| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0292 (13-78764) (AR13-6067) 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). 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: HYDROCHLORIC GAS ON 061313, I WAS CONTACTED BY DEPUTY DOWLING IN REFERENCE TO A TRAFFIC STOP THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED IN THE WINN DIXIE PARKING LOT IN INVERNESS. HE ADVISED AFTER HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR STEVEN TODD, NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE METHAMPHETAMINE ON HIS PERSON, BUT IN PLAIN VIEW ON THE REAR SEAT WAS ITEMS THAT DEPUTY DOWLING BELIEVED WERE USED FOR METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING. DEPUTY PARSONS AND I RESPONDED TO THE WINN DIXIE PARKING LOT. WHILE EN ROUTE, I SPOKE WITH DEPUTY DOWLING ON THE TELEPHONE. HE ADVISED THAT AFTER HE READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA, THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT IT WAS A METH LAB. UPON ARRIVAL, THE AREA WAS ROPED OFF; HAZMAT WAS NOTIFIED WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. AFTER DONNING PROTECTIVE GEAR BY HAZMAT PERSONNEL, THE CLOTHES BASKET THAT HAD THE WHITE TRASH BAG IN IT WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WERE OBSERVED: A ONE POT METHAMPHETAMINE COOK, NUMEROUS COFFEE FILTERS (NEW AS WELL AS ONES THAT HAD BEEN USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS), A HCL GENERATOR (WHICH IS USED TO GENERATE HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GAS), A CAN OF DRAINO, A EMPTY BOX OF SUDAFED, A SECOND BOX OF SUDAFED THAT HAD BEEN TORN UP, BLISTER PACKS FROM THE SUDAFED BOXES, A COLD PACK WHICH HAD BEEN OPENED AND STILL CONTAINED AMMONIA NITRATE, A EMPTY PACKAGE OF LITHIUM BATTERIES AND SEVERAL OTHER PLASTIC CONTAINERS WHICH CONTAINED RESIDUE OF LYE AND AMMONIA NITRATE. THESE ITEMS WERE COLLECTED AND LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY LANDFILL HAZMAT AREA FOR DESTRUCTION. I CONDUCTED AN INTERVIEW WITH DEFENDANTâS GIRLFRIEND/SUSPECT, MS MEGAN CROSS. I READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND STATED THAT SHE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, SHE CONFESSED THAT DEFENDANT TODD HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN METH MANUFACTURING FOR OVER A YEAR. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE AND DEFENDANT TODD HAD BEEN IN CITRUS COUNTY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AND THAT DEFENDANT TODD HAD BEEN MANUFACTURING SINCE THEY HAD BEEN HERE. SHE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE METH LAB IN THE CAR WAS DEFENDANT TODDâS AND THAT SHE HAD ALSO PURCHASED EPHEDRINE FOR THE METHAMPHETAMINE COOKS ON AT LEAST FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS. SHE ALSO STATED THAT DEFENDANT TODD PROVIDED HER METHAMPHETAMINE AND THE LAST TIME SHE USED IT WAS YESTERDAY. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS INTERVIEW WITH SUSPECT CROSS, A FURTHER AUDIO TAPED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANT TODD. I READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA WARNING VIA AGENCY PREPRINTED CARD. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND STATED THAT HE WOULD SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME. IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT HE CONFESSED TO MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE, NOT ONLY IN TENNESSEE, BUT ALSO IN FLORIDA. HE ADVISED THAT HE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND HAD BEEN STAYING IN CITRUS COUNTY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO AND A HALF WEEKS. DURING THIS TIMEFRAME HE CONFESSED TO MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE ON THREE OCCASIONS. IN REFERENCE TO THE METH LAB THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE, HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD MANUFACTURED METH WITH THOSE ITEMS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT AT THE HENDERSON BOAT RAMP. HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT HIS FINGERPRINTS WOULD BE ON ALL THE ITEMS. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO MULTIPLE PURCHASES OF EPHEDRINE SINCE BEING IN FLORIDA AND THAT HIS GIRLFRIEND/SUSPECT CROSS, ALSO PURCHASED EPHEDRINE FOR THE METH COOKS. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN USING METHAMPHETAMINE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THAT HIS PREFERRED METHOD WAS USING ALUMINUM FOIL TO SMOKE THE METHAMPHETAMINE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE WAS ALUMINUM FOIL FASHIONED INTO METH BOATS LOCATED IN THE BAG. THERE WAS ALSO A RECEIPT LOCATED IN THE BAG WITH THE METH LAB WHICH WAS FOR A SUDAFED PURCHASE ON 061213 FROM THE WALGREENS IN INVERNESS LOCATED AT 104 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE WHICH WAS PURCHASED BY THE SUSPECT, MS MEGAN CROSS. THE DEFENDANT WAS VERY FORTHCOMING AND COOPERATIVE. TOWARDS THE END OF THIS INTERVIEW, HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN MANUFACTURING METH SINCE HE HAS BEEN HERE AT HIS MOTHERâS RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 9308 SOUTH TWIST ROAD IN FLORAL CITY. UPON THE COMPLETION OF THIS CASE, THE DEFENDANT WAS WILLING TO TAKE US TO THE RESIDENCE AND TELL US WHERE THE METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING ITEMS WERE. DUE TO THIS BEING AN OLDER TIMEFRAME OF THE MANUFACTURING AND LOCATION, SEE CASE NUMBER 2013-78971. AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE DEFENDANT COOPERATING IN REFERENCE TO THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 9308 SOUTH TWIST ROAD, THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT WHERE IS BOND WAS SET AT $150,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. \t |
