| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ROSS, JAMAL 1339 (AR16-20885) (16-123143) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A); 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: TWO GLASS SMOKING PIPES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.147(1); AND DID COMMIT CERTAIN ACTS WHICH ARE OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO CORRUPT THE PUBLIC MORALS OR OUTRAGE THE SENSE OF PUBLIC DECENCY OR AFFECT THE PEACE AND QUIET OF A PERSON WHO MAY WITNESS THEM, OR DID ENGAGE IN BRAWLING OR FIGHTING, OR IN SUCH CONDUCT AS TO CONSTITUTE A BREACH OF THE PEACE OR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, IN THAT THE DEFENDANT CAUSED A DISTURBANCE ON THE GREY HOUND BUT BY SCREAMING AND YELLING AND TOUCHING OTHER PASSENGERS ON THE BUS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 877.03. ON 090716 AT APPROXIMATELY 2027 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 19 AND NORTHWEST SNUG HARBOR ROAD, IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE ON A GREYHOUND BUS. AS THE CALL CAME IN, I WAS PASSING BY THE GREYHOUND BUS HEADING TO ANOTHER CALL, WHERE I OBSERVED A HISPANIC MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE GREYHOUND BUS DRIVER/VICTIM, MR ROBERTO DE SAN JORGE, STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FLAGGING ME DOWN. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE VICTIM, HE STATED HE HAD A PASSENGER LYING ON the FLOOR, YELLING AND GOING CRAZY. I THEN ENTERED the BUS, WHICH WAS FULL TO CAPACITY WITH PASSENGERS. I OBSERVED THE LEGS OF A PASSENGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR RICHARD STEVENS, LYING ACROSS THE AISLE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS SWEATING, RAMBLING INCOHERENTLY AND APPEARED TO BE UNDER the INFLUENCE OF SOME TYPE OF NARCOTICS. I THEN ASKED the DEFENDANT IF HE WAS OKAY AND HE REPLIED HE WANTED TO BE WITH THE FEMALE PASSENGER SITTING ACROSS FROM HIM. I THEN ASKED the PASSENGER IF SHE KNEW THE DEFENDANT, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED NO. I THEN ASKED THE OTHER FEMALE PASSENGER WHO WAS OCCUPYING THE SEAT WHERE THE DEFENDANT WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR AT, IF SHE KNEW THE DEFENDANT AND SHE REPLIED NO. I THEN NOTICED that PASSENGERâS HANDS WERE SHAKING. I ASKED HER IF SHE WAS OKAY AND SHE STATED YES SHE WAS JUST SCARED OF the DEFENDANT. I THEN INFORMED THE DEFENDANT HE WOULD HAVE TO GET OFF THE BUS AND SPEAK TO ME. I THEN GRABBED the DEFENDANT BY HIS RIGHT WRIST TO HELP HIM STAND UP. the DEFENDANT SNATCHED HIS ARM AWAY FROM ME AND STATED âNO!â. AS I WAS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL UNITS FROM DISPATCH, the DEFENDANT BEGAN TO STRUGGLE GETTING UP. I THEN GRABBED the DEFENDANT BY HIS RIGHT ARM AGAIN TO ASSIST HIM AND THAT WAS WHEN HE BALLED UP HIS FIST, PULLED AWAY FROM ME, STOOD UP AND BEGAN YELLING. AT that POINT, I DETAINED the DEFENDANT AND PROCEEDED TO ESCORT HIM OFF THE BUS. WHILE WALKING THE DEFENDANT DOWN the STEPS OF the BUS, the DEFENDANT BEGAN TO LOSE HIS BALANCE. I THEN INFORMED the DEFENDANT TO WATCH HIS STEP. UPON EXITING THE BUS AND REACHING THE GRASS AREA, the DEFENDANT BEGAN TO FALL forward TOWARDS THE GROUND. I THEN HELD ONTO THE DEFENDANT BY HIS ARMS AND SHOULDERS, GUIDING HIM TO the GROUND BREAKING HIS FALL. I THEN SAT THE DEFENDANT UP AND ASKED HIM IF HE WAS OKAY AND HE REPLIED YES. I ASKED IF HE NEEDED EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) AND HE REPLIED NO. I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY MARKS OR BRUISES ON the DEFENDANT AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. UPON ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL UNITS, I PATTED THE DEFENDANT DOWN. WHILE PATTING DOWN THE DEFENDANT, I FELT A METAL/GLASS OBJECT, SIMILAR TO THE SHAPE OF A PIPE. I THEN REMOVED the GLASS PIPE, WHICH CONTAINED A SMALL UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE. DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, I KNEW THE PIPE WAS USED TO INGEST OR INJECT DRUGS. I THEN REMOVED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE OF AN UNKNOWN GREEN LEAFY. THOSE SAID ITEMS WERE LATER TESTED AND YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS. I THEN REMOVED A SMALL BLACK IN COLOR LEATHER CONTAINER FROM the SAME POCKET, WHICH CONTAINED A SMALL DISCOLORED GLASS PIPE WRAPPED IN TISSUE, AS WELL AS A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE, WHICH CONTAINED A CRYSTAL LIKE SUBSTANCE, KNOWN TO ME THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. THAT SAID SUBSTANCE AND PIPE WERE TESTED WITH AN AGENCY ISSUED TEST KIT WHICH YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. IN THE DEFENDANTâS LEFT POCKET, I LOCATED $649.00 IN U S CURRENCY. I THEN READ the DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM A PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND DID WISH TO SPEAK WITH ME. AS THE DEFENDANT CONTINUED TO RAMBLE INCOHERENTLY, I ASKED HIM WHY HE HAD GLASS PIPES AND HE REPLIED A BLACK MALE PASSENGER THREW IT ON HIS LAP AND IT WAS NOT HIS. I ASKED the DEFENDANT WHAT THE GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WAS AND HE ADVISED INCENSE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH the VICTIM AGAIN AND ASKED HIM HOW LONG THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN ON THE BUS AND HE STATED SINCE TAMPA; HOWEVER, HE DID NOT START TO ACT CRAZY UNTIL THEY REACHED CRYSTAL RIVER. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS TOUCHING, YELLING AND SCREAMING AT ALL THE PASSENGER; HOWEVER, NO ONE WAS HURT. I THEN INFORMED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT. THE BAGGIE WITH the METHAMPHETAMINE WAS WEIGHED and WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY .5 GRAMS. I THEN RECOVERED ALL OF the DEFENDANTâS PROPERTY THAT WAS ON the BUS, WHICH CONTAINED TWO PLASTIC BAGS OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND A BOOK BAG FULL OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. the DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE HIS BELONGINGS WERE TURNED OVER TO DETENTION STAFF. DEPUTY CIRONE RESPONDED TO the DETENTION FACILITY and PHOTOGRAPH THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. SEE HIS CRIME SCENE TECHNICIAN REPORT FOR FURTHER. ALL CONTRABAND WAS TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. the DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, $1,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND $500.00 FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $3,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
