Date of birth: | Aug 13, 1957 |
Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: BAIRD, MATTHEW 0624 (AR08103397) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 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: MARIJUANA, SAID OBJECT BEING A PIPE AND THREE PACKAGES OF ROLLING PAPERS AND SCREENS TO BE USED WITH THE PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B). ON 052308 AT APPROXIMATELY 2045 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH FLORIDA AND LIVE OAK STREET REFERENCE A REQUEST FOR BACKUP FROM DEPUTY PRICE. DEPUTY PRICE HAD INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE DEFENDANT REFERENCE SPEEDING 49 MILES PER HOUR (MPH) IN A 35 MPH ZONE (SEE WARNING NUMBER 220040B) AND HE WAS REQUESTING ANOTHER DEPUTY RESPOND TO HIS LOCATION IN EMERGENCY MODE. I THEN RESPONDED TO DEPUTY PRICE'S LOCATION USING BOTH LIGHTS AND SIRENS. UPON MY ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT HAD ALREADY BEEN PLACED IN HANDCUFFS (DOUBLE-LOCKED) AND WAS AT THAT TIME UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA REFERENCE AN ALTOIDS CONTAINER THAT DEPUTY PRICE HAD LOCATED IN THE DEFENDANT'S LEFT FRONT POCKET THAT CONTAINED TWO PARTIALLY SMOKED MARIJUANA CIGARETTES. (SEE DEPUTY PRICE'S SUPPLEMENT.) I THEN ASSISTED DEPUTY PRICE IN SEARCHING THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE INCIDENT TO THE ARREST. UPON OPENING THE PASSENGER'S DOOR, I OBSERVED A BLACK BAG OF THE TYPE USED FOR CAMCORDERS OR PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT. UPON SEARCHING THIS BAG, I OBSERVED A SWISHER'S SWEETS CIGAR BOX. UPON OPENING THIS BOX, I OBSERVED A PIPE AND DETECTED THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA. I ALSO OBSERVED THREE PACKS OF ROLLING PAPERS AND SEVERAL SMALL SCREENS OF THE TYPE USED IN PIPES. ALSO IN THE SWISHER'S SWEETS BOX WERE TWO BLACK AND GRAY FILM CANISTERS, ONE CONTAINING 0.5 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA AND THE OTHER CONTAINING OF 0.5 GRAMS OF MARIJUANA SEEDS AND A SMALL BAGGIE CONTAINING LESS THAN ONE GRAM OF COCAINE. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED THAT THESE ITEMS BELONGED TO HIM AND CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE MARIJUANA AND COCAINE. A PRESUMPTIVE FIELD TEST CONFIRMED THE SUBSTANCE IN THE SMALL BAGGIE TO BE COCAINE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN THE BACK OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION FACILITY. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
Inmate status: | Felony Misdemeanor County/Municipal Traffic Ordinance Warrant/Capias |
Arrest date: | May 23, 2008 |
Booking number: | 08103397 |
Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
Code: | 893.13(6)(A) |
Charge description: | POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE |
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 |