| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BERGEN, JOHN 0519 (12-1556AR) DID OBTAIN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, 893.13(7)(A)9. ON 060312 PATROL UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE PUBLIX GROCERY STORE LOCATED AT 2685 NORTH FOREST RIDGE BOULEVARD IN BEVERLY HILLS, IN REFERENCE TO A PRESCRIPTION FRAUD. THE COMPLAINANT, MS NORA CLOUD, ADVISED THAT A MALE SUBJECT WHO SHE IS FAMILIAR WITH BY THE NAME OF MICHAEL HEINE/DEFENDANT, (DOB: 022754) CAME IN AND DROPPED OFF TWO PRESCRIPTIONS FROM MONROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER DATED 050912. ONE PRESCRIPTION WAS FOR PERCOCET, 10 MILLIGRAMS (60 TABLETS), AND THE OTHER WAS FOR VICODIN, 500 MILLIGRAMS (15 TABLETS). MS CLOUD ADVISED THAT SHE BELIEVED THE PRESCRIPTION FOR PERCOCET HAD BEEN ALTERED DUE TO THE PRESCRIPTION APPEARING TO HAVE BEEN ERASED AND TYPED OVER. SHE ALSO ADVISED THE DOCTORâS NAME WAS WASHED AWAY BY SORT TYPE OF LIQUID. SHE THEN CONTACTED MONROE REGIONAL CENTER WHO ADVISED THAT DEFENDANT HEINE WAS NOT PRESCRIBED PERCOCET AND HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED VICODIN, 500 MILLIGRAMS (15 TABLETS) AND FLEXERIL, 10 MILLIGRAMS (15 TABLETS). AT THAT TIME MS CLOUD CONTACTED THIS AGENCY TO GENERATE A REPORT. PATROL UNITS DID OBTAIN VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SHOWING DEFENDANT HEINE DROPPING OFF THE PRESCRIPTIONS. ON 061212 AFTER REVIEWING THE CASE I MADE CONTACT WITH LUKE BISHOP AT MONROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. HE CONFIRMED TO ME THAT DEFENDANT HEINE WAS DISCHARGED WITH PRESCRIPTIONS FROM HIS VISIT ON 050912 WHICH ONLY INCLUDED THE VICODIN AND FLEXERIL. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH JERRY LEVINGOOD, WHO IS THE PHARMACY MANAGER AT THE PUBLIX PHARMACY. HE PROVIDED ME WITH THE ORIGINAL PRESCRIPTIONS THAT DEFENDANT HEINE HAD DROPPED OFF. IN LOOKING AT THE PRESCRIPTION FOR PERCOCET, I COULD CLEARY SEE THE AREA WHERE PERCOCET WAS WRITTEN HAD BEEN ERASED AND TYPED OVER AND THE DOCTORâS NAME HAD SOME SORT OF LIQUID WHICH HAD BLEACHED OUT PART OF THE SIGNATURE. WITH THIS INFORMATION I CONTACTED FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT LYNCH, WHERE HE AND I RESPONDED TO THE SUSPECTâS RESIDENCE AT 220 SOUTH JACKSON STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH DEFENDANT HEINE AND HIS WIFE WHO INVITED US INTO THEIR LIVING ROOM. ONCE INSIDE I READ DEFENDANT HEINE HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PRE PRINTED AGENCY CARD. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK WITH ME. I ASKED DEFENDANT HEINE IF HE HAD DROPPED OFF PRESCRIPTION AT THE PUBLIX PHARMACY FOR PERCOCET AND VICODIN. HE STATED, NO, HE HAD NOT BEEN TO THE PHARMACY FOR ANY OF HIS PRESCRIPTIONS AND HE HAD ONLY FILLED SOME OF HIS WIFEâS PRESCRIPTIONS THERE. I ASKED DEFENDANT HEINE IF HE REMEMBERED GOING TO MONROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AND OBTAINING PRESCRIPTIONS ON 050912, WHERE HE SAID, NO, NOT REALLY. I THEN INFORMED DEFENDANT HEINE THAT THERE WAS VIDEO OF HIM DROPPING OFF THE PRESCRIPTION AND THE PHARMACIST RECOGNIZED HIM AND KNOWS HIM FROM FILLING PRESCRIPTIONS THERE. AT THAT TIME DEFENDANT HEINE STATED, âOKAY, I GUESS I WILL TALK TO YOUâ. HE THEN BEGAN TO TELL AGENT LYNCH AND I THAT HE IS ADDICTED TO PAIN KILLERS AND BECAME ADDICTED AFTER NUMEROUS BACK AND SHOULDER SURGERIES. HE ADVISED HE WAS PRESCRIBED PAIN MEDICATIONS FOR THOSE SURGERIES, HOWEVER, NOW HE IS TAKING MORE AND MORE AND IS NOT ABLE TO STOP. HE TOLD ME HE DID CHANGE THE PRESCRIPTION HE RECEIVED AT MONROE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER FROM FLEXERIL TO PERCOCET BY USING A PENCIL ERASER AND THEN TYPING OVER THE PRESCRIPTION WITH THE WORD PERCOCET. HE THEN STATED THAT HE WAS SORRY FOR WHAT HE DID AND REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT. HE STATED THAT HE IS ADDICTED TO PILLS AND THAT IS THE REASON HE DID IT. I PLACED DEFENDANT HEINE UNDER ARREST WHERE HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DETENTION CENTER AND CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF OBTAINING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD. DUE TO DEFENDANTâS HEINEâS COOPERATION, HIS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THIS CASE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. |
