| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CUTLIP, JOSHUA 0721 (AR11119229) did, knowing HIS driver's license or driving privilege had been cancelled, suspended or revoked AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license or privilege was cancelled, in violation of Florida'S STATE Statute 322.34(5) did knowingly, willfully and feloniously be in the actual or constructive possession of a controlled substance, to-wit: METHAMPHETAMINES, in violation of Florida'S Statutes 893.13(6)(A). DID, WITHOUT BEING DULY AUTHORIZED BY THE SHERIFF OR BY THE OFFICER IN CHARGE, UNLAWFULLY INTRODUCE INTO OR POSSESS UPON THE GROUNDS OF A COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, TO-WIT: CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY AN ARTICLE DECLARED TO BE CONTRABAND, TO-WIT METHAMPHETAMINE WHILE SAID DEFENDANT WAS BEING BOOKED INTO SAID FACILITY IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 951.22(1); ON 020711 AT APPROXIMATELY 1255 HOURS, WHILE ON ROUTINE PATROL, I WAS RUNNING TRAFFIC ON WEST MAIN STREET IN INVERNESS WESTBOUND WHERE I OBSERVED A WHITE FORD BRONCO HEADING EASTBOUND BEARING FLORIDA TEMPORARY LICENSE PLATE NUMBER ALZ1391 DRIVING IN EXCESS OF THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT OF 35 MPH. I THEN ESTIMATED the VEHICLE'S SPEED TO BE AT 45 MPH. I ACTIVATED MY FRONT RADAR ANTENNA AND RECEIVED A DIGITAL READOUT OF 50 MPH ALONG WITH A CONSISTENT AUDIBLE DOPPLER TONE. UPON DETERMINING THIS, I IMMEDIATELY POSITIONED MY PATROL VEHICLE BEHIND THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS MR WAYNE EVANS. I theN ACTIVATED MY OVERHEAD EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND the DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AT THE CORNER OF EAST GRACE STREET AND SOUTH US HIGHWAY 41. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND REQUESTED THAT HE PROVIDE ME WITH HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE. HE WAS ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE ME WITH HIS FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD NUMBER E152880352660. UPON NOTICING THE FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD, I AGAIN ASKED MR EVANS FOR THE PRECEEDING DOCUMENTS AND HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE FOR the VEHICLE AND HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I THEN ASKED MR EVANS TO RESTATE the STATUS OF HIS LICENSE TO WHICH HE STATED THAT IT HAD BEEN SUSPENDED FOR A FEW YEARS. UPON RETURNING TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, I RAN MR EVANS INSURANCE FCIC/NCIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT MR EVANS' LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY AS OF 091604. FCIC/NCIC REVEALED THAT MR EVANS BECAME A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER AS OF 010109 AND HIS LICENSE WAS REVOKED FOR 60 MONTHS. I THEN CONTACTED THE TELETYPE OPERATOR AND AGAIN MR EVANS' LICENSE STATUS WAS CONFIRMED. FCIC/NCIC REVEALED THAT MR EVANS WAS NOT THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN ASKED MR EVANS WHO THE VEHICLE BELONGED TO, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT IT BELONGED TO HIS FRIEND, MR LONNIE LAMPKINS. I THEN CONTACTED MR LAMPKINS AND ADVISED HIM THAT HE NEEDED TO COME PICK UP HIS VEHICLE AND UPON HIS ARRIVAL, THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER TO MR LAMPKINS. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED HABITUALLY, WHERE MR EVANS ADMITTED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD WHY HE WAS BEING ARRESTED and THAT HE KNEW THAT DRIVING WHILE HIS LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED WOULD ONLY GET HIM IN TROUBLE. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA AGENCY PRINTED CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND SEARCHED FOR OFFICER SAFETY PURPOSES. I THEN ASKED MR EVANS SEVERAL TIMES IF HE HAD ANYTHING ELSE ON HIS PERSON OR IN HIS POSSESSION, TO WHICH HE STATED NO. MR EVANS WAS THEN SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVING AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, I AGAIN ASKED MR EVANS IF HE HAD ANYTHING ELSE ON HIS PERSON OR IN HIS POSSESSION THAT I NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF AND AGAIN HE STATED NO. MR EVANS WAS THEN TURNED OVER to the CUSTODY OF THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. WHILE MR EVANS WAS IN the BOOKING PROCESS, ONE OF THE CORRECTIONS OFFICERS OFFICER CHRISTOPHER SIBILIA LOCATED, IN AN INNER PART OF MR EVANS WALLET, A RED BAGGIE CONTAINING CLEAR CRYSTALS WHICH APPEARED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. OFFICER SIBILIA THEN BROUGHT THE BAGGIE OF METHAMPHETAMINES TO MY ATTENTION. UPON THIS DISCOVERY, I IMMEDIATELY WEIGHTED THE SUBSTANCE IN THE BAG WHICH WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 1 GRAM. I THEN CONTACTED SERGEANT FISHER WHO PROVIDED ME WITH AN AGENCY FIELD TEST KIT WHICH I TESTED the SUBSTANCE WITH AND THE RESULTS BEING POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. I THEN INFORMED MR EVANS THAT HE WAS BEING CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND FOR INTRODUCING NARCOTICS AND CONTRABAND INTO A DETENTION FACILITY. I ISSUED MR EVANS A CRIMINAL CITATION FOR KNOWINGLY DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED OR REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE CITATION NUMBER 6515GJX5. ANOTHER CRIMINAL CITATION FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CITATION NUMBER 6516GJX6. ANOTHER CRIMINAL CITATION FOR INTRODUCING A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE INTO A COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY CITATION NUMBER 6517GJX7. ALL CITATIONS WERE GIVEN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY ALONG WITH MR EVANS' IDENTIFICATION CARD TO BE PLACED IN HIS PROPERTY. I THEN HAD OFFICER SIBILIA COMPLETE A WRITTEN STATEMENT STATING WHERE HE LOCATED the METHAMPHETAMINES. I PROVIDED OFFICER SIBILIA A COPY OF THE STATEMENT. I COMPLETED PROPER DOCUMENTS FOR POSSESSION OF THE NARCOTICS AND PROVIDED THE JAIL WITH A COPY. COPIES OF ALL PAPERWORK WILL BE TURNED IN TO RECORDS. THE NARCOTICS WERE PROPERLY PACKAGED AND DOCUMENTED PER AGENCY PROTOCOL AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE FOR ANALYSIS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 TOTAL PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. AT THIS TIME NO FURTHER ACTIONS TAKEN BY THIS DEPUTY. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if your are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
