Date of birth: | Dec 17, 1979 |
Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: BRUNK, KEVIN 0344 (AR13-4917) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: .9 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 032013, AT APPROXIMATELY 0215 HOURS, DEPUTY VIGGIANO AND I WERE IN the PARKING LOT OF THE RACE TRAC GAS STATION LOCATED AT US HIGHWAY 19 AND COUNTY ROAD 490. I OBSERVED A GREEN IN COLOR 2000 NISSAN SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE, BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER B31-3PH, WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE ILLEGAL WINDOW TINT ON THE REAR BACK PASSENGER DOORS OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY VIGGIANO AND I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WEST HOMOSASSA TRAIL AND SOUTH PITTSBURG AVENUE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS MS MELISSA RAY PER HER FLORIDA DRIVERâS LICENSE and the PASSENGER, WHO VERBALLY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS MR JAMES HEAD. I ADVISED THEM THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP WAS FOR THE ILLEGAL WINDOW TINT. DEPUTY VIGGIANO UTILIZED A WINDOW TINT METER AND TESTED THE REAR PASSENGERS DOOR WINDOW. HE ADVISED THE METER INDICATED 6 PERCENT AND THE LEGAL IS 14 PERCENT. AT THAT TIME, BOTH MR HEAD AND MS RAY WAS ADVISED OF THE VIOLATION. I ASKED MR HEAD AND MS RAY TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND RESPOND TO the FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE SO DEPUTY VIGGIANO COULD WALK HIS CANINE NARCOTICS DETECTION DOG AROUND THE VEHICLE. WHILE STANDING BY WITH THEM, DEPUTY VIGGIANO UTILIZED HIS CANINE AND CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF the VEHICLE. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED ME THAT CANINE CONAN HAD ALERTED TO the VEHICLE. FOR FURTHER information SEE HIS CANINE SUPPLEMENT. DEPUTY VIGGIANO AND I SEARCHED THE VEHICLE. I SEARCHED THE DRIVERâS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DEPUTY VIGGIANO SEARCHED THE PASSENGERâS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. I LOCATED ON the BACK FLOORBOARD BEHIND THE DRIVERâS SEAT A SILVER IN COLOR MARLBORO VIRGINIA BLEND CIGARETTE BOX, WHICH CONTAINED NO CIGARETTES, BUT HAD A SMALL CLEAR ZIPLOC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE AND CLEAR CRYSTAL-LIKE SUBSTANCE. THE SUBSTANCE APPEARED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. DEPUTY VIGGIANO LATER CONDUCTED A PRESUMPTIVE TEST OF THIS SUBSTANCE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. I SEARCHED THE REST OF THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT LOCATE ANY OTHER ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. I ASKED MS RAY IF SHE SMOKED CIGARETTES AND SHE STATED YES AND THE BRAND SHE SMOKED MATCHED THE BOX THAT I HAD LOCATED. I ASKED MR HEAD IF HE SMOKED CIGARETTES. HE STATED SOMETIMES, BUT HE DOES NOT HAVE A CIGARETTE BOX. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED ME THAT THE CIGARETTE BOX I HAD LOCATED ON THE BACK FLOORBOARD HAD FALLEN OUT OF A PURSE THAT HE HAD PICKED UP FROM the BACK FLOORBOARD AND SEARCHED. I PLACED MS RAY IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK. I READ MS RAY AND MR HEAD THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM AN AGENCY ISSUED CARD. BOTH SUBJECTS STATED THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS NOT THEIRS. MS RAY ADVISED SHE DID NOT HAVE A CIGARETTE BOX CONTAINER IN HER PURSE, BUT SHE DOES SMOKE THE SAME BRAND OF CIGARETTES. SHE ADVISED the ONLY CIGARETTE BOX THAT she HAD THAT CONTAINED HER CIGARETTES WAS ON the FRONT DRIVERâS DOOR. SHE STATED THAT SHE DOES NOT USE METHAMPHETAMINE ANYMORE SINCE SHE HAD BEEN ARRESTED IN OCTOBER, 2012 FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. I PLACED MS RAY UNDER ARREST AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. HER BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED AT the SCENE TO MR HEAD. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ISSUED MS RAY WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 364005B, FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT ILLEGAL WINDOW TINT. I PLACED INTO EVIDENCE AT âEOCâ ONE MARLBORO CIGARETTE BOX CONTAINING ONE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE with .9 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. A FORENSIC REQUEST THROUGH TRACK-IT WAS SUBMITTED FOR LATENT FINGERPRINT COMPARISON ON THE ZIPLOC BAGGIE. |
Inmate name: | MELISSA DESHAZO RAY |
Arrest type: | Warrant/Capias |
Arrest number: | 5930 |
Arrest date: | Jun 5, 2013 |
Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
Report: | 2013-18375/1 |
Arrest number: | 5925 |
Arrest date: | Jun 5, 2013 |
Arrest type: | Warrant/Capias |
Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
Arrest date: | Jun 3, 2013 |
Arrest location: | 13346 CORTEZ BV |
Booking location: | Hernando County, FL |
Arrest number: | 4917 |
Arrest date: | Mar 20, 2013 |
Arrest type: | Felony |
Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
Arrest number: | 3319 |
Arrest date: | Oct 29, 2012 |
Arrest type: | Felony |
Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
Code: | 893.13(6)(A) |
Charge description: | POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE |
Bond amount: | $5,000 |
Code: | 893.13(6)(A) |
Charge description: | POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE |
Bond amount: | $40,000 |
Code: | 843.15(1)(A) |
Charge description: | FAILURE TO APPEAR - FELONY |
Bond amount: | $0 |
Description: | 901.31 - FAILURE TO APPEAR |