEN BEGAN TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE. THE CANNABIS WAS LATER WEIGHED WITH THE BAGGIE AT A WEIGHT OF 5.2 GRAMS. DEPUTY HRYC AND I, CONTINUED SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, AT which TIME, DEPUTY HRYC LOCATED TWO CLEAR PILL CAPSULES, WHICH CONTAINED A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE INSIDE. THESE CAPSULES WERE LOCATED UNDERNEATH THE SEAT THAT MR PADGETT HAD BEEN SITTING IN AND HAD BEEN SEEN LOOKING UNDERNEATH, WHILE I CONDUCTED THE TRAFFIC STOP. THESE CAPSULES TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE/ECSTASY AND ARE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS âMOLLYâ. AFTER WE COMPLETED THE SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, MR ENDSLEY WAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO APPEAR FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS UNDER 20 GRAMS, SET TO APPEAR ON 013014 AT 1300 HOURS, NOTICE TO APPEAR NUMBER 20405. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 371384B, FOR FAILING TO YIELD BEFORE ENTERING THE HIGHWAY FROM LIQUID LAGOON PARKING LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO MR ENDSLEY. MS ENDSLEY, WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, SHE WAS HANDCUFFED IN THE REAR (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY DEPUTY MORAN (1246). MR PADGETT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, HE WAS HANDCUFFED IN THE REAR (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY THIS DEPUTY. THE CANNABIS WAS PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED OVER TO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE BY DEPUTY HRYC. THE CANNABIS WAS TESTED ON SCENE AND YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT. |
