| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MACIAS, JOSEPH 0756 (AR14-12551)\t 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: 4.5 GRAMS OF COCAINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1). ON 102814 AT APPROXIMATELY 0050 HOURS, I WAS CALLED BY DEPUTY COGAR 1306, WHO WAS OFF DUTY, AT 114 WEST MAIN STREET (COACHS PUB), IN INVERNESS. SHE ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS A MALE, MR RICHARD CHANDLER, IN THE BAR OFFERING HER COCAINE. AT THAT TIME, I RESPONDED TO COACHS PUB, WHERE I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY COGAR. SHE ADVISED ME THAT THE MALE SUBJECT WAS WEARING A BLUE SWEATSHIRT, SHORTS, AND HE HAD THE COCAINE IN HIS LEFT FRONT POCKET IN A WHITE ENVELOPE. SHE FURTHER ADVISED ME THAT AFTER THE DEFENDANT OFFERED HER COCAINE HE ALSO OFFERED SEVERAL OTHER INDIVIDUALS IN THE BUSINESS COCAINE. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR CHANDLER, AND ASKED HIM TO STEP OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED ME NO. I THEN ORDERED HIM TO EXIT THE BUSINESS, WHERE HE REFUSED AGAIN. AT THAT TIME, I DETAINED HIM AND TOOK HIM OUTSIDE TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, WHERE I PATTED HIM DOWN FOR ANY WEAPONS. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE ONLY HAD HIS KEYS AND WALLET IN HIS POCKETS. AS I PATTED HIM DOWN, I FELT IN HIS LEFT FRONT POCKET, WHAT SEEMED TO BE A PIECE OF PAPER. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT WAS IN HIS POCKET, TO WHICH HE ADVISED WAS MONEY. I THEN EMPTIED HIS LEFT FRONT POCKET, WHICH CONTAINED HIS WALLET AND A WHITE ENVELOPE. THE WHITE ENVELOPE CONTAINED TWO SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIES, WITH HEARTS ON THEM, WHICH CONTAINED A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD, AND HE REFUSED TO SPEAK TO ME. I TESTED THE WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WITH AN AGENCY ISSUED TEST KIT, WHICH YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR COCAINE. I WEIGHED THE TWO BAGGIES, WHICH WEIGHED 4.5 GRAMS. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE. I SPOKE TO DEPUTY COGAR, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS THE SUBJECT WHO HAD OFFERED HER THE COCAINE. SEE DEPUTY COGARâS SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
