| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WEATHERFORD, D KEAGON 0710 (AR11121576) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: MARIJUANA, SAID OBJECT BEING A GLASS SMOKING PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 070311, WHILE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19, I OBSERVED A RED SATURN WITH NO TAG LIGHT TRAVELING IN FRONT OF MY PATROL. I INITIATED MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC STOP. THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT 1785 SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD IN HOMOSASSA. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MS SAMANTHA STANFORD, AND ADVISED HER OF THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP. I REQUESTED HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. SHE PROVIDED HER TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE BUT WAS UNABLE TO FIND HER INSURANCE CARD. I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND BEGAN PREPARING A WRITTEN WARNING, AT WHICH TIME CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DEPLOYED CANINE CONAN FOR AN EXTERIOR SNIFF ON THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED CANINE CONAN HAD ALERTED ON THE VEHICLE FOR THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS. I RETURNED TO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND REQUESTED THAT MS STANFORD STEP OUT. MS STANFORD STOOD AT THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WITH ME WHILE CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO COMPLETED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO LOCATED A BLACK BAG UNDERNEATH THE DRIVER SE WHICH CONTAINED TWO GLASS MARIJUANA SMOKING PIPES. BOTH GLASS PIPES WERE FIELD TESTED AND YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR THE PRESENCE OF MARIJUANA. WHEN MS STANFORD WAS ASKED ABOUT THE GLASS PIPES, SHE STATED THE PIPES BELONGED TO HER DAUGHTER. CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO CONTINUED TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE AND LOCATED A SILVER CASE. WHEN HE OPENED THE CASE, HE OBSERVED A WHITE POWDERY RESIDUE INSIDE. THE WHITE RESIDUE WAS ALSO FIELD TESTED AND YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. WHEN I ASKED MS STANFORD WHO THE CASE BELONGED TO, SHE STATED IT WAS HER CASE AND THAT SHE HAD PURCHASED A 'TWENTY SACK' OF COCAINE BEFORE LEAVING TEXAS. I ADVISED MS STANFORD THAT SHE WAS UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. SHE REQUESTED THAT HER VEHICLE BE SECURED AND LEFT IN THE PARKING LOT OF BRIDGESTONE TIRES. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKE) BEHIND HER BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HER BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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* |
