| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAMBERT, BOBBY 0480 (AR11119516) UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF TWENTY GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 0222511 AT 1815 HOURS,I RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF BEVERLY HILLS BOULEVARD AND COUNTY ROAD 491 IN BEVERLY HILLS IN REFERENCE TO ASSISTING CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN ON A TRAFFIC STOP. UPON ARRIVAL, CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN ADVISED HE HAD STOPPED THE VEHICLE FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION AND THAT HE NEEDED ME TO WATCH THE DRIVER WHILE HE WALKED CANINE JERRY LEE AROUND THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN THEN UTILIZED CANINE JERRY LEE AND CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF ON THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN INFORMED ME THAT CANINE JErrY LEE HAD ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. SEE CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN'S SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. I OPENED THE DRVIER SIDE DOOR AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR RONALD RHODES, JUNIOR, AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE CANINE HAD ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF SOME TYPE OF NARCOTICS BEING INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. MR RHODES STATED "YES, I HAVE AN OUNCE OF MARIJUANA IN MY TOOL BOX." AT THAT TIME, CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN STARTED TO OPEN THE TOOL BOX AND MR RHODES ASSISTED HIM BY POINTING OUT AND TELLING HIM WHERE THE MARIJUANA WAS LOCATED. CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN DISCOVERED 29 GRAMS OF CANNABIS LOCATED IN THE TOOL BOX ATTACHED TO THE DRIVER SIDE BED OF THE TRUCK. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CANNABIS IN AN AMOUNT OVER TWENTY GRAMS. HE WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON A BOND OF $5,000.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN TURNED THE VEHICLE OVER TO THE DEFENDANT'S WIFE. CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN ALSO PACKAGED AND TURNED THE CANNABIS IN TO EVIDENCE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
