| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SCHAFFER, HEATH 0652 (AR08103822) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHADONE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 062008 AT APPROXIMATELY 2201 HOURS, WHILE PATROLLING THE AREA OF CRYSTAL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, I OBSERVED A SILVER GMC "JIMMY" FAIL TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN OF NORTHEAST EIGHTH AVENUE AND NORTHEAST THIRTEENTH TERRACE. AT THAT TIME, WITH THE USE OF MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP OF THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE AND ASKED THE SUBJECT FOR HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. THE SUSPECT PROVIDED THE INFORMATION REQUESTED WITH NO PROBLEM. AT THAT TIME, I WENT BACK TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO WRITE A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION (UTC) AND CORPORAL BONURA, WHO WAS ON SCENE, REQUESTED THE DRIVER TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. AS HE DID SO, CORPORAL BONURA OBSERVED THE DRIVER TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT DID ADMIT TO CORPORAL BONURA TO HAVING SMOKED AN UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA. AT THAT TIME, CORPORAL BONURA REQUESTED THE USE OF OUR TRAFFIC UNIT WITH DEPUTY ROY WEST. UPON ARRIVAL OF DEPUTY WEST, HE ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO PERFORM ANY OF THE SOBRIETY TASKS, TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE DID NOT. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY WEST HAD THE DEFENDANT DO THE FIELD SOBRIETY EXERCISES. CORPORAL BONURA AND DEPUTY WEST ADVISED THAT SINCE THE DEFENDANT HAD NO PRIOR OFFENSES HE COULD CALL A FRIEND TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME I COMPLETED MY UTC AND RETURNED BACK TO THE DRIVER, HAD THE DRIVER SIGN THE UTC, CITATION NUMBER 2208 WITH THE INFRACTION BEING VIOLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT'S FRIEND SHOWED UP TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. UPON THE DEFENDANT EXITING THE VEHICLE, A SMALL CELLOPHANE AS WELL AS HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE DROPPED FROM HIS CLOTHING. THE DEFENDANT BENT DOWN TO PICK UP THE TWO ITEMS, TRYING TO CONCEAL THE BAGGIE, WHICH I COULD SEE WAS CONTAINING FOUR SMALL WHITE PILLS, WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. WHEN CONFRONTED ABOUT THE BAGGIE, THE DEFENDANT WAS RELUCTANT TO COMPLY. HE EVENTUALLY DROPPED THE BAGGIE AND CORPORAL BONURA THEN PICKED THE BAGGIE UP AND ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT THE CONTENTS WERE AND THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT THEY WERE METHADONE AND THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION. AT THAT TIME, CORPORAL BONURA CONTACTED THE POISON CONTROL CENTER AND SPOKE WITH MS HODGES. CORPORAL BONURA PROVIDED HER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE PILLS, AND SHE ADVISED THAT THEY WERE METHADONE, A SCHEDULE TWO NARCOTIC. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS, DOUBLE-LOCKED, BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE EVIDENCE WAS COLLECTED AND WILL BE TUNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. PRIOR TO LEAVING THE SCENE, THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO HIS FRIEND. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
