| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: EICHHORN, CAROLINE 1365 (AR16-21789) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER 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: A GLASS PIPE WITH WHITE AND BLACK RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 113016 AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO EAST TURNER CAMP ROAD AND SUNSET ROAD, IN INVERNESS, TO ASSIST DEPUTY WILLIAMS (0730) ON A TRAFFIC STOP. WHEN I ARRIVED ON SCENE, DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A BLUE IN COLOR PLYMOUTH VAN, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE 0511HX, FOR DRIVING 41 MILES PER HOUR IN A 30 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. DEPUTY WILLIAMS MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/WITNESS, MR MATTHEW DEY, AND AFTER RECEIVING HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, DEPUTY WILLIAMS ASKED MR DEY IF HE WOULD CONSENT TO A VEHICLE SEARCH, TO WHICH MR DEY DECLINED. DEPUTY WILLIAMS THEN DEPLOYED HIS K-9 PARTNER FOR AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. A SHORT TIME LATER, DEPUTY WILLIAMS ADVISED THIS DEPUTY THAT HIS K-9 ALERTED TO THE PRESENCE OF AN ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE IN THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, MR DEY AND THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS ROBBIN STRATTON, WERE ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH THEY COMPLIED. BOTH SUBJECTS WERE PATTED DOWN FOR WEAPONS AND INSTRUCTED TO STAND AT THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, WHILE DEPUTY WILLIAMS SEARCHED THE VEHICLE. WHILE CONDUCTING THE SEARCH, DEPUTY WILLIAMS LOCATED A PINK AND PURPLE EYEGLASS CASE UNDER THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. INSIDE THE EYEGLASS CASE WAS A GLASS TUBE WITH A BLACK AND WHITE RESIDUE INSIDE. A FIELD TEST WAS CONDUCTED ON THE RESIDUE WHICH YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN QUESTIONED IN REGARDS TO THE DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, TO WHICH SHE STATED THAT IT DID BELONG TO HER AND SHE USED IT TO SMOKE CRACK COCAINE APPROXIMATELY THREE HOURS BEFORE THE TRAFFIC STOP. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
