| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0292 (AR09108408) 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: MARIJUANA, IN THE AMOUNT OF 56.7 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTES 893.135, AND 893.13(1)(A)(2) ON 033009 MYSELF AND MEMBERS OF THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DID RESPOND TO 3249 SOUTH ARUNDEL TERRACE IN HOMOSASSA IN REFERENCE TO EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT. THIS DEPUTY WAS RIDING IN THE LEAD VEHICLE RESPONDING TO THE RESIDENCE. UPON ARRIVING AT THE RESIDENCE ON ARUNDEL A WHITE 1998 RODEO VEHICLE WAS OBSERVED BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY. AT THAT TIME THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE MADE CONTACT WITH ITS OCCUPANTS. THIS DEPUTY WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE WITH THE ENTRY TEAM AND THE DOOR WAS KNOCKED ON FOUR SEPARATE TIMES, AS WELL AS ANNOUNCING , "CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT," AND ADVISING THAT THEY NEEDED TO OPEN THE DOOR. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 20 SECONDS, THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS UNLOCKED, WAS OPENED AND ENTRY WAS MADE. AS ENTRY WAS MADE, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH TWO WHITE FEMALES, AS WELL AS DEFENDANT MR TERRY A KARAMALAKIS. ALSO ANOTHER WHITE MALE DEFENDANT WAS LOCATED IN A BEDROOM TO THE LEFT OF THE FRONT DOOR. ALL SUBJECTS IN THE HOUSE WERE SECURED. UPON THE HOUSE BEING CHECKED AND SECURED, DETECTIVES MADE ENTRY. IT WAS AT THIS TIME DETECTIVE BRAD SMITH/ID: 0477 READ THE SEARCH WARRANT TO THE OCCUPANTS. THIS DEPUTY RESPONDED BACK OUTSIDE TO SEE IF THEY NEEDED ANY HELP WITH THE VEHICLE WHICH HAD BEEN STOPPED. AT THIS TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH SERGEANT SHEPHARD, WHO ADVISED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE (EXPUNGED RECORD) HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA IN HIS POCKET. AT THIS TIME THIS DEPUTY TOOK MARIJUANA INTO MY POSSESSION AND LATER TURNED IT OVER TO EVIDENCE. AT THIS TIME IT WAS OBSERVED THAT DETECTIVE EMRICK WAS INTERVIEWING (EXPUNGED RECORD). UPON THE CONCLUSION OF HIS INTERVIEW DETECTIVE EMRICK ADVISED ME THAT DURING HIS INTERVIEW; WHICH WAS AFTER MIRANDA, (EXPUNGED RECORD) DID ADMIT TO JUST PURCHASING THE MARIJUANA FROM DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO PAYING HIM THE $160.00 WHICH WAS ALL IN TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS TO DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS. WHEN (EXPUNGED RECORD) WAS ASKED HOW MUCH HE HAD PURCHASED, HE ADVISED TWO OUNCES. THIS DEPUTY DID CONDUCT A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, WHICH DID NOT LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF ANY OTHER CONTRABAND. THIS DEPUTY ALSO INTERVIEWED TWO PASSENGERS WHICH WERE IN THE VEHICLE, WHICH WERE NOT ARRESTED. AT THIS TIME DETECTIVE EMRICK INTERVIEWED DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS WHO ADVISED, AFTER MIRANDA, TO DETECTIVE EMRICK, THAT HE HAD JUST SOLD TWO OUNCES OF MARIJUANA TO (EXPUNGED RECORD) AND THAT THE $160.00 FROM THE SALE WAS IN HIS POCKET. HE ADVISED THAT (EXPUNGED RECORD) DID NOT PAY HIM THE FULL PRICE AND THAT HE STILL OWED HIM MONEY. (EXPUNGED RECORD) WAS ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED DOUBLE LOCKED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS BY THIS DEPUTY PRIOR TO TRANSPORT IN REFERENCE TO SECURING THE $160.00 WHICH WAS IN HIS FRONT RIGHT POCKET WHICH BOTH DEFENDANTS ADMITTED TO MONEY BEING USED IN THE DRUG DEAL. LOCATED IN HIS LEFT POCKET WAS FOUR BUNDLES OF CASH WHICH WERE SEPARATED BY ONE DOLLAR AND TEN DOLLAR BILLS. THE FIRST BUNDLE CONSISTED OF A ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL, FIVE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS, TWO TEN DOLLAR BILLS, THREE FIVE DOLLAR BILLS, AND FOUR ONE DOLLAR BILLS, FOR A TOTAL OF $239.00. BUNDLE TWO CONSISTED OF SEVEN FIVE DOLLAR BILLS TOTALING $35.00. BUNDLE THREE CONSISTED OF FIVE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS WITH TOTAL OF $100.00 AND BUNDLE FOUR CONSISTED OF FIVE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS AND A TEN DOLLAR BILL TOTALING $110.00. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CASH TAKEN INTO CUSTODY WAS $655.00 BY THIS DEPUTY. WHILE THIS DEPUTY WAS INVENTORYING THIS MONEY, DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS ADVISED THAT THE $160.00 FOR THE SALE OF THE MARIJUANA WAS THE MONEY THAT WAS IN HIS RIGHT POCKET. HE ADVISED THE MONEY IN HIS LEFT POCKET WAS FOR HIS RENT. HOWEVER, IN THIS DEPUTY'S EXPERIENCE, THE MONEY WAS SEPARATED IN BUNDLES IN A WAY WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH SUBJECTS WHO DEAL IN THE ILLEGAL SALE OF NARCOTICS. UPON THIS DEPUTY TAKING THE CURRENCY INTO MY POSSESSION, DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS WAS ARRESTED HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, (EXPUNGED RECORD) WAS RELEASED ON HIS OWN RECOGNIZANCE. BOND WAS SET FOR DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS AT $10,000.00 PER BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS WAS PRESENTED WITH A FORFEITURE NOTICE FORM WHICH WAS COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY THIS DEPUTY AND DEFENDANT KARAMALAKIS, STATING THAT THE TOTAL OF $655.00 IN U S CURRENCY WAS BEING SEIZED. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
