| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR14-9737) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B); ON 040214 AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 HOURS, I WAS CONDUCTING PROACTIVE PATROL IN THE AREA OF SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE AND PENROSE STREET. I BEGAN TO FOLLOW A SILVER IN COLOR MITSUBISHI VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER CFHP85. THIS VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE. I BEGAN TO PACE THE VEHICLE UTILIZING AN AGENCY CALIBRATED VEHICLE , AND REACHED A SPEED OF 40 MILES PER HOUR IN A POSTED 35 MILES PER HOUR ZONE. I THEN ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND SIREN AND CONDUCTED AND TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE AND TEMPLE STREET. I APPROACHED THE DRIVER ON THE DRIVERâS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR MICHAEL LOUIS MARANDO. I REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, PROOF OF INSURANCE AND VEHICLE REGISTRATION, WHICH HE PROVIDED. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT THERE WAS NOT. I THEN REQUESTED PERMISSION TO SEARCH THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE, WHICH HE DENIED. I THEN CONTACTED DEPUTY CASEY PHILLIPS AND REQUESTED THAT HE RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. DEPUTY PHILLIPS ARRIVED ON SCENE SHORTLY AFTER, AND CONDUCTED A CANINE EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE, UTILIZING HIS CANINE PARTNER KINO. DEPUTY PHILLIPS THEN ADVISED THAT HIS CANINE HAD ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE. SEE DEPUTY PHILLIPâS SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. I BEGAN TO SEARCH THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE, BEGINNING IN THE DRIVERâS COMPARTMENT. WHILE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF CANNABIS. I WAS UNABLE TO FIND ANYTHING IN THE DRIVERâS COMPARTMENT. I THEN MOVED TO THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE. ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE REAR PASSENGERâS SIDE, I OBSERVED A GLASS MASON JAR, WHICH CONTAINED A GREEN BUD LIKE SUBSTANCE. THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, I BELIEVED THIS SUBSTANCE TO BE CANNABIS. I THEN PLACED THE DEFENDANT IN HANDCUFFS, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR ANY OTHER NARCOTICS. THE GREEN SUBSTANCE WAS PRESUMPTIVELY FIELD TESTED, WHICH YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR CANNABIS. I COLLECTED THE JAR AND CANNABIS, AND LATER SUBMITTED IT TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS OF CANNABIS. HE WAS SECURED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY REEVEâS PATROL VEHICLE, AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY TONYâS AUTO. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED A CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WRITTEN WARNING, NUMBER 371341B, FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS OF CANNABIS, WITH HIS BOND SET AT $250.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
