| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: THEN, KERRY 0531 (AR07004573) did unlawfully acquire or attempt to acquire possession of a controlled substance, to-wit: HYDROCODONE, commercially known as PERCOSET OR VICODIN, as described in Florida Statute 893.03, and in the course thereof utilized misrepresentation, fraud, deception, or subterfuge, in violation of Florida Statute 893.13(7)(a)9 and 893.13(7)(c). ON 081807, I RESPONDED TO CITRUS MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM LOCATED AT 502 WEST HIGHLAND BOULEVARD IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO A SUSPECT WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. UPON ARRIVAL, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE COMPLAINANT WHO ADVISED THE SUSPECT WAS TRYING TO GET A PRESCRIPTION FOR PERCOSET. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT HE ASKED THE SUSPECT IF HE RECENTLY HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR PERCOSET, TO WHICH HE ADVISED NO. THE COMPLAINANT STATED HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE WALGREEN'S PHARMACY IN INVERNESS WHO ADVISED THE SUSPECT, MR WILLIAM LYNCH, HAD HAD SEVERAL PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED FOR PERCOSET. THE MOST RECENT PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED WERE ON 080307 FOR TEN PILLS WRITTEN BY DOCTOR NOLES, AND ON 080507 FOR TWENTY PILLS WRITTEN BY DOCTOR PANDYA. THERE WERE ALSO THREE OTHER PRESCRIPTIONS FILLED IN ON 060207 FOR TWENTY PILLS WRITTEN BY DOCTOR WUNDER; ON 060907 FOR TWELVE PILLS WRITTEN BY DOCTOR ASCWORK AND ON 061007 FOR TWELVE PILLS WRITTEN BY DOCTOR ALSAYYAD. THE COMPLAINANT THEN CONFRONTED THE SUSPECT WITH THIS INFORMATION AND THE SUSPECT ADMITTED THAT HE HAD A PROBLEM AND WAS AFRAID THEY WOULD NOT GIVE HIM ANY MORE. THE COMPLAINANT THEN CONTACTED THIS AGENCY. AT THIS TIME, THE SUSPECT WAS DETAINED FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING. BEFORE BEING HANDCUFFED, THE DEFENDANT WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK WITH THIS DEPUTY. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE WAS THANKFUL THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE HE NEEDED HELP. THE DEFENDANT STATED HE BECAME ADDICTED TO PERCOSET AND VIDOCIN A FEW YEARS AGO DUE TO A SHOULDER INJURY. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE KNEW HE DID NOT NEED THE PILLS, HOWEVER, HE STATED HE COULD NOT STOP TAKING THEM. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE HAD BEEN OBTAINING THE PILLS IN THIS SAME MANNER FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS. THE COMPLAINANT COMPLETED A SWORN WRITTEN STATEMENT IN WHICH HE ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT CAME IN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, COMPLAINING OF BACK PAIN AND HEADACHE. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE DEFENDANT WAS OFFERED A LESS-POTENT PAIN MEDICATION WHICH HE REFUSED TO ACCEPT. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THE COMPLAINANT THAT HE REQUIRED VICODIN. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HAD FILLED OUT PAPER WORK AT THE NATURE COAST PAIN MANAGEMENT OFFICE. THE COMPLAINANT ADVISED THAT IN REVIEWING THE DEFENDANT'S MEDICAL RECORDS, THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT THE ONLY MEDICATION HE COULD BE PRESCRIBED AT THIS TIME WAS A MUSCLE RELAXANT. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DEFENDANT BEGAN TO ARGUE, STATING HE NEEDED VICODIN AND WOULD NOT TAKE ANY LESSER MEDICATION. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE DEFENDANT TOLD HIM HE WAS NOT LYING, THAT HE COULD NOT TAKE ANYTHING LESS BECAUSE IT DID NOT WORK. AFTER REVIEWING THE STATUTE, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) IN FRONT OF HIS PERSON DUE TO A PRE-EXISTING SHOULDER INJURY. HE WAS SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AT THIS TIME THE ONLY PHARMACY WHICH WAS CONTACTED, REFERENCE THIS DEFENDANT, WAS THE WALGREEN'S PHARMACY LOCATED AT 104 SOUTH APOPKA AVENUE IN INVERNESS. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
