| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HESSE, NICHOLAS 0689 (AR14-12009) COOK, JASON 1333 DID, WITHOUT BEING DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE SHERIFF OR BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, UNLAWFULLY INTRODUCE INTO OR POSSESS UPON THE GROUNDS OF A COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, TO-WIT: THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY IN CITRUS COUNTY, AN ARTICLE DECLARED TO BE CONTRABAND, TO-WIT LOOSE TOBACCO IN A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE AND A YELLOW BIC, WHILE SAID DEFENDANT, MR RYAN RITTER, WAS AN INMATE OF SAID FACILITY IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 951.22; ON 091514, AT APPROXIMATELY 1758 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, IN REFERENCE TO POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND. UPON MY ARRIVAL, I MADE CONTACT WITH CAPTAIN PERRY, WHO ADVISED THAT TODAY A SEARCH OF AN INMATE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR RYAN RITTER, YIELDED CONTRABAND ON HIS PERSON. THE CONTRABAND WAS IDENTIFIED AS A SMALL AMOUNT OF TOBACCO IN A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE AND A CIGARETTE LIGHTER. THE CONTRABAND WAS FOUND AFTER THE DEFENDANT WAS SEARCHED BY OFFICER PITTI. CAPTAIN PERRY PROVIDED ME WITH A CCA (CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA) INCIDENT STATEMENT. A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT BY OFFICER PITTI WILL BE OBTAINED AT A LATER TIME. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH JAIL RECORDS. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO READ MIRANDA TO THE DEFENDANT, HE MADE A SPONTANEOUS STATEMENT THAT HE HAD CONTRABAND IN HIS SOCK, BUT DID NOT BRING IT INTO THE FACILITY. AT THAT TIME, THE INTERVIEW WAS TERMINATED. SHORTLY AFTER, I CONDUCTED ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT, WHERE I READ MIRANDA FROM AN AGENCY ISSUED PREPRINTED CARD AND THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS. THE DEFENDANT EXPLAINED THAT HE PURCHASED TOBACCO FROM AN UNKNOWN INMATE UNDER THE CELL DOOR WITHIN THE LAST WEEK AND THAT HE PUT THE CONTRABAND IN HIS SOCK TODAY AFTER HE RETURNED TO THE FACILITY FROM WORKING OUTSIDE ON THE GROUNDS. SAID CONTRABAND WAS FOUND AFTER A SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANTâS PERSON IN THE SHOWER CELL IN BOOKING BY OFFICER PITTI. THE CIGARETTE TOBACCO WAS THEN CONFIRMED TO BE DEFINED AS CONTRABAND PER STATUE NUMBER 210.185 (7)(A)(3). DUE TO POST MIRANDA CONFESSION THE DEFENDANT AND STATEMENTS FROM THE JAIL STAFF, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND IN A DETENTION FACILITY, UNDER FLORIDA STATE STATUE 951.22, WITH A THE DEFENDANT'S BOND SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
