| Date of birth: | Sep 27, 1983 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: BRUNK, KEVIN 0344 (AR-1943) POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF LESS THAN 20 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). ON 071112, AT 2339 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE JUST SOUTH OF KATHY ROAD, WHEN I OBSERVED A WHITE 1997 CHEVY VAN BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE (TAG) 9450BE ALSO TRAVELLING NORTHBOUND ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE WITH FAULTY EQUIPMENT (INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT) AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON STATED VEHICLE ON NORTH FLORIDA AVENUE NORTH OF KATHY ROAD. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER AND ASKED FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION. WHILE HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE HE TURNED AWAY FROM ME FACING THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS GOING THROUGH WHAT APPEARED TO BE A BLACK WALLET AND I SMELLED AN ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE THE DRIVER HANDED ME A NEW YORK DRIVER'S LICENSE WHERE HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS MR STEVE MORRIS, AND I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD HIS REGISTRATION AND AS HE LOOKED AT ME HE DID NOT ANSWER BUT HE WAS CHEWING SOMETHING IN HIS MOUTH. WHEN I LOOKED AT HIS SHIRT AND HIS FACE, I SAW A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE WHICH I KNEW TO BE MARIJUANA BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE ON HIS FACE AND SHIRT. AT THAT TIME, I REQUESTED FOR HIM TO EXIT THE VEHICLE WHERE HE WAS ESCORTED BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND PLACED IN HANDCUFFS BY DEPUTY LABORDA WHILE I MAINTAINED CONTROL OF HIM. HE CONTINUED CHEWING AND I REQUESTED HE SPIT IT OUT AND HE STATED HE COULD NOT AND WHEN LOOKING INTO HIS MOUTH HE HAD PIECES OF MARIJUANA IN HIS MOUTH. HE THEN SPIT OUT THE SUBSTANCE ON THE HOOD OF MY VEHICLE. A SEARCH OF HIS PERSON REVEALED NOTHING ILLEGAL, THEREFORE HE WAS PLACED in the REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I SEARCHED THE VAN AND LOCATED IN THE DRIVER DOOR POCKET A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE, AND PIECES OF MARIJUANA BUD ON THE FLOORBOARD OF THE VAN AND IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE VAN. I SEARCHED THE REST OF THE VEHICLE AND DID NOT LOCATE ANYTHING ELSE ILLEGAL. A FIELD PRESUMPTIVE TEST OF THE SUBSTANCE TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA. I CONDUCTED AN FCIC/NCIC CHECK ON MR MORRIS WHICH REVEALED THAT HE HAS A VALID NEW YORK DRIVER'S LICENSE, A SUSPENDED FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND NEGATIVE ON WARRANTS. MR MORRIS ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED MR STEVE MORRIS, TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. MR MORRIS’ VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY ADVANCED TOWING. I ISSUED MR MORRIS A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (4531-GQF-5) FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE IN REFERENCE TO SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY FAILURE TO PAY COURT OBLIGATION ON 083110 AND A WRITTEN WARNING (334505B) FOR FAULTY EQUIPMENT, TAG LIGHT INOPERABLE. |
| Inmate status: | Misdemeanor |
| Arrest date: | Jul 12, 2012 |
| Booking number: | 1943 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(B) |
| Charge description: | Possession Cannabis (Less than 20 Grams) |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
