| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, R ADAM 0505 (AR12-1988) THE DEFENDANT DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE, AN OBJECT INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: COCAINE, SAID OBJECT BEING A CUT DRINKING STRAW WITH RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 071412 WHILE CONDUCTING ROUTINE TRAFFIC PATROL IN THE AREA OF US HIGHWAY 19 AND STATE ROAD 44, I OBSERVED A WHITE IN COLOR FULL- SIZE GMC VAN TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19 WITHOUT ITS HEADLIGHTS ON. I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AND THE VEHICLE TURNED EASTBOUND ON TO STATE ROAD 44 AND PULLED IN TO THE PARKING LOT OF THE CVS PHARMACY. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT, MS TERESA CARDONA, WHO PROVIDED ME WITH THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND HER DRIVERâS LICENSE. WHILE ISSUING THE DEFENDANT A WRITTEN WARNING, CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO ARRIVED ON SCENE AND DEPLOYED CANINE CONAN. CANINE DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED THAT CANINE CONAN HAD ALERTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND ASKED IF SHE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON HER PERSON, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID NOT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE OBJECTED TO EMPTYING HER POCKETS. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN HER BRA, TO WHICH SHE AGAIN STATED SHE DID NOT. THE DEFENDANT WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD ANY OBJECTIONS TO LIFTING THE BOTTOM EDGE OF HER BRA IN A MANNER WHICH WOULD NOT EXPOSE ANY SKIN BUT WHICH WOULD ALLOW ANYTHING CONCEALED INSIDE HER BRA TO FALL OUT. SHE ADVISED SHE DID NOT OBJECT. AS THE DEFENDANT LIFTED THE BOTTOM EDGE OF HER BRA, WITHOUT LIFTING UP HER SHIRT, A CUT PIECE OF DRINKING STRAW FELL OUT OF HER BRA ON TO THE GROUND. AS THE CUT STRAW FELL ON THE GROUND, THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TRYING TO KICK IT, SAYING IT WAS NOT HERS. AT THAT TIME, SHE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. UPON OBSERVING THE CUT DRINKING STRAW, I NOTICED A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF COCAINE, AT THE END OF THE CUT STRAW. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTED AND WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR FINDING NO OTHER CONTRABAND. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA WITH BOND SET AT $500.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE CUT PIECE OF DRINKING STRAW WAS LATER PACKAGED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
