| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: LAUGHLIN, JEREMY 0617 (AR15-16762) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, 8 GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). 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: A GLASS METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE AND A SMALL BAGGIE WITH RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 100915, AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING EAST ON HIGHWAY 44 WHEN I OBSERVED A WHITE VOLKSWAGEN TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WITH THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BEING 55 MILES PER HOUR. THE VEHICLE WAS STEADILY PULLING AWAY FROM OTHER TRAFFIC, AT WHICH TIME I PACED THE VEHICLE AT 67 MILES PER HOUR. I THEN ACTIVATED MY RADAR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE, REACHING A SPEED OF 72 MILES PER HOUR WHILE TRAVELING INTO THE 60 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD AN INOPERABLE DRIVERâS SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT. AT THAT TIME, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE VEHICLE, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE DTJF55, AND MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR TRAVIS CROSBY. I INFORMED THE DEFENDANT OF THE TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED HE WAS NOT FROM THE AREA AND DID NOT NOTICE THE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS. THE DEFENDANT PROVIDED ME WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION, AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY CONTRABAND OR ILLEGAL ITEMS IN THE VEHICLE OR ON HIS PERSON, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID NOT. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WOULD CONSENT TO A SEARCH OF HIS VEHICLE FOR THE SAID ITEMS AND HE CONSENTED TO A SEARCH OF HIS VEHICLE AND PERSON. THE DEFENDANT EXITED HIS VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS TURNED OVER TO DEPUTY SEFFERN IN FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED DEPUTY SEFFERN THAT HE HAD A SMALL AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN HIS POCKET AND A PIPE LOCATED IN THE VEHICLE. UPON SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, I LOCATED A GLASS SMOKING PIPE INSIDE A GLOVE IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT. A FURTHER SEARCH INSIDE THE VEHICLE REVEALED NO FURTHER CONTRABAND. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE DEFENDANT REVEALED A SMALL CRAZY GLUE CONTAINER WHICH CONTAINED A SMALL ZIP LOCK BAGGIE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING, WARNING NUMBER 388968B, FOR UNLAWFUL SPEED AND AN INOPERABLE BRAKE LIGHT. SCALLYâS TOWING RESPONDED AND TOWED THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING, WHERE HIS BOND WAS SET AT $3,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS WEIGHED WITH A COMBINED WEIGHT OF 8 GRAMS, WHICH WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. |
