| Date of birth: | Nov 6, 1954 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: BERGEN, JOHN 0519 (AR08102733) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS COCAINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). (AND) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). (AND) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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, WITH SAID OBJECT BEING A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 041508 I RESPONDED AS BACK-UP WITH DEPUTY ALEXANDER ON A CALL IN REFERENCE TO A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. UPON ARRIVAL I MADE CONTACT WITH DEPUTY ALEXANDER AT THE ENTRANCE TO YEOMAN'S PARK. SHE ADVISED THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE VEHICLE WENT DOWN HIDDEN OAKS DRIVE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THIS IS A LONG DIRT TRAIL WITH NO RESIDENCES. WE THEN PROCEEDED DOWN HIDDEN OAKS DRIVE, WHERE APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF MILE DOWN I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT STANDING NEXT TO HIS WHITE MAZDA PICKUP TRUCK WITH THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OPEN. AS I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ON FOOT THE DEFENDANT NOTICED ME AND BEGAN MAKING QUICK MOVEMENTS INSIDE THE VEHICLE WHICH APPEARED AS THOUGH HE WAS HIDING SOMETHING INSIDE THE VEHICLE. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE MALE SUBJECT AT HIS DRIVER'S DOOR AND ASKED HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING, TO WHICH HE STATED HE WAS WAITING FOR A FRIEND NAMED KYLE FOR A SEXUAL RENDEZVOUS. IT WAS AT THAT TIME I NOTICED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE LYING ON THE GROUND. THE BAGGIE HAD THE CORNER TORN OFF OF IT. THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE IT IS KNOWN TO ME THAT USING THE CORNER OF PLASTIC BAGS IS A COMMON WAY TO STORE NARCOTICS. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WERE ANY NARCOTICS IN HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE STATED HE HAD SOME MARIJUANA. AT THAT TIME I PLACED THE DEFENDANT IN HANDCUFFS AND RETRIEVED A SMALL BAGGIE CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE VISOR OF THE VEHICLE, WHERE THE DEFENDANT HAD TOLD ME IT WOULD BE. I THEN ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA. A SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED, IN THE CENTER CONSOLE, A TORN OFF CORNER OF A PLASTIC BAGGIE WHICH WAS OPEN AND CONTAINED A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE. IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE BAGGIE WAS A HYPODERMIC SYRINGE WHICH HAD BURN MARKS AND BLOOD ON IT. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE REVEALED NO OTHER CONTRABAND. I AGAIN CONTACTED THE DEFENDANT AND READ HIM HIS RIGHTS FROM THE AGENCY ISSUED LAW ENFORCEMENT FIELD GUIDE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND DID WISH TO SPEAK TO ME. IT WAS AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT TOLD ME THAT HE WAS NOT WAITING FOR A FRIEND, AND THAT HE WAS SITTING IN HIS TRUCK SHOOTING COCAINE. HE ADVISED HE HAD PAID $60.00 FOR ONE GRAM OF COCAINE FROM AN UNKNOWN SUBJECT IN INVERNESS. HE ADVISED HE HAD JUST BEGUN TO USE THE COCAINE WHEN I ARRIVED ON SCENE. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE HAD A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND COULD NOT STOP USING COCAINE. HE ADVISED HE DID WISH TO SEEK HELP DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE DRUG IS RUINING HIS LIFE. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DEFENDANT'S WIFE WHO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $6,000 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE NARCOTICS WERE FIELD TESTED AND DID TEST POSITIVE FOR COCAINE AND MARIJUANA. THE PACKAGE CONTAINING THE COCAINE WEIGHED .75 GRAMS AND THE MARIJUANA WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 GRAMS. ALL EVIDENCE WAS PACKAGED AND WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE LOCKER. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
| Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
| Arrest date: | Oct 10, 2009 |
| Booking number: | 09111371 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Arrest date: | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Booking number: | 08102733 |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(A) |
| Charge description: | POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE COCAINE |
| Bond amount: | $5,000 |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(B) |
| Charge description: | POSSESSION CANNABIS (LESS THAN 20 GRAMS) |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 893.147(1)(B) |
| Charge description: | DRUG PARAPHERNALIA - TO INJECT/INGEST/INHALE/INTRODUCE |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
| Code: | 948.06 |
| Charge description: | VIOLATION OF PROBATION OR COMMUNITY CONTROL |
| Bond amount: | $0 |
