| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MCLAUGHLIN-PERRY, ALLISON 0507 (AR11120852) DID KNOWINGLY SELL, PURCHASE, DELIVER OR BRING INTO THIS STATE, OR DID KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: HYDROCODONE OR ANY SALT, DERIVATIVE, ISOMER, OR SALT OF AN ISOMER, IN AN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY 58.4 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 893.135(1)(C)1C; AND did then and there unlawfully and knowingly have in HIS actual or constructive possession, a controlled substance, to-wit: Cocaine, or a mixture containing Cocaine, in an amount of TWENTY EIGHT (28) GRAMS OR MORE, in violation of Florida Statute 893.135(1)(b); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AND FELONIOUSLY SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR POSSESS WITH INTENT TO SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR CAUSE TO BE SOLD, MANUFACTURED OR DELIVERED TO ANOTHER PERSON, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO-WIT: MARIJUANA, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE, 893.13(1)(A)(2); AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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: DIGITAL SCALES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B). ON 052011, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT AND VICE NARCOTIC UNIT, WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SWAT TEAM PERFORMED A SEARCH WARRANT INVESTIGATION WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN CITRUS COUNTY LOCATED AT 6707 WEST GREEN ACRES STREET IN HOMOSASSA. YOUR AFFIANT PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPED A SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT, WHICH WAS REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE MARK YEARMAN ON 051311. ON 052011, MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SWAT TEAM AND TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 6707 WEST GREEN ACRES STREET IN HOMOSASSA AT APPROXIMATELY 0555 HOURS. UPON OUR ARRIVAL, THE SWAT TEAM APPROACHED THE RESIDENCE, ANNOUNCED themselves, AND ENTERED THE HOME. ONCE ENTRY WAS MADE INTO THE RESIDENCE ALL OCCUPANTS WERE SECURED AND DETAINED IN THE LIVING ROOM AREA OF THE HOME. THE DEFENDANT, HIS WIFE, ANOTHER WHITE MALE, AND A JUVENILE WERE FOUND TO BE IN THE HOME. ALL SUBJECTS WERE READ THE SEARCH WARRANT IN ITS ENTIRETY AND WERE ALSO READ THEIR MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD. WHILE DOING SO ALL SUBJECTS WERE ASKED IF THEY UNDERSTOOD THEIR RIGHTS, TO WHICH ALL PARTIES ADVISED THAT THEY DID. THE DEFENDANT, MR RICHARD DUANE CARLTON, STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOUR AFFIANT AND REQUESTED THAT WE SPEAK IN THE MASTER BEDROOM. UPON ARRIVAL IN THE MASTER BEDROOM IN THE COMPANY OF THE DEFENDANT AND DETECTIVE BLAIR, THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE HAD COCAINE IN A COMPARTMENT LOCATED IN HIS HEADBOARD, WHICH WAS HIDDEN BEHIND A COIN BANK. THE DEFENDANT WAS EXPLAINED THAT WE INTENDED ON SEARCHING THE ENTIRE HOME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT WE WOULD ONLY FIND A LITTLE BIT OF COCAINE, MARIJUANA, AND LORTABS. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER POUND OF MARIJUANA AND THEN FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE LORTABS THAT WOULD BE LOCATED, HE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD BAD SHOULDER PAIN AND THAT HE COULD NOT BE PRESCRIBED PAIN MEDICATION BY A MEDICAL PHYSICIAN. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY FURTHER COCAINE THAT WOULD BE LOCATED IN THE HOME THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT THINK SO AND THAT IF WE DID HE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT IT. AT THAT TIME, MEMBERS OF THE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE AND LOCATED NUMEROUS ITEMS. DETECTIVE BLAIR LOCATED THE BAGGIE OF COCAINE, WHICH THE DEFENDANT HAD POINTED OUT IN THE HEADBOARD COMPARTMENT, IN ADDITION TO ANOTHER BAGGIE OF COCAINE LOCATED UNDER A RACING HELMET, WHICH WAS ON TOP OF THE HEADBOARD. FURTHER THERE WAS MULTIPLE DIGITAL SCALES LOCATED ON THE NIGHT TABLE ON THE SIDE WHERE THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE SLEPT. IN ADDITION DETECTIVE BLAIR LOCATED AN AJAX CONCEALMENT CONTAINER, WHICH ALSO CONTAINED A PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING COCAINE. THE AJAX CONTAINER WAS LOCATED UNDER THE BEDROOM SINK. FURTHER DEPUTY BERGEN LOCATED A PLASTIC BAGGIE OF COCAINE LOCATED IN THE MASTER BEDROOM CLOSET DRESSER DRAWER. WITHIN THIS DRESSER DRAWER CONTAINED ARTICLES OF CLOTHING CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF MEN'S CLOTHING ARTICLES. UPON ASKING THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS AWARE THAT THE COCAINE WAS LOCATED IN THOSE PLACES, HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM, BUT DID ADVISED THAT THEY WERE HIS. DETECTIVE BLAIR HAD LOCATED THE PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE, WHICH CONTAINED NO LABEL IN THE COMPARTMENT OF THE HEADBOARD. WITHIN THE BOTTLE CONTAINED 81 BLUE PILLS DESCRIBED AS HAVING THE IMPRINT OF WATSON 540, IN ADDITION TO SEVEN WHITE PILLS with the IMPRESSION IP PERFORATION 119 IN ADDITION TO TWO AND A HALF WHITE PILLS with the IMPRESSION IP PERFORATION 109. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTICS CONTAINING HYDROCODONE/ACETAMINOPHEN. THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THESE PILLS WAS APPROXIMATELY 58.4 GRAMS. IN ADDITION TO THE COCAINE AND THE PILL BOTTLE CONTAINING THE LORTABS A LARGE GALLON SIZE ZIPLOC BAG CONTAINING MARIJUANA WAS LOCATED. THE MARIJUANA THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE LARGE ZIPLOC BAGS WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO SMALLER ZIPLOC BAGS. THE TOTAL APPROXIMATELY WEIGHT OF THE MARIJUANA WAS 259.3 GRAMS. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE MASTER BEDROOM CLOSET REVEALED A CANNABIS VAPORIZER, WHICH IS UTILIZED TO SMOKE MARIJUANA WHICH ALSO CONTAINED MARIJUANA RESIDUE. TWO PLASTIC VACUUM SEALED CONTAINERS BOTH CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE WERE LOCATED IN THE CLOSET. UPON ASKING THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS AWARE OF THESES ITEMS HE ADVISED THAT HE WAS AWARE AND THAT THEY WERE HIS. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY REEVES. THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED INTO THE DETENTION FACILITY AND CHARGED ACCORDINGLY BY YOUR AFFIANT. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $210,500.00. 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