| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: COLEMAN, BRIAN 8856 (AR07004229) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: POSSESSED AN UN-PRESCRIBED DRUG, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS XANAX, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13. ON 080107, AT APPROXIMATELY 1435 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO MR B'S CARWASH IN REFERENCE TO A POSSIBLE DRUNK DRIVER OPERATING A BLACK FORD RANGER PICK-UP TRUCK. UPON ARRIVING, I OBSERVED A BLACK FORD RANGER PARKED NEXT TO THE VACUUM MACHINE, AT WHICH TIME I PARKED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY AND APPROACHED THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS SEATED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. AT THIS TIME I KNOCKED ON THE WINDOW, WHICH WAS PARTIALLY DOWN, AND ASKED THE DRIVER IF HE WOULD TALK TO ME. THE DRIVER ADVISED THAT HE WOULD, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED HE HAD HAD NOTHING TO DRINK, AND THAT HE WAS WET BECAUSE HE WENT SWIMMING IN HIS CLOTHES AT FORT ISLAND GULF BEACH. I THEN ASKED IF HE WOULD EXIT THE VEHICLE, AND UPON DOING SO, I OBSERVED IN HIS RIGHT HAND A PLASTIC CARD AND AN UNKNOWN SMALL WHITE ITEM IN HIS CLOSED HAND. I ASKED WHAT IT WAS, AT WHICH TIME HE HANDED ME THE PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION CARD, HOWEVER CONTINUED TO KEEP HIS HAND IN A CLOSED FIST, MOVING IT BEHIND HIS BODY AS IF ATTEMPTING TO CONCEAL THE CONTENTS. I THEN ASKED WHAT HE HAD IN HIS HAND, AND HE SHOWED ME A SMALL PIECE OF A PILL, WHICH HE ADVISED WAS XANAX. I THEN ASKED WHERE HIS PILL BOTTLE WAS, AND HE ADVISED IT MIGHT BE AT HOME OR AT HIS GIRLFRIEND'S HOUSE, AND HE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE LABEL WAS DESTROYED. I ALSO ASKED WHICH DOCTOR HAD PRESCRIBED THE MEDICATION, AND HE ADVISED THAT IT HAD BEEN PRESCRIBED BY A DR DESALVO OUT OF NEW PORT RICHEY. NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE OBTAINED ON A DR DESALVO THROUGH THE TELEPHONE COMPANY. I ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH WALGREENS AND CVS, AND CVS ADVISED THAT THE ONLY DR DESALVO THEY HAVE LISTED WAS FROM WEST PALM BEACH. THROUGH FURTHER CONVERSATION, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT HE HAD SPOKEN TO THE DOCTOR BY TELEPHONE AND HAD NEVER SEEN HIM IN PERSON AND THAT HIS PILLS WERE DELIVERED BY FEDEX. I ALSO MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT'S MOTHER WHO ADVISED THAT, TO THE BEST OF HER KNOWLEDGE, HER SON WAS NOT SEEING ANY DOCTOR, AND WAS NOT PRESCRIBED XANAX. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST AND A SEARCH INCIDENT TO AN ARREST REVEALED A PILL BOTTLE WITH NO READABLE LABEL AND NUMEROUS PIECES OF WHITE PILLS. ALSO INSIDE THIS CONTAINER WAS A CLEAR, SMALL PLASTIC BAGGY THAT WAS TIED ON ONE END CONTAINING A WHITE POWDER SUBSTANCE. THIS SUBSTANCE WAS TESTED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. A CROSS-REFERENCE OF THE PILL WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH A DRUG IDENTIFICATION HANDBOOK WHICH VERIFIED THAT THE PILLS WERE XANAX. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS CHARGED WITH THE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WITH A BOND BEING SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
