| Date of birth: | Jun 20, 1966 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, AIDAN 0453 (AR08102597) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: APPROXIMATELY 29 GRAMS OF CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13. ON 040808 AT 2224 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING NORTHBOUND ON NORTH TURKEY OAK DRIVE, AND STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH TURKEY OAK DRIVE and WEST BALLOON LANE, WHERE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN. I OBSERVED A VEHICLE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON TURKEY OAK DRIVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHICH I ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 55 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN A 40 MPH ZONE. I ACTIVATED MY RADAR AND RECEIVED A DIGITAL READOUT AND A SOLID AUDIO DOPPLER TONE INDICATING THE VEHICLE SPEED AS 53 MPH IN A 40 MPH. AS THE VEHICLE PASSED MY PATROL VEHICLE I ALSO OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE AN INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. I CONDUCTED A U-TURN, CAUGHT UP TO THE VEHICLE AT WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY AND NORTH TURKEY OAK DRIVE WHERE I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP just EAST OF THE INTERSECTION. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, WHO OPENED his DRIVER'S DOOR and STATED THAT HIS WINDOW DID NOT ROLL DOWN. I REQUESTED THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE and VEHICLE REGISTRATION, TO which HE PROVIDED ME A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE IDENTIFYING HIM AS MR MITCHELL AARON THOMAS. HE ALSO PROVIDED ME with his REGISTRATION. DURING THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING THE DEFENDANT'S DRIVER'S LICENSE and VEHICLE REGISTRATION I COULD SMELL A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANY CONTRABAND IN THE VEHICLE TO INCLUDE NARCOTICS AND/OR WEAPONS, TO WHICH HE STATED, NO. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE and COME BACK TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. ONCE AT THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE MINDED EMPTYING his POCKETS TO INSURE THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY WEAPONS OR CONTRABAND ON HIS PERSON. THE DEFENDANT THEN VOLUNTARILY EMPTIED HIS POCKETS AND AFTER EMPTYING HIS LEFT JEAN POCKET, I OBSERVED A LARGE BULGE INDICATING THE DEFENDANT HAD NOT REMOVED the ENTIRE CONTENTS OF HIS POCKET. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT what THE BULGE CONSISTED OF, TO WHICH HE REACHED INTO his LEFT HAND POCKET AND REMOVED A PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO ME AS MARIJUANA. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I ISSUED THE DEFENDANT A WRITTEN WARNING FOR 53 MPH IN A 40 MPH ZONE, AND FOR AN INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEFENDANT THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON SCENE. I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING and PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE MARIJUANA WAS FIELD TESTED POSITIVE AND WEIGHED ON A SCALE WHICH GAVE A READOUT OF APPROXIMATELY 29 ½ GRAMS. the MARIJUANA WAS PACKAGED and LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Apr 8, 2008 |
| Booking number: | 08102597 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(A) |
| Charge description: | POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE |
| Bond amount: | $2,000 |
