| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SEFFERN JR, JONATHAN 0623 (AR14-11280) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE EIGHT MILLIGRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER 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 SILVER SPOON CONTAINING A BURNT HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE AND A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE CONTAINING WASH AND THE PRESENCE OF HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 072214, WHILE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON WEST DUNKLIN STREET, I OBSERVED A RED GMC PICK UP TRUCK TRAVELING WEST BOUND WHILE CONDUCTING STATIONARY RADAR. AS THE VEHICLE PASSED MY PATROL VEHICLE, THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE DOWN AT WHICH TIME I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO HAVE ONLY ONE OPERABLE BRAKE LIGHT WHICH WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH A REAR CAB BRAKE LIGHT HOWEVER, THE CAB BRAKE LIGHT AND DRIVER SIDE BRAKE LIGHT WERE INOPERABLE. AT THAT TIME, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE UTILIZING ALL OF MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH HUSKY AVENUE AND WEST ROMEO LANE. UPON MAKING CONTACT with THE DRIVER, IDENTIFIED AS MR JAMES MILLER, I REQUESTED HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. MR MILLER PROVIDED ME WITH ALL OF THE REQUESTED DOCUMENTS. WHILE SPEAKING WITH HIM, I OBSERVED HIS PASSENGER, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MS TRISHA POWELL. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MR MILLER, I ASKED HIM IF THERE WERE ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE SUCH AS GUNS, KNIVES OR NARCOTICS TO WHICH HE REPLIED NO. I THEN ASKED IF HE WOULD PROVIDE CONSENT FOR ME TO CONDUCT A SEARCH OF HIS VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED YES HE WOULD CONSENT TO THE SEARCH. AT THAT TIME, I REQUESTED HE AND THE DEFENDANT EXIT THE VEHICLE SO A SEARCH COULD BE COMPLETED. PRIOR TO SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AS I WAS FAMILIAR WITH HER BEING INVOLVED IN NARCOTICS. I ASKED MS POWELL IF SHE WAS ON PROBATION AT WHICH TIME SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WAS AND FURTHERMORE, SHE HAD A PENDING CASE FOR POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THAT TIME, I ASKED IF SHE WAS AWARE OF ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS INSIDE OF the VEHICLE AT WHICH TIME SHE ADVISED SHE WANTED TO BE HONEST AND EXPLAINED SHE HAD A RIG AND A DILAUDID LOCATED INSIDE OF A PINK BAG INSIDE OF the TRUCK. I THEN BEGAN MY SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WHERE I LOCATED THE PINK BAG DESCRIBED BY the DEFENDANT. I LOCATED ONE HYPODERMIC NEEDLE DESCRIBED BY THE DEFENDANT AS THE RIG AND A CIGARETTE CELLOPHANE WRAPPER, WHICH CONTAINED ONE WHITE THREE SIDED PILL DISPLAYING SCORE EL14, WHICH WAS LATER IDENTIFIED BY DRUGS.COM AS AN 8 MILLIGRAM HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE PILL INSIDE THE PINK BAG. I ALSO LOCATED A SILVER SPOON THAT CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF A HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE PILL AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF COTTON. INSIDE OF the HYPODERMIC NEEDLE CONTAINED WASH WHICH THE DEFENDANT ADVISED WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE EARLY HOURS OF 072214. THE WASH LOCATED INSIDE OF the HYPODERMIC NEEDLE CONTAINED TRACE AMOUNTS OF HYDROMORPHONE HYDROCHLORIDE. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTED HOWEVER, NO OTHER NARCOTICS WERE LOCATED. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HER BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. THE NARCOTICS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA COLLECTED WERE PACKAGED FOR LATER SUBMISSION INTO EVIDENCE. MR MILLER WAS PROVIDED A VERBAL WARNING FOR INOPERABLE BRAKE LIGHTS AND THEN WAS RELEASED FROM THE SCENE. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WHERE SHE WAS CHARGED WITH COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND ONE COUNT OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
