| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, ROBERT 0505 (16-67960)(AR16-19519) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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: A GLASS PIPE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.147(1). DID DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A HIGHWAY IN THIS STATE WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 322.03(1) ON 051916, WHILE CONDUCTING ROUTINE TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE AREA OF EAST MOONRISE LANE, I OBSERVED A BLUE FORD RANGER PARKED IN FRONT OF A RESIDENCE. UPON RUNNING THE LICENSE PLATE THROUGH FCIC/NCIC, IT REVEALED THAT THE LICENSE PLATE ATTACHED (113HHW) DID NOT BELONG TO THAT VEHICLE AND HAD EXPIRED IN 2011. I PARKED MY PATROL VEHICLE WHERE I COULD OBSERVE THE INTERSECTION OF MOONRISE AND SOUTH OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD. I OBSERVED THAT VEHICLE TURN NORTH ONTO OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD. I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF OLD FLORAL CITY ROAD AND EAST GOBBLER DRIVE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR MICHAEL KARLSON, AND CO-DEFENDANT/PASSENGER, MS REBECCA SMITH, (WHO IS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE) MR KARLSON PROVIDED ME WITH A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. UPON RUNNING IT, IT REVEALED THAT MR KARLSON HAS NEVER HAD A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE AND DID NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE IN ANY STATE. I ASKED BOTH DEFENDANTS IF THEY KNEW WHY I WAS PULLING THEM OVER AND MS SMITH STATED BECAUSE THE TAG DID NOT BELONG TO THE VEHICLE AND THAT SHE ONLY PUT THE LICENSE PLATE ON THE VEHICLE TO TRANSPORT IT FROM HER EX-HUSBAND'S HOUSE TO HER HOUSE. WHEN ASKED WHY SHE WAS ALLOWING MR KARLSON TO DRIVE, SHE STATED BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO TRANSPORT THE VEHICLE FROM HER EX-HUSBAND'S HOUSE TO HER HOUSE. SHE FURTHER ADVISED SHE KNEW MR KARLSON'S DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS NOT VALID. MS SMITH EXITED THE VEHICLE, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HER BACK, AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. SHE STATED NUMEROUS TIMES THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE AND WHEN ASKED IF I COULD SEARCH THE VEHICLE, SHE ADVISED THAT I COULD. MR KARLSON THEN EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WAS HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HIS BACK, ESCORTED TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHERE DEPUTY KNIGHT STAYED WITH HIM AND MS SMITH. MR KARLSON ALSO ADVISED THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE THE VEHICLE AND CONSENTED TO A SEARCH. DEPUTY KNIGHT STAYED IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH BOTH DEFENDANTS SO THAT AT ANY POINT IN TIME IF THEY WISHED TO CANCEL CONSENT THEY COULD, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT. UPON SEARCHING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE VEHICLE, UNDERNEATH THE AIR FILTER, I LOCATED A GLASS PIPE WITH A BURNT RESIDUE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF METHAMPHETAMINE. DEFENDANT KARLSON HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID. I THEN ASKED HIM IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE WOULD. DEFENDANT KARLSON HAD ALREADY STATED THAT HE HAD ALREADY SMOKED METHAMPHETAMINE APPROXIMATELY TWO DAYS EARLIER. UPON LOCATING THE PIPE, I SAT IT ON THE TAILGATE WHERE MR KARLSON COULD SEE IT. I ADVISED HIM HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. MR KARLSON ASKED WHAT HE WAS BEING ARRESTED FOR AND I ADVISED HIM THAT I WAS CHARGING HIM WITH DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID LICENSE AND I WAS GOING TO PLACE THE PIPE INTO EVIDENCE TO OBTAIN FINGERPRINTS AND DNA. IF EITHER OF THESE CAME BACK TO HIM HE WOULD BE ARRESTED FOR IT. I GAVE MR KARLSON THE OPPORTUNITY THAT IF HE HAD USED THAT PIPE TO TELL ME NOW AND HE WOULD ONLY BE ARRESTED THE ONE TIME. MR KARLSON STATED THAT HE DID IN FACT LOCATE THE PIPE THAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE AIR FILTER IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND HAD TOUCHED IT. HE ADVISED UPON FINDING IT HE PUT HIS LIPS ON THE END IN ORDER TO TASTE IT. HE HOWEVER, DENIED EVER SMOKING OUT OF IT. I ADVISED MR KARLSON HE WAS ALSO BEING ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. BOTH PARTIES WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE DEFENDANT KARLSON WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WITH A $1,000.00 BOND AND ONE COUNT OF DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE WITH A $500.00 BOND FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $1,500.00. I ISSUED TO MR KARLSON A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 9092-GJX FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. |
