| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SLINGERLAND, DANIEL 0443 (AR14-12576) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: THREE AND A HALF PILLS OF CLONAZEPAM 2 MG AND THREE AND A HALF PILLS OF BUPRENORPHINE 8 MG, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(A). ON 102814 AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF EAST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY AND NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE, IN HERNANDO, AS BACK UP FOR SERGEANT MARSHALL, WHO WAS ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, SERGEANT MARSHALL ADVISED THAT A WHITE CHEVROLET PICK UP TRUCK, HAD MADE AN IMPROPER LEFT TURN FROM THE CENTER TRAVEL LANE ON TO EAST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY. HE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD MADE THE IMPROPER LEFT TURN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIS VEHICLE. SERGEANT MARSHALL ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER WAS NOT WEARING A SEAT BELT. SERGEANT MARSHALL ADVISED ME THAT HE OBTAINED THE NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH OF THE DRIVER, AND HE ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER ALSO HANDED HIM THE KEYS TO THE VEHICLE. SERGEANT MARSHALL CONTACTED TELETYPE IN REFERENCE TO THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR MATTHEW MCCAFFREY, AND WAS ADVISED THAT HIS MASSACHUSETTS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I CONFIRMED THIS INFORMATION WITH THE TELETYPE OPERATOR. SERGEANT MARSHALL ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT WAS IN THE PILL CONTAINER, WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE KEYS THAT HE HAD HANDED HIM, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED âCLONAPIN.â THE DEFENDANT GAVE US PERMISSION TO CHECK THE PILLS THAT WERE INSIDE THE SILVER PILL CONTAINER. THE MARKING ON THE PILL WAS ââTEVA 834,ââ WHICH IDENTIFIED THE PILL AS CLONAZEPAM 2 MG, WHICH IS A SCHEDULE FOUR NARCOTIC. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THAT MEDICATION. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE FROM MASSACHUSETTS WAS SUSPENDED FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. DURING A SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANT, INCIDENT TO THE ARREST, I OBSERVED A CIGARETTE PACK, WHICH WAS REMOVED FROM THE DEFENDANTâS POCKET. INSIDE OF THE CLEAR PLASTIC WRAPPER OF THE CIGARETTE PACK, I OBSERVED A PIECE OF CELLOPHANE, WHICH CONTAINED THREE AND A HALF WHITE PILLS. THE IMPRINT ON THE PILLS ââ54/411,ââ IDENTIFIED THE PILLS AS BUPRENORPHINE 8MG, WHICH IS A SCHEDULE THREE NARCOTIC. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THIS PILL EITHER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN HANDCUFFS, (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, CITATION NUMBER 8807 GQF 8, FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
