| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LUDLOW, CHRISTOPHER 0214 (AR16-20717) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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: MISCELLANEOUS PIPES THAT CONTAINED METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 082516, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT VICE/NARCOTICS UNIT EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AT 5740 SOUTH OCELOT POINT LOCATED IN HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA. THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS PREVIOUSLY OBTAINED BY THIS DETECTIVE AND SIGNED BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE HATCHER. AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HOURS, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT ARRIVED AT THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5740 SOUTH OCELOT POINT. THIS LOCATION HAS A SINGLE FAMILY MOBILE HOME AND AN RV (TRAVEL TRAILER) ON THE PROPERTY. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS KNOCKED AND ANNOUNCED âSEARCH WARRANTâ AT THE FRONT DOOR OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS LOCATED A MALE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MR KRISTOPHER RHOADES, JUST INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR TO THE RV (TRAVEL TRAILER) AND ORDERED HIM OUTSIDE. MR KRISTOPHER RHOADES WAS SECURED WITH HANDCUFFS AND ESCORTED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. A SECOND SUBJECT, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MR JASON SARCHIZ, WAS IN A BACK BEDROOM OF THE TRAVEL TRAILER MOVING AROUND AND YELLING TO UNIT MEMBERS THAT HE WAS COMING OUT. A SHORT TIME LATER, MR JASON SARCHIZ, EXITED THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RV (TRAVEL TRAILER) AND WAS SECURED WITH HANDCUFFS. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS LOCATED A WHITE MALE SUBJECT LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MR MIKE EPACH, JUST OUTSIDE THE FRONT OF THE MOBILE HOME. MR MIKE EPACH WAS SECURED WITH HANDCUFFS AND SEATED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS THEN LOCATED A WHITE FEMALE SUBJECT LATER IDENTIFIED AS, MS JENNIFER WHALEY, AND A MALE SUBJECT IDENTIFIED AS, MR CHARLES MCKEEAN, AS THEY WERE STANDING JUST INSIDE THE DOORWAY OF THE MOBILE HOME. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS ORDERED MS JENNIFER WHALEY AND MR CHARLES MCKEEAN OUTSIDE AT WHICH TIME THEY WE BOTH SECURED WITH HANDCUFFS AND ESCORTED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS THEN KNOCKED AND ANNOUNCED, âSEARCH WARRANTâ AND DETERMINED THAT ANOTHER MALE SUBJECT, MR SAMUEL WHALEY, WAS INSIDE THE MOBILE HOME IN THE BACK BEDROOM. MR SAMUEL WHALEY EXITED THE MOBILE HOME AND WAS SECURED WITH HANDCUFFS. AFTER THE RV (TRAVEL TRAILER) AND MOBILE WERE DEEMED SAFE AND SECURE, THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS READ ALOUD TO ALL SUBJECTS ON SCENE BY THIS DETECTIVE. TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT MEMBERS PROCEEDED TO SEARCH THE INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE(S). DETECTIVE RUBY (0562) BEGAN SEARCHING THE MASTER BEDROOM AREA OF THE MOBILE HOME AND LOCATED PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS TO INCLUDE FOUR PIPES (THREE CLEAR AND ONE MULTI-COLORED) LOCATED INSIDE A SMALL CAMOUFLAGE CASE. THE CAMOUFLAGE CASE WAS LOCATED IN THE TOP DRAWER OF THE DRESSER IN THE BEDROOM. TWO OF THE PIPES THAT CONTAINED RESIDUE WERE FIELD TESTED WITH A LYN PEAVEY FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TEST KIT AND HAD A POSITIVE RESULT FOR THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE. THE THIRD CLEAR PIPE THAT CONTAINED RESIDUE WAS FIELD TESTED AS WELL AND INDICATED A POSITIVE READING FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. POST MIRANDA, IN A RECORDED INTERVIEW, THE DEFENDANT, MR SAMUEL WHALEY, ACKNOWLEDGED LIVING IN THE MOBILE HOME AND IDENTIFIED THE BEDROOM AS HIS BEDROOM. MR SAMUEL WHALEY ADMITTED TO THE PIPES BEING IN THE BEDROOM INSIDE THE DRESSER DRAWER. MR SAMUEL WHALEY INDICATED THAT HE USES BOTH METHAMPHETAMINE AND COCAINE AS RECREATIONAL DRUGS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 FOR ONE COUNT OF THE POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
