| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MOORE, ANDREW 0619 (AR08106475) DID 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 OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 112908, WHILE CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK OF HIGHWAY 41 SOUTH, I OBSERVED A WHITE DODGE VAN, BEARING FLORIDA TAG L111LL, TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND. UPON PULLING NEXT TO SAID VEHICLE, I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE'S TAG LIGHT TO BE INOPERABLE. BEFORE ACTIVATING MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS, I RAN THE VEHICLE TAG THROUGH FCIC/NCIC AND OBSERVED THAT THE REGISTERED OWNER HAD AN ACTIVE LEVY COUNTY WARRANT. UPON STOPPING THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY 41 SOUTH AND EAST WATSON ROAD, THIS DEPUTY ASKED FOR THE DRIVER'S DRIVER'S LICENSE AND THE PASSENGER'S IDENTIFICATION. THE PASSENGER PROVIDED THIS DEPUTY WITH A FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD WITH THE NAME OF MR RYAN BROADHURST. AFTER VERIFYING THE DRIVER'S IDENTITY AS MR FRANK CARNEY AND CONFIRMING THE OUTSTANDING WARRANT ON MR CARNEY, HE WAS ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, HE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST ON THE OUTSTANDING WARRANT (SEE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CASE 08111052). THE DRIVER WAS ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THIS DEPUTY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT WHAT MAY BE INSIDE THE VEHICLE, AT which TIME, HE HESITATED AND SAID NO. THE DRIVER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS DEPUTY WAS GOING TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE INCIDENT TO ARREST, AT WHICH TIME, I ASKED THE PASSENGER, MR RYAN BROADHURST, TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. MR BROADHURST WAS ASKED IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON HIS PERSON TO WHICH HE STATED NO. DEPUTY HAYNES THEN ARRIVED ON SCENE AND STOOD BY WITH MR BROADHURST WHILE THIS DEPUTY SEARCHED THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY HAYNES ADVISED HE HAD ASKED MR BROADHURST IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH MR BROADHURST STATED THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE. UPON LOOKING INSIDE THE VEHICLE, THIS DEPUTY OBSERVED AN ORANGE/GRAY/BLACK BOOK BAG AND UPON LOOKING INSIDE THE FRONT POCKET OF THE BOOK BAG, I OBSERVED A PLASTIC BAGGIE WHICH CONTAINED A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE, AND DUE TO MY TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE, I IDENTIFIED THE SUBSTANCE AS WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS MARIJUANA. MR BROADHURST WAS THEN ASKED IF THIS WAS HIS BOOK BAG TO WHICH HE STATED THAT IT WAS HIS BROTHER'S. MR BROADHURST STATED THAT ON THE MORNING OF 112908, HE HAD GRABBED THE BOOK BAG FROM HIS BROTHER TO PUT HIS CLOTHES IN. HE STATED HE DID NOT LOOK INSIDE ANY COMPARTMENTS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE COMPARTMENT RIGHT ABOVE WHERE THE MARIJUANA HAD BEEN LOCATED HELD MR BROADHURST'S TOOTHBRUSH AND TOOTHPASTE. MR BROADHURST WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, LESS THAN 20 GRAMS, AT WHICH TIME, HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED), PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. DEFENDANT'S BOND SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THIS DEPUTY WEIGHED THE MARIJUANA WHICH WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 3.3 GRAMS. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND THE MARIJUANA AND PROPERTY RECEIPT WERE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. *not-exempt* |
