| Date of birth: | Jun 11, 1994 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (13-104369) (AR13-6732) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS OVER 20 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 080213 AT APPROXIMATELY 2120 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO SERGEANT CONLEYâS TRAFFIC STOP LOCATED AT 4221 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, LECANTO, WHERE HE HAD STOPPED A SILVER NISSAN SUV BEARING FLORIDA TAG L524GS. UPON ARRIVAL, SERGEANT CONLEY ADVISED THAT HE HAD STOPPED THE VEHICLE FOR DRIVING WITHOUT HEADLIGHTS AS the DEFENDANT WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON HIGHWAY 44 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HOMOSASSA TRAIL. DEPUTY PHILLIPS AND I ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DEPLOYED K-9 KENO. I INSTRUCTED THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT TO ROLL UP THE WINDOWS to the VEHICLE and TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT COMPLIED AND DEPUTY C PHILLIPS AND K-9 KENO CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. I WAS ADVISED THAT K-9 KENO ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS, SEE THE K-9 SUPPLEMENT. the DEFENDANT AND THE PASSENGER WERE THEN ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. I STAYED IN THE PRESENCE OF the DEFENDANT AND PASSENGER AS DEPUTY C PHILLIPS BEGAN TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE. PRIOR TO HIS SEARCH, DEPUTY C PHILLIPS ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE VEHICLE THAT HE NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT. THE DEFENDANT STATED âYES THERE IS AND IT IS IN THE BACK SEATâ. THE DEFENDANT THEN STATED THAT IT WAS CANNABIS. DEPUTY C PHILLIPS LOCATED A YELLOW GROCERY STYLE BAG ON TOP OF the BACK SEAT CONTAINING FOUR SANDWICH STYLE BAGGIES WITH A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE INSIDE THEM. DEPUTY C PHILLIPS AND SERGEANT CONLEY FIELD TESTED THE SUBSTANCE WHICH RESULTED IN A POSITIVE RESULT AS CANNABIS. SERGEANT CONLEY READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. the DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS and STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH US. SERGEANT CONLEY AND I BOTH INTERVIEWED THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF THE CANNABIS WAS HIS, TO WHICH HE STATED YES IT WAS AND IT WAS FOR HIS PERSONAL USE. HE ADVISED HE USES THE CANNABIS TO HELP COPE WITH THE RECENT PASSING OF HIS FATHER AND IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT TAKES THE EDGE OFF. THE EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED AND LATER TURNED IN TO THE EVIDENCE DIVISION. THE VEHICLE WAS SECURED AND LEFT ON SCENE AFTER NOTIFYING THE REGISTERED OWNER. THE PASSENGER WAS RELEASED and CALLED FOR A RIDE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE |
| Inmate name: | ROBERT JAMES VEGA |
| Arrest number: | 6732 |
| Arrest date: | Aug 2, 2013 |
| Arrest type: | Felony |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(A) |
| Charge description: | POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE |
| Bond amount: | $5,000 |
