| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, TRAVIS 0358 (AR13-4057) DID UNLAWFULLY AND FELONIOUSLY SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR POSSESS WITH INTENT TO SELL, MANUFACTURE OR DELIVER OR CAUSE TO BE SOLD, MANUFACTURED OR DELIVERED TO ANOTHER PERSON, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1); AND DID UNLAWFULLY AGREE, CONSPIRE, COMBINES, OR CONFEDERATES, WITH ANOTHER PERSON OR PERSONS TO COMMIT AN OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, TO WIT: CONSPIRES TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 777.04(3), CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY; AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS POSSESSION LISTED PRECURSOR CHEMICALS OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.149(1)(A) THESE CHEMICALS ARE CRITICAL TO THE CREATION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: SUDAFED, LITHIUM METAL AND AMMONIA NITRATE; AND 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); AND 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: (ARNOW) STRAW USED FOR SNORTING METHAMPHETAMINE AND A SYRINGE, (KINNEY) METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE AND SCALE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B). ON 010813 A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE CONDUCTED AT 7805 WEST MISS MAGGIE DRIVE AT APARTMENT ONE AND APARTMENT TWO. UPON OFFICERS FROM THE TACTICAL IMPACT UNITâS ARRIVAL IT WAS OBSERVED THAT DEFENDANT PETER MARTIN ARNOW HAD LEFT THE RESIDENCE. DUE TO THE SEARCH WARRANT BEING EXECUTED A TRAFFIC STOP WAS CONDUCTED A SHORT DISTANCE FROM HIS APARTMENT CONTACT WAS MADE WITH HIM AND HE WAS DETAINED. A CANINE UNIT RESPONDED ON SCENE AND UPON THE CANINE UNIT BEING DEPLOYED A POSITIVE ALERT WAS MADE ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE DID LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF A SMALL PILL BOTTLE MADE OF METAL CONTAINING THREE WHITE TRIANGLE SHAPED PILLS WITH AN â8â ON ONE SIDE AND AN âMâ ON THE OTHER. THESE PILLS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH POISON CONTROL AS HYDROMORPHONE 8 MILLIGRAMS, WHICH IS A SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTIC. IN THE FRONT FLOORBOARD A RECEIPT WAS RECOVERED FOR THE PURCHASE OF RED DEVIL LYE. ALSO LOCATED IN DEFENDANT ARNOWâS FRONT POCKET WAS A STRAW WHICH CONTAINED A THICK WHITE RESIDUE WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THESE ITEMS WERE COLLECTED BY ME AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. AT THIS TIME UNIT MEMBERS STAGED, CONDUCTED A BRIEF BRIEFING, AND RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE TO SERVE WARRANTS ON BOTH APARTMENT ONE AND TWO LOCATED AT 7805 WEST MISS MAGGIE DRIVE. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEFENDANT SEAN PATRICK KINNEY, WHO WAS DETAINED. DEFENDANT KINNEY WAS READ THE SEARCH WARRANT AND MIRANDA BY THIS DEPUTY. WHILE I WAS TRYING TO READ THE SEARCH WARRANT DEFENDANT KINNEY UTTERED THAT HE WOULD SHOW US WHERE EVERYTHING WAS. UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE READING OF THE WARRANT AND MIRANDA AN INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANT KINNEY WAS DIGITALLY CONDUCTED. DURING THIS INTERVIEW HE ADMITTED TO MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT DEFENDANT ARNOW HAD BEEN SUPPLYING HIM WITH SUDAFED AND WOULD SOMETIMES HELP WITH THE PURCHASES OF THE CHEMICALS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND IN RETURN HE WOULD PROVIDE DEFENDANT ARNOW METHAMPHETAMINE FROM THE COOKS, WHICH DEFENDANT ARNOW WOULD USE AND SELL TO SUPPLEMENT HIS INCOME. HE DID ADVISE THAT THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. HE FURTHER ADVISED IN GREAT DETAIL TO ME WHERE ALL METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING RELATED ITEMS WOULD BE LOCATED INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE/APARTMENT ONE. WHEN DEPUTY SMITH AND I BEGAN RETRIEVING ALL LAB RELATED ITEMS THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE LOCATED. IN THE KITCHEN INSIDE THE FREEZER FOUR ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOKS WERE LOCATED, UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK A ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOK WAS LOCATED, RED DEVIL LYE, FUNNELS, MEASURING CUPS, COFFEE FILTERS AND PLATES. OVER THE TOP OF THE MICROWAVE IN A CABINET A PICKLE JAR WAS LOCATED WHICH HAD TWO HOLES IN THE LID WHICH DEFENDANT KINNEY ADVISED IS THE CONTAINER THAT HE USED TO GAS THE LIQUID TURNING THE METHAMPHETAMINE TO A SOLID. BEHIND THE GARBAGE CAN UNDER THE MICROWAVE TWO CANS OF COLEMAN FUEL WAS LOCATED. IN HIS BEDROOM CLOSET TUBING AND AN âHCLâ GENERATOR WAS LOCATED. ALSO A BAG CONTAINING NUMEROUS PLASTIC BOTTLES WHICH HAD NOT BEEN USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS WAS LOCATED. IN THE DEFENDANTâS BATHROOM, WHICH WAS WHERE HE ADVISED THE MANUFACTURING TOOK PLACE, A CASE OF COLD PACKS, A BOTTLE OF ALCOHOL AND A CONTAINER OF SALT, AND A GALLON JUG OF MURIATIC ACID WAS LOCATED. ALSO INSIDE THE SHOWER WE OBSERVED BURN MARKS WHICH APPEARED TO BE FROM THE RUPTURE OF A ONE POT COOK. IN A FILE CABINET NEXT TO DEFENDANT KINNEYâS BED A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WHICH DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE WAS LOCATED IN A SMALL PLASTIC BAG, WHICH WAS INSIDE OF A PILL BOTTLE. ALSO LOCATED WITH THIS WAS A PIPE USED FOR SMOKING METHAMPHETAMINE AND A PUSH ROD. IN A CABINET ON THE HEADBOARD AN ADDITIONAL PILL BOTTLE WHICH CONTAINED A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE WAS LOCATED WITH A SCALE. IN A DRESSER DRAWER IN HIS BEDROOM TWO PILLS WERE LOCATED. ONE OF WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED AS HYDROCHLORIDE, 325 MILLIGRAMS AND A CLONAZAPAM WAS ALSO LOCATED. ALSO IN THE KITCHEN THE TRASH CAN WAS SEARCHED. INSIDE THIS TRASH CAN WAS USED COFFEE FILTERS IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, AN EMPTY ROLL OF ALUMINUM FOIL AND A SUDAFED BOX WITH THE RECEIPT. DEFENDANT KENNEY ALSO TOOK ME AND DEPUTY SMITH TO A SHED LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF DEFENDANT ARNOWâS RESIDENCE. DEFENDANT KINNEY PROVIDED US A KEY TO OPEN THE LOCK. INSIDE THIS SHED THREE EMPTY CANS OF COLEMAN FUEL WAS LOCATED AND A CONTAINER OF CRYSTAL DRANO. ALL ITEMS WHICH WERE DEEMED USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS THAT WERE CONTAMINATED WERE COLLECTED AND TESTED BY ME. IN SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL THE ONE POT COOKS DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE AND THE METHAMPHETAMINE ALSO TESTED POSITIVE. THESE ITEMS WERE COLLECTED FOR DESTRUCTION AT THE LANDFILL. THE METHAMPHETAMINE AND THE ITEMS DEEMED TO BE SAFE WERE COLLECTED BY MYSELF AND TURNED IN AND PACKAGED BY DETECTIVE BERGEN AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE SCENE, DETECTIVE SMITH READ THE WARRANT FOR APARTMENT TWO TO DEFENDANT ARNOW. HE WAS ALSO READ MIRANDA AND A DIGITAL INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED. DURING THIS INTERVIEW HE ADMITTED TO BUYING CHEMICALS AND NUMEROUS BOXES OF EPHEDRINE TO BE TURNED OVER TO DEFENDANT KINNEY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. HE DID ADVISE THAT SOMETIMES HE RECEIVED MONEY BUT HE ALWAYS RECEIVED METHAMPHETAMINE. HE ADVISED THAT HE DID USE METHAMPHETAMINE. HE ADVISED THAT INSIDE HIS RESIDENCE THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY MANUFACTURING ITEMS, HOWEVER, IN A DESK DRAWER THERE WOULD BE A SMALL BAGGIE CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE AND IN HIS BEDROOM ON A CABINET WOULD BE A SYRINGE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE PILLS LOCATED IN THE TRUCK DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP HE ADMITTED HE HAD PURCHASED THEM FROM SOMEBODY OFF THE STREET TO HELP WITH HIS PAIN. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE STRAW HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD SNORTED THESE PILLS, BUT WHEN ASKED HOW HE HAD BEEN USING THE METHAMPHETAMINE HE ADVISED SEVERAL WAYS BY SNORTING, SMOKING AND HE WAS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO SHOOT METHAMPHETAMINE TO SEE IF IT WAS A QUICKER EFFECT ON HIS BODY. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE HAS BEEN PURCHASING CHEMICALS AND EPHEDRINE FOR DEFENDANT KINNEY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE BAGGIE LOCATED IN THE DESK DRAWER DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE COOPERATIVE. THEY WERE ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED AND THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THEIR TOTAL BONDS WERE SET AT $205,500.00 FOR ALL CHARGES. INVENTORY RETURNS WERE COMPLETED FOR BOTH RESIDENCES. BOTH RESIDENCES WERE SECURED BEFORE UNIT MEMBERS LEFT. |
