| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PAUL, MATT 0085 (AR07004432) UNLAWFULLY POSSESS CERTAIN FORGED NOTES, BILLS, CHECKS OR DRAFTS, TO WIT: FOUR FRAUDULENT $5.00 BILLS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 831.08; AND DID UTTER FORGED BILLS, CHECKS, DRAFTS OR NOTES, TO WIT: FOUR FRAUDULENT $5.00 BILLS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 831.09. ON 081207 AT 0246 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 6296 WEST GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY, CRYSTAL RIVER (THE KANGAROO STORE) IN REFERENCE TO A FEMALE THAT WAS ATTEMPTING TO PASS COUNTERFEIT $5.00 BILLS. WHILE RESPONDING TO THE SCENE, I WAS ADVISED BY DISPATCH THAT THE FEMALE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE STORE. UPON MY ARRIVAL VIA THE ROCK CRUSHER ENTRANCE, I COULD SEE THE CLERK POINTING TO A VEHICLE PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORE, A GOLD COLORED PLYMOUTH BEARING FLORIDA TAG NUMBER I35PKC. I PARKED DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VEHICLE AND EXITED MY PATROL VEHICLE. I APPROACHED THE PLYMOUTH ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I THEN OBSERVED A WHITE FEMALE SUBJECT, LATER DETERMINED TO BE THE DEFENDANT/MS TRACY KRAMER, IN THE PASSENGER SEAT OF THE VEHICLE DRINKING A TWELVE OUNCE BEER. DEPUTY BARNES STAYED WITH THE DEFENDANT WHILE MYSELF AND DEPUTY O'MELIAN WENT INTO THE STORE AND SPOKE WITH THE COMPLAINANT. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT CAME INTO THE STORE AND ATTEMPTED TO PURCHASE A PACK OF GENERIC CIGARETTES TOTALING $2.49. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE CONCLUDED THE TRANSACTION WHEN THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED HIM WITH A $5.00 BILL AND HE GAVE HER $2.51 BACK IN CHANGE. THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT THEN WANTED TO PURCHASE A LIGHTER AND WHEN SHE HANDED HIM THREE $5.00 BILLS, HE USED A CURRENCY PEN ON THE BILLS AND THE MARK TURNED BLACK INSTEAD OF GOLD. HE STATED THAT HE THEN KNEW THAT THE BILLS WERE NOT REAL. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE TOOK THE CIGARETTES AND THE LIGHTER, PLACED THEN BEHIND THE COUNTER ALONG WITH THE FOUR $5.00 BILLS AND CONTACTED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UPON INSPECTING THE FOUR $5.00 BILLS THAT THE COMPLAINANT HAD IN HIS POSSESSION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THEY WERE DISCOLORED AND FUZZY. EACH OF THE $5.00 BILLS HAD THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER BEING "E56104747B". THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE DID NOT RECEIVE THE CHANGE BACK FROM THE DEFENDANT. AS WE RETURNED BACK OUT TO SPEAK WITH THE DEFENDANT, DEPUTY TACKETT OBSERVED FOUR $5.00 BILLS AND TWO $1.00 BILLS ON THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OF THE VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT HAD BEEN GOING ON. SHE ADVISED THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE BILLS HAD COME FROM AND THAT THE BILLS SHE HAD USED TO PURCHASE THE CIGARETTES AND THE LIGHTER WERE BILLS SHE HAD AT HOME. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT SHE WAS A STAY AT HOME NANNY. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD GO TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AND WHEN SHE RECEIVED CHANGE, SHE DID NOT LOOK AT HER BILLS. THE DEFENDANT TOLD ME THAT SHE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THE CHANGE THAT WAS GIVEN BACK TO HER BY THE CLERK, THAT SHE DID NOT CARRY A PURSE AND TYPICALLY CARRIED HER MONEY IN HER BRASSIERE. AFTER ADVISING THE DEFENDANT THAT FOUR SIMILAR BILLS WERE FOUND ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE SHE WAS SEATED IN, SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD NO IDEA WHERE THOSE BILLS CAME FROM. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD BEEN SITTING IN THE VEHICLE UP UNTIL THE TIME OF MY ARRIVAL. DEPUTY O'MELIAN THEN TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BILLS LYING ON THE GROUND AND DISCOVERED THAT THEY ALSO CONTAINED THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER AS THE FOUR BILLS THAT WERE USED TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE PURCHASE OF CIGARETTES AND A LIGHTER. THE TWO $1.00 BILLS APPEARED TO BE REAL AND HAD DIFFERENT SERIAL NUMBERS ON THEM. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THOSE BILLS WERE FROM THE CHANGE THAT THE DEFENDANT RECEIVED FROM THE COMPLAINANT. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT SHE WAS INTOXICATED. SHE HAD A STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOLIC EMITTING FROM HER PERSON, HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED, HER EYES WERE BLOOD SHOT AND SHE WAS VERY ANIMATED WITH HER HANDS. AT ONE POINT, I HAD TO TELL THE DEFENDANT TO QUIT TOUCHING MY PERSON. SHE WAS QUITE UPSET AND ADAMANT THAT SHE DID NOT KNOW WHERE THE BILLS HAD COME FROM; HOWEVER, SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A PURCHASE USING FOUR OF THE $5.00 BILLS THAT WERE FOUND. I THEN SPOKE WITH A WITNESS WHO ADVISED THAT HE WAS CONTACTED BY THE DEFENDANT AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 HOURS ON THIS DATE TO SEE IF HE COULD PICK HER UP AND HANG OUT. THE WITNESS STATED THAT HE PICKED UP THE DEFENDANT AT HER RESIDENCE AND TOOK HER TO THE CIRCLE K TO BUY CIGARETTES. HE STATED THAT THE CLERK AT THE CIRCLE K WOULD NOT TAKE THE MONEY SO THEY WENT TO THE KANGAROO STORE AT ROCK CRUSHER ROAD AND HIGHWAY 44. THE WITNESS TOLD ME THAT WHEN HE PICKED UP THE DEFENDANT, SHE ADVISED HIM THAT SHE HAD $40.00 TO GO OUT WITH. THE WITNESS PROVIDED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF FORGED NOTES AND UTTERING FORGED BILLS. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE-LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. SHE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT'S TOTAL BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED AN UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, NUMBER 0095-EVY, FOR OPEN CONTAINER BY PASSENGER WITH A FINE OF $75.50 PAYABLE IN THIRTY DAYS. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
