| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PATTERSON, DEREK 0560 (AR10116208) ACQUIRE OR OBTAIN OR ATTEMPTED TO ACQUIRE OR OBTAIN POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY MISREPRESENTATION, FRAUD, FORGERY, DECEPTION, OR SUBTERFUGE, TO WIT: UNLAWFULLY MODIFYING A PRESCRIPTION FORM TO OBTAIN PERCOCET, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(7)(A)(9). ON 080610, I WAS DISPATCHED TO WALGREEN'S LOCATED AT 2705 HIGHWAY 44 WEST IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO AN ALTERED PRESCRIPTION. UPON ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE ON-DUTY PHARMACIST WHO ADVISED WHEN HE ARRIVED FOR WORK ON THIS DATE HE BEGAN TO WORK ON SEVERAL PRESCRIPTIONS THAT HAD NOT BEEN FILLED. WHEN HE CAME UPON A PRESCRIPTION WRITTEN TO THE DEFENDANT BY DOCTOR ADAMS FOR 45 PERCOCET, HE NOTICED THE WORD "15 WRITTEN OUT" HAD BEEN CROSSED OUT AND IT APPEARED THE NUMBER OF PILLS WERE TO BE DISPENSED HAD BEEN ALTERED. HE THEN CONTACTED CITRUS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (CMH) TO CONFIRM THE PRESCRIPTION HAD BEEN WRITTEN FOR 15 PILLS NOT 45. THE PHARMACIST WAS NOT ABLE TO ADVISE WHEN THE PRESCRIPTION HAD COME IN OR BY WHOM OR WHEN THE DEFENDANT WAS SUPPOSED TO PICK THE PRESCRIPTION UP. THE PHARMACIST STATED HE WOULD CALL 911 WHEN THE DEFENDANT ATTEMPTED TO PICK THE PRESCRIPTION UP. I THEN TOOK CUSTODY OF THE PRESCRIPTION FORM, TURNED THE ORIGINAL IN TO EVIDENCE, A COPY IN TO RECORDS, AND KEPT A COPY. AT THE TIME, I PROCEEDED TO CMH WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HOSPITAL. THE EMPLOYEE STATED HE HAD ACTUALLY WRITTEN THE PRESCRIPTION FOR 15 PERCOCET AND THAT DOCTOR ADAMS HAD SIGNED IT. I THEN SHOWED THE EMPLOYEE THE PRESCRIPTION AND HE CONFIRMED IT HAD IN FACT BEEN ALTERED. AT 1625 HOURS, DISPATCH ADVISED ME THAT WALGREEN'S HAD CALLED ME BACK TO ADVISE THE DEFENDANT WAS CURRENTLY ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP THE PRESCRIPTION. THE DISPATCH SCREEN FURTHER ADVISED THE DEFENDANT WAS WEARING A PINK AND WHITE SHIRT. UPON ARRIVAL, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES OF THE STORE ADVISED ME THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS STANDING NEAR THE PHARMACY AREA. I THEN ATTEMPTED TO CONCEAL MYSELF UNTIL THE PHARMACIST PROVIDED THE PRESCRIPTION TO THE DEFENDANT. WHILE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL MYSELF, A MALE WALKED INTO THE STORE, LOOKED AT ME, AND THEN BEGAN TO SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT THEN BEGAN TO LOOK AROUND THE STORE. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS APPARENT TO THE DEFENDANT THAT I WAS PRESENT, THEREFORE, I MADE CONTACT WITH HER AT THE PHARMACY COUNTER PRIOR TO HER ACTUALLY OBTAINING THE PRESCRIPTION. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO ACCOMPANY ME TO THE PHARMACY WAITING AREA WHERE SHE WAS READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD THE WARNINGS AND SHE DESIRED TO SPEAK WITH ME REGARDING THIS CASE. THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE DID NOT KNOW WHY I WAS PRESENT AND STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT ALTERED THE PRESCRIPTION. SHE CONTINUED THAT HER BOYFRIEND BROUGHT THE PRESCRIPTION TO WALGREEN'S EARLIER ON THIS DATE TO HAVE IT FILLED AND THAT HE MUST HAVE ALTERED IT. WHEN I ASKED THE DEFENDANT FOR HIS NAME, SHE PAUSED FOR 45 SECONDS TO A MINUTE AND PROVIDED ME WITH A FIRST NAME. I THEN ASKED HER FOR A LAST NAME, AT WHICH TIME, SHE HAD TO PAUSE TO THINK ABOUT IT AGAIN AND PROVIDED ME WITH THE LAST NAME. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK TO THE DEFENDANT ABOUT THIS CASE, SHE REPLIED OVER AND OVER THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS ALTERED AND INSISTED THAT THE PHARMACY SHOULD HAVE CALLED HER AND LET HER KNOW. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BY FRAUD AND HER BOND WAS SET AT $5,000 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
