| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CROSNOE, ROBERT 0234 (AR10116544) 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: MULTI COLORED GLASS METHAMPHETAMINE BONG AND TWO SMALL INSULIN SYRINGES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA'S STATE STATUTE 893.147(1). ON 082810 AT APPROXIMATELY 0210 HOURS, I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON A 1995 FORD PICKUP. DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, DEPUTY BEHNAN WITH HIS K-9 RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND DID CONDUCT A K-9 SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY BEHNAN'S K-9 ALERTED TO THE PRESENCE OF NARCOTICS AT THE BED AREA OF THE TRUCK. ALL OCCUPANTS WERE THEN REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND A THOROUGH SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTED. THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM GERBER, WAS SITTING IN THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER'S SEAT. THERE WAS A WHITE FEMALE IN THE MIDDLE SEAT OF THE TRUCK AND A WHITE MALE DRIVER. DEPUTY JOHNSON WAS IN CHARGE OF SEARCHING THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY JOHNSON LOCATED A WHITE PAPER TOWEL WHICH WAS ROLLED UP NEATLY SITTING IN THE PASSENGER'S SIDE OF A DIAMOND PLATE TOOL BOX. INSIDE THE PAPER TOWEL, DEPUTY JOHNSON LOCATED TWO USED SYRINGES AND A METHAMPHETAMINE GLASS BONG. THE BOWL PORTION OF THE BONG WAS MADE OUT OF GLASS AND HAD A ROUND END WITH BURN MARKS AND A WHITE RESIDUE INSIDE THE BOWL, WHICH INDICATED THE BONG, HAD BEEN USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE. DUE TO ALL THREE PASSENGER'S AT THAT TIME DENYING OWNERSHIP OF THE PARAPHERNALIA, I HAD THE DRIVER STAND UP AND WAS JUST ABOUT TO PLACE HIM UNDER ARREST FOR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WHEN THE DEFENDANT SPOKE UP AND SAID THE PARAPHERNALIA BELONGED TO HIM AND HE WOULD BE THE ONE WHO NEEDED TO BE ARRESTED. THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, BEHIND HIS BACK, (DOUBLE LOCKED), SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. WHILE EN ROUTE TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE DEFENDANT IN GENERAL CONVERSATION TOLD ME THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN USING DRUGS FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AND HAD JUST RECENTLY BEGUN USING NARCOTICS AGAIN. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHAT NARCOTICS WAS HIS DRUG OF CHOICE, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE IS ADDICTED TO EVERYTHING. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DRIVER WAS ISSUED A WARNING FOR EXCESSIVE SPEED, WHICH WAS 48 MPH IN A 35 MPH SPEED ZONE. *NOT-EXEMPT* "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.” |
