| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WILLIAMS, JUSTIN 0730\t\t(AR16-20871) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: .3 GRAMS METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 893.13(6)(A), AND did knowingly, willfully be in the actual or constructive possession of a controlled substance, to-wit: APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM MARIJUANA, in violation of Florida Statutes 893.13(6)(B) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2). ON 090716, AT APPROXIMATELY 0219 HOURS, I OBSERVED A GREEN IN COLOR 4-DOOR TOYOTA BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER 9418UP TRAVELLING WESTBOUND ON WEST DUNNELLON ROAD NEAR NORTH ELKCAM BOULEVARD. AS I GOT BEHIND THE VEHICLE THE VEHICLE ABRUPTLY TURNED INTO A CLOSED BUSINESS LOCATED AT 2821 WEST DUNNELLON ROAD, AND THE DRIVER QUICKLY EXITED THE VEHICLE. DUE TO THE SUSPICIOUS NATURE OF THE VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS, I MADE A CONSENSUAL ENCOUNTER WITH THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR THOMAS EBBERT UPON CHECKING THE TAG NUMBER ON TELETYPE, IT INDICATED THAT THE TAG ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE, WHICH WAS 9418UP, WAS NOT ASSIGNED TO THAT VEHICLE. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, I ASKED HIM TO PROVIDE ME A DRIVERâS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION, HOWEVER HE ADVISED HE DID NOT HAVE EITHER. IT WAS CONFIRMED BY TELETYPE WITH THE DEFENDANTâS NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH THAT THE DEFENDANTâS DRIVERâS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED WITH MULTIPLE SUSPENSIONS FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES. THE DEFENDANT DID CONFIRM THAT HE HAD KNOWLEDGE THAT THIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD A LOCAL WARRANT FOR FAILURE TO APPEAR. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH THE REST OF THE OCCUPANTS IDENTIFIED AS WITNESS BRANDON WEINKEIN AND WITNESS WALLACE STEWART IT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED THAT MR WEINKEIN ALSO HAD TWO LOCAL WARRANTS. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WOULD PROVIDE VERBAL CONSENT FOR ME TO SEARCH HIS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT REFUSED TO CONSENT. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT HAD ALREADY BEEN PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR HIS WARRANT, AS WELL AS WITNESS MR WEINKEIN. MR STEWART WAS THEN ASKED TO EXIT THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME HE COMPLIED. I THEN DEPLOYED MY CANINE PARTNER SAMSON TO PERFORM EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. CANINE SAMSON GAVE A POSITIVE ALERT TO THE ODOR OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS. SEE MY CANINE SUPPLEMENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. A HAND SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS THEN CONDUCTED. DURING MY SEARCH I LOCATED A CIGARETTE BOX WEDGED BETWEEN THE DRIVERâS SEAT AND CENTER CONSOLE, WHICH WAS WHERE THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN SEATED. BASED ON THE LOCATION OF THE CIGARETTE BOX IT WAS DETERMINED TO BE IN THE IMMEDIATE ACCESS OF THE DEFENDANT WHEN HE WAS IN THE DRIVERâS SEAT. INSIDE THE CIGARETTE BOX I LOCATED A CANNABIS CIGARETTE WHICH I RECOGNIZED TO BE SUCH BASED ON MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. THE CANNABIS SEIZED WEIGHTED APPROXIMATELY 1 GRAM. I ALSO LOCATED A SMALL BLUE PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SUBSTANCE WHICH I RECOGNIZED FROM MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO POSSIBLY BE METHAMPHETAMINE. A FIELD TEST WAS CONDUCTED ON THE SUBSTANCE WHICH YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR HIS LOCAL WARRANT, AS WELL AS THE THREE NEW CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE, BOND SET AT $2,000.00, POSSESSION OF CANNABIS LESS THAN 20 GRAMS WITH BOND SET AT $1,000.00, AND ONE COUNT DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, WITH BOND SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANTâS TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $3,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING BY DEPUTY CREEL (0661). |
