| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0292 (AR14-10923) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: PSILOCYBIN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1). 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 PLASTIC CONTAINER WHICH CONTAINED THE PSILOCYBIN, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1). ON 062514, A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 8146 NORTH PINE HAVEN POINT, IN CRYSTAL RIVER. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE OCCUPANTS, ALL OF WHOM RESIDE THERE, TO INCLUDE DEFENDANTS, MS AMY ENDSLEY, MR RICHARD HARKLEROAD, MR BEN PADGETT, MS TARA MURAWSKI, MR ZACHARY KELLNER, AND MS VERA LINDAHL. ALL THE DEFENDANTS WERE DETAINED ONCE THE RESIDENCE WAS CLEARED. THE DEFENDANTS WERE INTERVIEWED BY DEPUTY PARSONS AND DETECTIVE CAREY AND A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE WAS CONDUCTED. UPON THE INTERVIEW BEING CONDUCTED WITH MS AMY ENDSLEY, SHE WAS READ MIRANDA, ASKED IF SHE STILL WISHED TO SPEAK TO THE OFFICERS AND SHE ADVISED SHE DID; HOWEVER, DURING THE INTERVIEW, SHE REFUSED TO ADMIT THAT THERE WAS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON AT THE RESIDENCE. MULTIPLE DEPUTIES HAVE RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS INVOLVING INCIDENTS AT THE RESIDENCE, INCLUDING NARCOTICS AS WELL AS THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE. SHE WAS ADVISED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS THAT THIS ACTIVITY NEEDED TO CEASE AND THAT THE HOUSE, WHICH SHE OWNS (8146 NORTH PINE HAVEN POINT, CRYSTAL RIVER), HAS A REPUTATION OF BEING A DRUG DEN AND THAT SHE COULD BE ARRESTED FOR HAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT HER RESIDENCE WAS BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANUFACTURING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. DEFENDANT ENDSLY WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED FOR HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF THE DRUG MANUFACTURING THAT WAS BEING DONE AT HER RESIDENCE. ALSO, IN HER BEDROOM WAS A PLASTIC MEASURING CUP CONTAINING SHROOMS/ PSILOCYBIN. SHE WAS ARRESTED IN REFERENCE TO THESE CHARGES AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. AN INTERVIEW WAS THEN CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANTS, MR RICHARD HARKLEROAD AND MS VERA LINDAHL. THESE DEFENDANTS WERE INTERVIEWED SEPARATELY AND BOTH WERE READ MIRANDA. THEY BOTH STATED THEY WOULD SPEAK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THEY BOTH CONFESSED, INDEPENDENTLY THAT THERE WOULD BE SHROOMS/ PSILOCYBIN AND PARAPHERNALIA IN THE BEDROOM THAT THEY SHARE. UPON THEIR ROOM BEING SEARCHED, THERE WAS A CUP IN THE MICROWAVE, AND IN THE CUP WAS SHROOMS/ PSILOCYBIN. BOTH OF THE DEFENDANTS ADMITTED THEY WERE ABOUT TO MAKE SHROOM TEA TO DRINK. THERE WAS ALSO A BONG GRINDER AND PIPE. AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANT MR BEN PADGETT. HE WAS READ MIRANDA AND HE ADVISED HE DID WISH TO SPEAK WITH OFFICERS. HE ADVISED THAT THE SHROOMS/PSILOCYBIN IN THE LAUNDRY ROOM WERE HIS AND THAT LAST NIGHT, HE WAS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WENT OFF OF COUNTY ROAD 488 TO PICK THE SHROOMS THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE RESIDENCE. INTERVIEWS WERE THEN CONDUCTED WITH MS TARA MURAWSKI AND MR ZACHARY KELLNER. THESE TWO DEFENDANTS SHARE A BEDROOM UPSTAIRS. THEY WERE READ MIRANDA AND THEY ADVISED THEY WISHED TO SPEAK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. UPON SEPARATELY INTERVIEWING THEM, THEY BOTH ADMITTED THAT THERE WOULD BE SHROOMS/PSILOCYBIN LOCATED IN THEIR ROOM AND A NEEDLE/SYRINGE WHICH WAS USED TO INJECT PILLS. UPON SEARCHING THEIR ROOMS, THE SHROOMS/PSILOCYBIN WAS LOCATED, AS WELL AS THE SYRINGE AND METHAMPHETAMINE BOAT. ALL DEFENDANTS WERE ARRESTED, TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT. THERE BONDS WERE SET PER THE BOND SCHEDULE AT: MR ZACHARY KELLNER $3,000.00 MS TARA MURAWSKI $3,000.00 MR BEN PADGETT $2,000.00 MR RICHARD HARKLEROAD $3,000.00 MS VERA LINDAHL $3,000.00 MS AMY ENDSLEY $5,000.00 IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING ITEMS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE CHEMICALS AND METHAMPHETAMINE LAB GARBAGE WAS COLLECTED AT THE SCENE. ALL EVIDENCE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND PROCESSED. ALL NON-HAZARD ITEMS WERE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. ALL ITEMS RELATED TO THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WERE DEEMED HAZARDOUS WERE COLLECTED, PHOTOGRAPHED, AND PROCESSED AND WILL BE TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE METHAMPHETAMINE CONTAINER UNIT. |
