| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WILLIAMS, MICHAEL 1120 (16-150540) (AR16-21500) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 16.3 GRAMS OF CANNABIS (13.4 GRAMS IN A CLEAR ZIP-LOCK BAG, 2.9 GRAMS IN AN ORANGE CYLINDER CONTAINER), COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 110116 I WAS DISPATCHED TO NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY AND WEST HAMPSHIRE BOULEVARD IN REFERENCE TO BACK UP K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS (0730) ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON MY ARRIVAL, K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED ME THAT HE HAD STOPPED A BLACK IN COLOR TOYOTA FOUR DOOR VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE DVAD71, FOR THE LICENSE PLATE BEING EXPIRED AND ALSO ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR MORGAN ARTHUR, III, WHO WAS THE ONLY OCCUPANT IN THE VEHICLE, DID NOT HAVE A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS ALSO ADVISED ME THAT HE COULD SMELL THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE AND THAT THE DEFENDANT TOLD HIM THAT THERE WAS âWEEDâ IN THE VEHICLE. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS PERFORMED AN EXTERIOR VEHICLE SNIFF OF THE PUBLIC FREE AIR SPACE AROUND THE VEHICLE AND ADVISED ME OF A POSITIVE ALERT FROM HIS K-9 PARTNER SAMSON. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, HE WAS PATTED DOWN FOR WEAPONS, WHICH WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. I THEN STOOD BY WITH THE DEFENDANT WHILE K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS CONDUCTED A HAND SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED ME HE LOCATED 13.4 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA IN A CLEAR ZIP-LOCK BAG AND 2.9 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA IN AN ORANGE CYLINDER CONTAINER TOTALING 16.3 GRAMS. K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMS ALSO LOCATED A GLASS BOWL, A METAL PIPE AND A GRINDER, ALL HAVING MARIJUANA RESIDUE ON THEM. THE MARIJUANA AND PARAPHERNALIA WERE FIELD TESTED WITH AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD TEST KIT AND ALL TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA, SEE K-9 DEPUTY WILLIAMSâ SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, LESS THAN 20 GRAMS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE-LOCKED, BEHIND HIS BACK, PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING FOR THE EXPIRED LICENSE PLATE, WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 416311B. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DUE TO THE DEFENDANTâS HONESTY AND COOPERATIVENESS, HE WAS GIVEN A VERBAL WARNING FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, UNKNOWINGLY, AND FOR THE PARAPHERNALIA. |
