| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RAMOS, RICARDO 0515 (AR10114611) A PERSON WHO CARRIES A CONCEALED FIREARM TO WIT: A 22 CALIBER PISTOL UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT with MAGAZINE LOADED IN FIREARM, BUT IN CHAMBER, NOT BEING CARRIED IN PROPER HOLSTER, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 790.01(2). ON 050210 I RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS LODGE, LOCATED AT 350 EAST NORVELL BRYANT HIGHWAY IN HERNANDO, AS A back UP OFFICER FOR K-9 DEPUTY PRICE. UPON ARRIVAL, I OBSERVED K-9 DEPUTY PRICE TALKING with THE DRIVER. SHORTLY AFTER, K-9 DEPUTY PRICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH USING HIS K-9 KONG, AT WHICH TIME THE K-9 ALERTED ON THE VEHICLE. I THEN ASKED the DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MR TAVARIS ORR, TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. WHILE STANDING AT THE REAR OF HIS VEHICLE, I ASKED IF HE WOULD MIND EMPTYING HIS POCKETS TO MAKE SURE HE DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING ILLEGAL. HE STATED SURE, AND EMPTIED HIS POCKETS, WHICH ALL HE HAD WAS HIS CELLULAR TELEPHONE AND A WALLET. AT WHICH TIME DEPUTY PRICE ADVISED THE DRIVER THAT HIS K-9 ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS. HE ADVISED DUE TO THE DOG ALERTING, HE IS GOING TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE AND ASKED IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE HIS VEHICLE , WHERE THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE HAD A PISTOL UNDER HIS DRIVER SIDE SEAT. DEPUTY PRICE WENT TO THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT AND RETRIEVED A 22 AUTOMATIC PISTOL, WHICH WAS NOT IN the HOLSTER AND HAD A LOADED MAGAZINE IN IT. WHILE TALKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, HE STATED THAT THE REASON HE HAD THE FIREARM WAS BECAUSE HE HEARD THAT THERE WAS A $2,500.00 CONTRACT OUT FOR HIS DEATH. HE STATED THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO SOMEONE STOLE HIS GIRLFRIEND'S VEHICLE, WHICH WAS BURNED, AND THEY ADVISED HE WAS NEXT. AFTER DEPUTY PRICE FINISHED CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR A CONCEALED FIREARM. DEPUTY PRICE DID CONDUCT A CRIMINAL HISTORY ON THE DEFENDANT, WHICH REVEALED THAT HE HAD A PRIOR CONVICTION OF A FELONY. THE SERIAL NUMBERS FROM THE FIREARM WERE RUN IN NCIC/FCIC THROUGH TELETYPE, WHICH CAME BACK CLEAR. THE DEFENDANT WAS GIVEN A WARNING, NUMBER 256673B, FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE STOP, ISSUED BY DEPUTY PRICE. THE VIOLATION WAS FOR A RADIO HEARD GREATER THAN 25 FEET AWAY. THE WEAPON WAS TAKEN INTO EVIDENCE AND PLACED IN AN EVIDENCE LOCKER FOR SAFE KEEPING. A PROPERTY RECEIPT WAS GIVEN TO THE DEFENDANT. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. SEE DEPUTY PRICE'S SUPPLEMENT REFERENCE THIS CASE *NOT-EXEMPT* |
