| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BRUNK, KEVIN 0344 (AR13-7906) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 110613, AT APPROXIMATELY 2231 HOURS, I RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP IN REFERENCE TO A MR RYAN STRICKLAND. THIS TIP STATED THAT MR STRICKLAND WOULD BE ON THE UGLY DUCKLING SHRIMP BOAT AT HOMOSASSA SEAFOOD, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 11249 WEST SEMINOLE PLACE, HOMOSASSA. THE TIP STATED THAT THE BOAT WOULD BE PARKED PARALLEL TO THE SEA WALL. THE TIP ADVISED THAT MR STRICKLAND WOULD BE USING METHAMPHETAMINE. DEPUTY RITLI AND I THEN RESPONDED TO THIS LOCATION. WE APPROACHED THE AREA ON FOOT, AND OBSERVED A WHITE MALE, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR RYAN STRICKLAND, ON A SHRIMP BOAT (FL7096SG) LOCATED ALONG THE SEA WALL. I OBSERVED THAT MR STRICKLAND WAS STANDING ON THE BOAT, LISTENING TO MUSIC AND MENDING A FISHING NET. I MADE CONTACT WITH MR STRICKLAND, AND ASKED WHAT HIS NAME WAS, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE WAS RYAN STRICKLAND. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON HIS BOAT, AND HE ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THIS BOAT, AND WOULD BE TAKING IT OUT TO GO SHRIMPING; BUT THAT THE PERSON WHO PICKS UP THE SHRIMP TONIGHT IS IN THE HOSPITAL, AND SO THEY COULD NOT WORK TONIGHT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF I COULD BOARD THE BOAT AND SEARCH IT, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT I COULD. DEPUTY RITLI AND I THEN BOARDED THE BOAT, AND WE CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE BOAT. I LOCATED A BACKPACK WHICH BELONGED TO A MR DAVID JEFFERSON. HE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO SEARCH THE BACKPACK, AND I DID NOT LOCATE ANYTHING ILLEGAL. DEPUTY RITLI LOCATED A BLACK CANVAS ZIPPERED POUCH, AND UPON OPENING IT, HE LOCATED A PLASTIC CONTAINER CONTAINING THREE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIES. INSIDE OF THE PLASTIC BAGGIES, TWO OF WHICH HAD A WHITE RESIDUE INSIDE, AND THE THIRD CONTAINED A CLEAR, WHITE ICE-LIKE, SHARD SUBSTANCE, WHICH APPEARED TO BE CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE, BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. DEPUTY RITLI ADVISED THAT HE HAD ALSO LOCATED A SMALL RED STRAW, WHICH HAD BEEN CUT DIAGONALLY, AND HAD WHITE RESIDUE INSIDE OF IT AS WELL. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THIS POUCH BELONGED TO HIM, AND HE STATED THAT IT DID. DEPUTY RITLI GAVE THIS DEPUTY THE PLASTIC CONTAINER, INCLUDING THE THREE BAGGIES AND STRAW. I THEN ESCORTED THE DEFENDANT TO MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE SUBSTANCE IN THE PLASTIC BAGGIES WAS FIELD TESTED, UTILIZING AN AGENCY FIELD TEST KIT, AND YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. HE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HIS BACK, AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, HE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF, FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (METHAMPHETAMINE), AND HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. I PLACED IN TO EVIDENCE AT CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EOC A PLASTIC CONTAINER, CONTAINING ONE PLASTIC ZIPLOC BAGGIE WITH 0.3 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, ALONG WITH TWO OTHER CLEAR ZIPLOC BAGGIES, CONTAINING A WHITE RESIDUE AND THE RED STRAW. |
