| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY CHENOWETH, JACOB 0708 (12-117529) (AR12-1782) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER POSSESSION LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICALS OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(A) THESE CHEMICALS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE. DID UNLAWFULLY AGREE, CONSPIRE, COMBINES, OR CONFEDERATES, WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, TO WIT: CONSPIRES TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.04(3), CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY. DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/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: HYPODERMIC NEEDLES AND SPOON IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1) ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY SELLS, PURCHASES, MANUFACTURES, DELIVERS OR BRINGS INTO THIS STATE OR WHO IS KNOWINGLY IN ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION IN EXCESS OF 14 GRAMS OR MORE OF METHAMPHETAMINE IS GUILTY OF A FELONY OF THE FIRST DEGREE, WHICH FELONY SHALL BE KNOWN AS TRAFFICKING IN METHAMPHETAMINE, AND SUCH PERSON SHALL BE SENTENCED TO A MANDATORY MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.135(1)(F).\t ON 063012 UPON STARTING MY SHIFT I WAS DISPATCHED TO 6759 WEST GRANT STREET IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO A METHAMPHETAMINE LAB INVESTIGATION. UPON ARRIVAL, I SPOKE WITH DEPUTY VIGGIANO WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS DISPATCHED TO 6759 WEST GRANT STREET IN HOMOSASSA, IN REFERENCE TO AN ANONYMOUS TIP REGARDING AN ACTIVE METHAMPHETAMINE LAB. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED THAT AS HE ARRIVED ON SCENE, HE OBSERVED DEFENDANT TWO, MR MICHAEL RODENBERRY, IN THE SOUTHERN MOST WINDOW OF THE RESIDENCE WHICH FACED WEST GRANT STREET (REFERRED TO AS THE FRONT BEDROOM). DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED THAT HE THEN OBSERVED MR RODDENBERRY PUSH A PIECE OF PLYWOOD, WHICH WAS HOLDING THE WINDOW OPEN, OUT OF THE WINDOW AND CLOSE THE WINDOW. MR RODDENBERRY THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL THE WINDOW WITH A SHEET AND STATED “OH SHIT THE COPS ARE HERE”. DEPUTY VIGGIANO THEN WENT TO THE REAR OF THE RESIDENCE FACING EAST TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE COULD EXIT THE BACK DOOR. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED THAT DEPUTY SUDLOW THEN RESPONDED TO THE FRONT DOOR THAT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE. DEPUTY VIGGIANO THEN RESPONDED TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE TO ASSIST DEPUTY SUDLOW IN EVACUATING ALL THE OCCUPANTS FROM THE RESIDENCE DUE TO SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT BEDROOM THAT IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN MOST PART OF THE RESIDENCE. SEE DEPUTY VIGGIANO’S SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. I THEN SPOKE WITH DEPUTY SUDLOW WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS DISPATCHED TO 6759 WEST GRANT STREET IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO AN ANONYMOUS TIP THAT AN ACTIVE METHAMPHETAMINE LAB. UPON ARRIVAL DEPUTY SUDLOW ADVISED THAT HE OBSERVED MR RODDENBERRY IN THE FRONT BEDROOM WHICH IS AT THE SOUTHERN MOST POINT OF THE RESIDENCE THROUGH THE WINDOW. DEPUTY SUDLOW ADVISED THAT HE THEN SAW MR RODDENBERRY PUSH OUT A PIECE OF PLYWOOD THAT WAS HOLDING THE WINDOW OPEN AND CLOSED THE WINDOW. MR RODDENBERRY THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL THE ROOM BY PLACING A SHEET OVER THE WINDOW. DEPUTY SUDLOW THEN RESPONDED TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS UNSECURED AND COMPLETELY OPEN. DEPUTY SUDLOW THEN ASKED SUSPECT, MS VIRGINIA FISHER, WHO WAS NEAR THE FRONT DOOR WHERE THE HOMEOWNER, MR GEORGE LONERGAN, WAS LOCATED, TO WHICH SHE STATED THAT MR LONERGAN WAS SLEEPING AND SHE WOULD GO WAKE HIM. MS FISHER LEFT TO WAKE UP MR LONERGAN. DEPUTY SUDLOW ADVISED THAT HE THEN OBSERVED MS DANIELLE SUIT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS DEFENDANT ONE, WALK PAST HIM AND ENTER THE FRONT BEDROOM WITH NOTHING IN HER POSSESSION. MS SUIT THEN EXITED THE FRONT BEDROOM CARRYING SMALL UNKNOWN ITEMS AND ENTERED THE BATHROOM. DEPUTY SUDLOW ADVISED THAT HE THEN HEARD RUNNING WATER COMING FROM THE BATHROOM. DEPUTY SUDLOW THEN ADVISED HE OBSERVED A THICK CLOUD OF WHAT APPEARED TO BE SMOKE COMING FROM THE FRONT BEDROOM THAT MS SUIT HAD JUST EXITED. DEPUTY SUDLOW ASKED WHERE ALL THE SMOKE WAS COMING FROM, AT WHICH TIME MR RODDENBERRY STATED “SOMETHING IS ON FIRE”. DEPUTY SUDLOW THEN REQUESTED FIRE TO RESPOND. DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING CHEMICAL ODOR AND THE APPEARANCE OF SMOKE, DEPUTY SUDLOW MADE ENTRANCE TO THE RESIDENCE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE OCCUPANTS. DEPUTY SUDLOW ADVISED THAT UPON ENTERING THE FRONT BEDROOM, HE OBSERVED MR RODDENBERRY ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES PUSHING UNKNOWN ITEMS INTO A HOLE IN THE FLOOR OF THE FRONT BEDROOM. UPON MR RODDENBERRY NOTICING DEPUTY SUDLOW, MR RODDENBERRY ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL THE HOLE THAT HE HAD PUSHED THE ITEMS INTO WITH A BLANKET. DEPUTY SUDLOW THEN EVACUATED ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE RESIDENCE AND HAD THEM WAIT BY THE ROAD UNTIL FIRE RESPONDED. DEPUTY SUDLOW AND OTHER DEPUTIES ON SCENE BELIEVED THAT THE ITEMS THAT WERE CONCEALED BY MR RODDENBERRY WAS AN ACTIVE METHAMPHETAMINE LAB. DEPUTY SUDLOW THEN SPOKE WITH THE HOMEOWNER, MR GEORGE LONERGAN, WHO COMPLETED AND SIGNED A PERMISSION TO SEARCH FORM. SEE DEPUTY SUDLOW’S SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. DETECTIVE SMITH, WHO IS CERTIFIED TO CONDUCT METHAMPHETAMINE INVESTIGATIONS, WAS CALLED OUT TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION. UPON DETECTIVE SMITH’S ARRIVAL, THE ITEMS THAT MR RODDENBERRY HAD CONCEALED IN THE HOLE IN THE FLOOR WERE CONFIRMED TO BE A METHAMPHETAMINE LAB. DETECTIVE SMITH ALSO OBSERVED AN OPEN BAGGIE ON THE BATHROOM COUNTER THAT HAD METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE AND IT APPEARED TO HIM THAT THE METHAMPHETAMINE HAD BEEN DUMPED INTO THE SINK IN THE BATHROOM. ON THE BED IN THE FRONT BEDROOM WHERE MR RODDENBERRY AND MS SUIT WERE, THERE WAS A PURSE LOCATED THAT CONTAINED PERSONAL ITEMS AND PAPERS THAT BELONGED TO MS SUIT. INSIDE THE PURSE WAS A CONTAINER OF PH TEST STRIPS WHICH ARE USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF METHAMPHETAMINES. ALSO LOCATED IN THE FRONT ROOM NEXT TO THE TELEVISION WAS A SMALL BLACK CASE CONTAINING HYPODERMIC NEEDLES. NEXT TO THE CASE WAS A SMALL BAG CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 1.5 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. ALL IDENTIFIABLE ITEMS IN THAT ROOM BELONG TO MR RODDENBERRY AND MS SUIT. IN THE LIVING ROOM OF THE RESIDENCE WAS A BAG CONTAINING CLOTHES BELONGING TO MR RODDENBERRY AND MS SUIT. INSIDE THE BAG WERE FOUR LITHIUM BATTERIES AND A SPOON THAT HAD BEEN USED TO COOK METHAMPHETAMINE TO BE USED INTRAVENOUSLY. LOCATED IN A TRASH CAN BY THE REAR DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE WERE MANUFACTURING ITEMS INCLUDING A MOUNTAIN DEW BOTTLE WHICH CONTAINED A CLEAR LIQUID THAT DID TEST POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. THE LIQUID WEIGHED IN EXCESS OF 14 GRAMS. DETECTIVE BERGEN WAS ALSO CALLED OUT TO ASSIST IN THE INVESTIGATION. UPON HIS ARRIVAL, HE COMPLETED RECORDED INTERVIEWS WITH EACH PARTY AT THE RESIDENCE. ALL PARTIES ON SCENE WERE READ MIRANDA FROM AN AGENCY ISSUED CARD AND THEY ALL ADVISED THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REGARDING THE EVENTS THAT TRANSPIRED. DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH MS SUIT SHE STATED “I HAVE NO IDEA WHY LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS THERE AND DID NOT COOK METHAMPHETAMINE”. MS SUIT ADVISED THAT DEPUTY SUDLOW, WHO SAW HER GO INTO THE BATHROOM, WAS LYING. MS SUIT STATED THAT SHE DID NOT DUMP ANYTHING INTO THE SINK. MS SUIT ADVISED THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER GUY NAMED “ROB” WHO FLED PRIOR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT’S ARRIVAL. MS SUIT COULD NOT ADVISE ROB’S LAST NAME. AT ONE POINT DURING THE INTERVIEW, MS SUIT ADMITTED THAT SHE PURCHASED SUDAFED AS SHE HAD A COLD, HOWEVER, SHE GAVE IT TO AN UNNAMED MALE AS HE ASKED HER IF HE COULD HAVE IT. OTHER WITNESSES AT THE SCENE ADVISED THAT THEY OBSERVED MR RODDENBERRY ENTERING AND EXITING THE HALLWAY LEADING FROM THE FRONT BEDROOM PRIOR TO LAW ENFORCEMENTS ARRIVAL. DEFENDANT ONE, MS DANIELLE SUIT, WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINES, POSSESSION OF LISTED CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING METHAMPHETAMINES AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HER BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF DEPUTY REID’S PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT TWO, MR MICHAEL RODDENBERRY, WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINES, POSSESSION OF LISTED CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING METHAMPHETAMINES AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT ONE’S BOND WAS SET AT $350,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT TWO’S BOND WAS SET AT $350,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, DETECTIVE BERGEN AND I CONDUCTED A RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH MR RODDENBERRY. MR RODDENBERRY ADVISED THAT HE WAS UNSURE OF THE TIME THAT ROB HAD ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE AND STATED THAT ROB HAD A BACKPACK WITH HIM. MR RODDENBERRY THEN ADVISED THAT HE HAD THE BATTERIES, SUDAFED AND THE BLISTER PACK READY FOR THE COOK AT THE RESIDENCE PRIOR TO ROB’S ARRIVAL. WHEN ROB ARRIVED AT THE RESIDENCE, MR RODDENBERRY ADVISED THAT HE PREPPED ALL THE ITEMS INCLUDING CUTTING THE BATTERIES TO REMOVE THE LITHIUM STRIPS AND TAKING ALL THE SUDAFED OUT OF THE BLISTER PACKS. MR RODDENBERRY ALSO STATED THAT MS SUIT WAS PRESENT IN THE ROOM AND DID ASSIST HIM BY HANDING HIM ITEMS THAT HE ASKED FOR. MR RODDENBERRY WAS ASKED WHAT HE RECEIVES FOR PREPPING THE METHAMPHETAMINE TO WHICH HE STATED ROB GIVES HIM AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINES DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF FINISHED PRODUCT HE IS LEFT WITH. MR RODDENBERRY STATED THAT HE HAS COOKED METHAMPHETAMINES WITH ROB ON APPROXIMATELY THREE OTHER OCCASIONS. HE ALSO SAID WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED, HE THREW THE BOTTLE CONTAINING THE ACID/METHAMPHETAMINE LAB INTO THE HOLE. MR RODDENBERRY WAS ASKED IF HE KNEW ROB’S LAST NAME TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT. |
