| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BLAIR, EDWARD 0469 (AR09107888) F.S.S. 893.13(1)(A)(2) POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO SELL CANNABIS F.S.S. 893.13(6)(A) POSSESSION OF HYDROCODONE F.S.S. 893.13(6)(A) POSSESSION OF TESTOSTERONE CYPIONATE F.S.S. 893.13(6)(A) POSSESSION OF DIAZEPAM F.S.S. 893.13(1)(A)(2) CANNABIS CULTIVATION F.S.S. 893.147 POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA ON 022709, MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT EXECUTED A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT AT THE DISTINCT ADDRESS OF 920 YALE LANE, INVERNESS, CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA. THE SEARCH WARRANT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED AND GRANTED BY THE HONORABLE PATRICIA THOMAS, CIRCUIT JUDGE IN AND FOR CITRUS COUNTY, FLORIDA. AT APPROXIMATELY 1910 HOURS, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT ASSISTED THIS DETECTIVE IN SERVING THE SEARCH WARRANT AT 920 YALE LANE IN INVERNESS. A PROTECTIVE SWEEP OF THE RESIDENCE YIELDED AN INDOOR CANNABIS GROW OPERATION WITHIN THE ATTACHED GARAGE OF THE RESIDENCE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THIS GARAGE WAS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE SEARCH WARRANT. ALSO LOCATED AT THE RESIDENCE WAS THE DEFENDANT, MR STEVEN ANTHONY TORREGROSA, WHO WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ THE SEARCH WARRANT AS WELL AS HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE-PRINTED AGENCY CARD, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK WITH THIS DETECTIVE. THE DEFENDANT CONFIRMED HE CURRENTLY RENTS THE ABOVE LISTED RESIDENCE. the DEFENDANT STATED HE HAS LIVED AT THE RESIDENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE AND HIS WIFE ARE LEASING THE RESIDENCE, BUT HIS WIFE HAS NOT BEEN LIVING AT THE RESIDENCE FOR A FEW WEEKS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CANNABIS GROW OPERATION IN THE GARAGE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE WAS CURRENTLY GROWING CANNABIS IN HIS GARAGE TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY. A FULL SEARCH OF THE GARAGE WAS CONDUCTED WHICH REVEALED TWENTY-FOUR CANNABIS PLANTS IN separate BUCKETS WHICH WERE NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO HARVEST. FURTHERMORE, THE PLANTS WERE SEGREGATED INTO TWO separate MAKESHIFT ROOMS. THESE ROOMS INCLUDED LIGHTS AND AIR CONDITIONING DUCTS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, DURING THE SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE SEVERAL DOCUMENTS WERE LOCATED WITH THE DEFENDANT'S NAME AND ADDRESS. SUCH DOCUMENTS INCLUDE, A SUMTER ELECTRIC COMPANY (SECO) ELECTRIC BILL, A DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSION LETTER AND A PHOTO IDENTIFICATION CARD WITH THE ABOVE LISTED ADDRESS. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF ANY ILLEGAL NARCOTICS OR CONTRABAND WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THE RESIDENCE, TO WHICH HE STATED YES. THE DEFENDANT POINTED TOWARD THE KITCHEN; A SEARCH OF THE KITCHEN COUNTER REVEALED TWO LARGE GALLON SIZE ZIPLOC BAGS CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE CONSISTENT TO THAT OF CANNABIS. ONE APPEARED TO BE FULL WHILE THE SECOND WAS ONLY HALF FULL. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED HOW MUCH CANNABIS WAS IN THE TWO LARGE GALLON SIZE ZIPLOC BAGS, TO WHICH HE RELIED "ABOUT ONE AND A HALF." IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE CANNABIS GROW OPERATION WITHIN THE RESIDENCE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO YIELD 1.5 POUNDS OF CANNABIS AT THIS TIME. THE CANNABIS FOUND IN THE LARGE ZIPLOC BAGS WAS WEIGHED WHILE ON SCENE. THE TWO BAGS HAD AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF ONE AND A HALF POUNDS. OTHER SMALL AMOUNTS OF CANNABIS WERE FOUND IN THE KITCHEN AREA OF THE RESIDENCE. FURTHERMORE, SEVERAL ITEMS OF PARAPHERNALIA WERE FOUND IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE TWO LARGE ZIPLOC BAGS. THESE ITEMS INCLUDE SCISSORS, ELECTRONIC SCALE, PLASTIC BAGGIES, AND A CALCULATOR. BASED ON THIS DETECTIVE'S TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, THESE ITEMS WERE USED FOR PROCESSING AND REPACKAGING THE LARGE AMOUNT OF CANNABIS FOUND IN THE LARGE ZIPLOC BAGGIES. FURTHERMORE, A HANDGUN WAS LOCATED IN A KITCHEN DRAWER NEXT TO THE ITEMS ON THE COUNTER. ALSO LOCATED IN THIS DRAWER WAS A SMALLER PLASTIC BAGGIE OF CANNABIS AND THE DEFENDANT'S STATE ISSUED IDENTIFICATION CARD. a FURTHER SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE YIELDED A MEDICATION BOTTLE PRESCRIBED TO A SUBJECT WHO DID NOT RESIDE IN THE RESIDENCE. THIS MEDICATION BOTTLE WAS LOCATED IN A KITCHEN CABINET NEXT TO SEVERAL OTHER MEDICATION BOTTLES WITH THE DEFENDANT'S NAME AND THE DEFENDANT'S WIFE'S NAME ON THE MEDICATION BOTTLES. THE MEDICATION BOTTLE CONTAINED BOTH DIAZEPAM AND HYDROCODONE. DIAZEPAM IS A SCHEDULE IV CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WHILE HYDROCODONE IS A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED ABOUT THE FOUND MEDICATION BOTTLE, TO WHICH HE STATED THE PILLS BELONGED TO HIS WIFE'S MOTHER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED, THIS DETECTIVE LATER SPOKE TO THE DEFENDANT'S WIFE WHO STATED HER MOTHER GAVE THE PILLS TO THE DEFENDANT TO EASE PAIN IN HIS BACK. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE REVEALED A PLASTIC CONTAINER IN THE MASTER BEDROOM CLOSET. WITHIN THE CONTAINER WERE NEEDLES AND A SMALL VILE OF A CLEAR LIQUID. THE BOTTLE WAS LABELED TESTOSTERONE CYPIONATE, A SCHEDULE III CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS QUESTIONED AS TO THE CLEAR LIQUID IN THE VILE, TO WHICH HE STATED IT WAS STEROIDS. HE REMARKED THAT HE HAD PREVIOUSLY USED THE STEROIDS BUT HAS NOT FOR SOME TIME. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THE TESTOSTERONE CYPIONATE WAS HIS AND HE DID HAVE KNOWLEDGE THIS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WAS IN THE CLOSET. SEVERAL OTHER ITEMS OF PARAPHERNALIA AND EVIDENCE WERE LOCATED in THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE. all items were collected WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE SEARCH WARRANT and WERE later turned into the citrus county sheriff's office evidence locker. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH THE INTENT TO SELL, THREE COUNTS OF possession of CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, CANNABIS CULTIVATION, AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF A PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $25,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
