| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: FULLER, DAVID 0267 (AR13-6202) DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(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: WHITE PILL BOTTLE CONTAINING NINE MARIJUANA ROACHES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON 062313, I ARRIVED AS BACK UP FOR SERGEANT LAMBERT ON A TRAFFIC STOP. SERGEANT LAMBERT ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM GEIER, HAD BEEN STOPPED FOR NO TAILLIGHTS ON HIS VEHICLE. SERGEANT LAMBERT ADVISED THAT WHEN HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, HE DETECTED A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA AND TOLD THE DEFENDANT THAT HE SMELLED OF MARIJUANA, WHERE THE DEFENDANT STATED YES, HE HAD SMOKED SOME EARLIER TODAY. THE DEFENDANTâS IDENTIFICATION CARD WAS LOCATED, WHICH AFTER RUNNING IT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFENDANTâS DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN REVOKED ON 020811, FOR FAILURE TO PAY TRAFFIC FINES. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED KNOWINGLY, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND THEIR BACK. SERGEANT LAMBERT CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE, WHERE HE DISCOVERED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE, SITTING ON TOP OF THE DEFENDANTâS WALLET, A WHITE PILL BOTTLE WHICH CONTAINED NINE MARIJUANA ROACHES. THE DEFENDANT WAS READ MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ASKED IF THE PILL BOTTLE AND MARIJUANA ROACHES WERE HIS AND HE INVOKED HIS RIGHTS, ADVISING THAT HE DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK ANY FURTHER. THE PILL BOTTLE CONTAINING THE NINE MARIJUANA ROACHES WAS PACKAGED AND WILL LATER BE TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OVER AT THE SCENE TO THE PASSENGER. THE DEFENDANT WAS SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE HE WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED, KNOWINGLY AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED CRIMINAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 8018GJX1, WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 071813 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE. HE WAS ALSO ISSUED A WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 363792B FOR NO TAILLIGHTS. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 FOR ONE COUNT OF DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED KNOWINGLY, AND $500.00 FOR ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $1,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
