| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SUDLOW, II, JAMES 0759 (17-40758) (AR17-23091) ON 032117 AT 2058 HOURS, THE DEFENDANT, MR STEPHEN VINSON, WAS ISSUED NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION NUMBER 21663, FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS LESS THAN 20 GRAMS, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 040617 AT 1300 HOURS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. ON 032117, WHILE TRAVELING EAST ON GROVER CLEVELAND BOULEVARD, I OBSERVED A VEHICLE COMING OUT OF SOUTH SPRING SONG TERRACE THAT FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN. UPON CATCHING UP TO SAID VEHICLE BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER HPRF24, I ACTIVATED ALL MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE SAID VEHICLE. THE FINAL TRAFFIC STOP WAS AT WEST GROVER CLEVELAND BOULEVARD AND SOUTH STORY PATH. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR STEPHEN VINSON, THE DEFENDANT, I ADVISED HIM THE REASON FOR THE STOP, HE ADVISED HE WAS SORRY AND WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION. I THEN ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. WHILE THE DEFENDANT WAS GATHERING HIS DOCUMENTS, I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED NO. I THEN ASKED IF I COULD SEARCH THE VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE ME SEARCH THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, THE DRIVER WAS STILL TRYING TO LOCATE HIS PROOF OF INSURANCE AND STARTED VISIBLY SWEATING, WAS VERY SHAKY AND BECOMING VERY NERVOUS. AT THAT TIME, DUE TO THE DRIVER'S ACTIONS, I REQUESTED K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA (0735) TO RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. AFTER APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES, THE DEFENDANT COULD NOT LOCATE PROOF OF INSURANCE AT WHICH TIME, I ADVISED HIM TO KEEP LOOKING WHILE I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO RUN HIS INFORMATION. WHILE WRITING OUT A WARNING CITATION NUMBER 401414B, FOR RUNNING THE STOP SIGN, K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA ARRIVED ON SCENE AND I ADVISED HIM OF THE INCIDENT. WHILE COMPLETING MY WARNING CITATION, K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA DEPLOYED HIS K-9 PARTNER, GUNNY, FOR AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A POSITIVE ALERT TO ILLEGAL NARCOTICS AT WHICH TIME, I AGAIN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND ASKED HIM TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. UPON THE DEFENDANT STEPPING OUT OF THE VEHICLE, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT THE K-9 HAD ALERTED TO HIS VEHICLE AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE THE VEHICLE WE WOULD FIND IT. AT WHICH TIME, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THERE WAS CANNABIS AND CASH IN THE CENTER CONSOLE OF HIS VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I ESCORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE FRONT BUMPER OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHILE K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA CONDUCTED A HAND SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA LOCATED TWO VACUUM SEALED PACKAGES OF CANNABIS AND A FOLDED UP PIECE OF WAX PAPER THAT CONTAINED CANNABIS WAX. THE SMALL VACUUMED SEALED PACKAGE WEIGHED 3.24 GRAMS AND THE BIGGER PACKAGE WEIGHED 12.21 GRAMS. THE CANNABIS WAX WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 4.24 GRAMS. K-9 DEPUTY LABORDA ALSO LOCATED APPROXIMATELY $1,300.00 IN CASH AND LATER LOCATED A CANNABIS CIGARETTE THAT WAS BROKEN IN HALF. AT THAT TIME, I CONDUCTED A DIGITALLY RECORDED INTERVIEW WITH THE DEFENDANT WHERE HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA PRE-PRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND STILL WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. DURING THE INTERVIEW, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE CANNABIS LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE BELONGED TO HIM, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT IT DID. I ALSO ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THE CASH IN THE CENTER CONSOLE WAS PROCEEDS FROM DRUG SALES AND HE STATED IT WAS NOT IT WAS FOR A LAWYER FOR AN OPEN DOMESTIC BATTERY CASE. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE SELLS MARIJUANA AND HE STATED THAT HE WOULD RATHER NOT ANSWER DUE TO NOT WANTING TO INCRIMINATE HIMSELF. AT THAT TIME, ALL THE CANNABIS WAS PACKAGED BY THIS DEPUTY AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED A NOTICE TO APPEAR CITATION AND THE DEFENDANT'S CASH WAS GIVEN BACK TO HIM ON SCENE. A COPY OF THE INTERVIEW WAS ALSO TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE . NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN |
