| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MULLINS, MARVIN 0493 (AR14-12431) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY 3.9 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). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER 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: ONE BLUE SPARKLY GLASS PIPE USED TO SMOKE MARIJUANA, ONE METAL PIPE USED TO SMOKE MARIJUANA, AND ONE BROKEN CLEAR GLASS PIPE USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 101714 AT APPROXIMATELY 2130 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE VETERAN OF FOREIGN WARS (VFW) POST, IN HERNANDO, LOCATED AT 3190 NORTH CARL G ROSE HIGHWAY, AS BACK UP FOR DEPUTY SEFFERN JR (0623), IN REFERENCE TO A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY SEFFERN, WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK OF THE AREA WHEN HE OBSERVED A RED FORD MUSTANG, WITH THE DOORS CLOSED AND WINDOWS UP, PARKED BEHIND THE VFW. AS HE APPROACHED, HE PARKED HIS PATROL VEHICLE IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE AND EXITED HIS PATROL VEHICLE. UPON EXITING HIS PATROL VEHICLE, HE SHINED HIS FLASHLIGHT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF THE MUSTANG, WHERE HE OBSERVED TWO ADULT FEMALES INSIDE AND THE VEHICLE WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. HE IMMEDIATELY OBSERVED THE PASSENGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS MEGAN MOWAT, HOLDING A BLUE SPARKLY PIPE TO HER MOUTH AND BLOW SMOKE FROM HER MOUTH. SHE QUICKLY TOOK THE PIPE AND PLACED IT INSIDE THE CENTER CONSOLE, ON TOP OF A BLACK SUNGLASSES CASE, WHICH SHE WAS HOLDING, AND THEN CLOSED THE CONSOLE DOOR. DEPUTY SEFFERN APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED THAT HE COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE VEHICLE AND HE OBSERVED A SMALL FEMALE TODDLER SITTING IN THE DEFENDANTâS LAP. DEPUTY SEFFERN ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH SHE COMPLIED. AS THE DEFENDANT STEPPED OUT OF THE VEHICLE SHE HANDED DEPUTY SEFFERN A METAL PIPE FROM HER REAR POCKET. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY SEFFERN ASKED THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS CO-DEFENDANT, MS JAMIE RICHIE, TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AS WELL, WHICH SHE COMPLIED. AS MS RITCHIE WAS STEPPING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, SHE MADE AN EXCITED UTTERANCE THAT THE MARIJUANA WAS HERS. DEPUTY SEFFERN ASKED THE DEFENDANT AND THE CO-DEFENDANT TO STEP TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SO THAT HE COULD RETRIEVE THE MARIJUANA AND THE PARAPHERNALIA, TO WHICH THEY COMPLIED. DEPUTY SEFFERN LOCATED A BLACK ZIPPER POUCH ON THE DRIVERâS FLOOR BOARD, WHICH CONTAINED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE THAT CONTAINED A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE, IDENTIFIED AS MARIJUANA THROUGH TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS A BLUE AND ORANGE GLASS PIPE, A BLUE AND RED GLASS PIPE, AND A TEAL METAL PIPE. ALL THREE PIPES HAD RESIDUE INSIDE OF THEM THAT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED AS MARIJUANA. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY SEFFERN OPENED THE CENTER CONSOLE TO RETRIEVE THE PIPE THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD PLACED INSIDE AND WHEN HE OPENED IT, HE ALSO OBSERVED THE BLACK SUNGLASSES CASE, WHICH THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO HOLDING. THE BLUE SPARKLY GLASS PIPE THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS SMOKING FROM CONTAINED RESIDUE, WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED AS MARIJUANA, AND INSIDE THE BLACK SUNGLASSES CASE THERE WAS A CLEAR GLASS PIPE, WHICH HAD A WHITE SUBSTANCE INSIDE OF IT, WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE SMALL METAL PIPE THAT THE DEFENDANT HANDED DEPUTY SEFFERN ALSO HAD A RESIDUE INSIDE OF IT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AS MARIJUANA. DUE TO THE DEFENDANT HOLDING THE CHILD WHILE SMOKING MARIJUANA, IN A CLOSED VEHICLE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WAS NOTIFIED AND RESPONDED. MEDIC 101 WITH NATURE COAST EMS ADVISED THAT THE TODDLER WOULD BE TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOR EXAMINATION. THE TODDLER IS THE DEFENDANTâS DAUGHTER. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF DEPUTY SCHAFFERâS (0652) PATROL VEHICLE, WHO WAS ALSO ON SCENE. AT THAT TIME, I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD, AND SHE ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND DID WANT TO SPEAK TO ME. I ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND SHE ADVISED THAT THE CO-DEFENDANT AND SHE WERE SMOKING MARIJUANA. I ASKED HER WHERE SHE GOT THE MARIJUANA FROM AND SHE ADVISED THAT THE CO-DEFENDANT GAVE IT TO HER. I THEN ASKED HER ABOUT THE BLUE SPARKLY GLASS PIPE AND THE SMALL METAL GLASS PIPE AND SHE ADVISED THEY WERE BOTH HERS. I THEN ASKED ABOUT THE CLEAR GLASS PIPE THAT WAS FOUND INSIDE OF THE SUNGLASSES CASE THAT SHE WAS HOLDING; HOWEVER, SHE STATED THAT IT WAS NOT HERS. THE DEFENDANT, WITHOUT BEING ASKED, STATED THAT SHE HAD SMOKED METHAMPHETAMINE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK; HOWEVER, SHE STILL ADVISED THAT IT WAS NOT WITH THIS PIPE. WHEN DEPUTY SEFFERN FOUND THE GLASS PIPE WITH THE METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE IN IT, IT WAS BROKEN, AND IT APPEARED THAT WHEN THE DEFENDANT THREW THE PIPE IN TO THE CENTER CONSOLE AND UNDERNEATH THE GLASS MARIJUANA PIPE SHE WAS USING, THIS CAUSED THE CLEAR GLASS METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE TO BREAK. AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I WAS PLACING HER UNDER ARREST AND CHARGING HER WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (LESS THAN 20 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA), WHICH DEPUTY SEFFERN DID WEIGH ON SCENE UTILIZING A DIGITAL SCALE, WHICH SHOWED A WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 3.9 GRAMS. I ALSO ADVISED THE DEFENDANT I WAS CHARGING HER WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY SHAFFER TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HER BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I CONTACTED CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN DETECTIVE BAIRD, WHO ADVISED THAT THE UNIT WOULD BE CONTACTING THE STATE ATTORNEYâS OFFICE NEXT WEEK TO FOLLOW UP ON POSSIBLE CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ABUSE HOTLINE WAS CONTACTED, WHERE I SPOKE TO CASSIE, OPERATOR 427, WHO ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A REPORT. WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I WEIGHED THE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING THE MARIJUANA AGAIN, ON A TRADITIONAL SCALE, AND RECEIVED A WEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 3.9 GRAMS, WHICH WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE DIGITAL SCALE. |
