| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: WATTS, ROSCOE (1299)\t17-32921 (AR17-22897) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 20 GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B). 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: GLASS SMOKING PIPE CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE; SILVER METAL SMOKING PIPE; PLASTIC CIRCULAR TUPPERWARE BOWL WITH RED LID CONTAINING PLASTIC ZIP-LOCK BAG, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 030617 AT 0537 HOURS, WHILE CONDUCTING A SECURITY CHECK AT THE HERNANDO BEACH, I WITNESSED THE DEFENDANT, MR WILLIAM MURRELL RICHARDSON, LYING ON TOP OF THE PICNIC TABLE NEAR THE RESTROOM FACILITIES, SLEEPING. PRIOR TO MAKING CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, I DID SEE, IN PLAIN VIEW, ON THE PICNIC TABLE BEHIND A BLACK BACKPACK, A DIGITAL SCALE. I ALSO SAW IN PLAIN VIEW INSIDE THE SAID BLACK BACKPACK, WHICH WAS OPEN, A GLASS SMOKING PIPE WHICH CONTAINED A WHITE RESIDUE. EVENTUALLY I WAS ABLE TO WAKE UP THE DEFENDANT, WHO SEEMED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SOME SORT OF SUBSTANCE. THIS WAS EVIDENT DUE TO THE CONSTANT MOVEMENT OF HIS HANDS, ARMS, LEGS, JAWS, AND HEAD. WHILE SPEAKING WITH THE DEFENDANT, I DID NOTICE THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD PINPOINT PUPILS, WHICH IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH SOMEONE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN ILLEGAL SUBSTANCE. THE DEFENDANT, WHO HAD NOT BEEN DETAINED OR ARRESTED, REQUESTED TO USE THE RESTROOM, AND TO RETRIEVE ITEMS THAT HE HAD LEFT INSIDE THE RESTROOM. THE DEFENDANT WAS PATTED DOWN FOR SAFETY PURPOSES PRIOR TO HIM OCCUPYING THE RESTROOM, WHICH YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS FOR ANY WEAPONS. DEPUTY GERENA (1361) AND I ACCOMPANIED THE DEFENDANT TO THE RESTROOM TO RETRIEVE SAID ITEMS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. I DID OBSERVE THE DEFENDANT RETRIEVE A PAIR OF READING GLASSES AND A SMALL CIRCULAR TUPPERWARE CONTAINER WITH A RED LID, AND PUT THEM INSIDE OF HIS JACKET POCKET. THE DEFENDANT THEN EXITED THE RESTROOM, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ASKED IF THE BLACK BACKPACK BELONGED TO HIM, ALONG WITH THE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS SCATTERED ON THE TABLE AND THE GROUND, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED THAT THEY DID. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT HE WAS BEING DETAINED IN REFERENCE TO A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION. I THEN READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT HE DID. I THEN ASKED HIM IF HE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE WOULD. I QUESTIONED THE DEFENDANT IN REFERENCE TO THE DIGITAL SCALE AND GLASS SMOKING PIPE THAT CONTAINED A WHITE RESIDUE, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED THAT BOTH ITEMS BELONGED TO HIM. WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE SUBSTANCE INSIDE THE GLASS SMOKING PIPE, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT IT WAS METHAMPHETAMINE. THE RESIDUE WAS LATER TESTED USING AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD-TESTING KIT, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. I THEN ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE HAD ANY METHAMPHETAMINE ON HIS PERSONS, AT WHICH TIME HE ADVISED THAT HE POSSIBLY HAD 10 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE CIRCULAR PLASTIC CONTAINER, WHICH WAS INSIDE OF HIS JACKET POCKET, AT WHICH TIME HE DID GIVE ME SAID CONTAINER. I DISCOVERED INSIDE SAID PLASTIC CONTAINER, A PLASTIC ZIP-LOCK BAGGIE THAT DID CONTAIN FOUR INDIVIDUAL BAGGIES THAT HAD A CRYSTAL-LIKE SUBSTANCE INSIDE OF THEM, WHICH IS KNOWN TO ME THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, TO BE CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE. SAID SUBSTANCE WAS LATER TESTED WITH AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD-TESTING KIT, WHICH DID TEST POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AND WEIGHED 6.37 GRAMS. SAID CIRCULAR PLASTIC CONTAINER ALSO CONTAINED TWO BAGGIES OF CANNABIS, WHICH WERE LATER TESTED WITH AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD-TESTING KIT, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF CANNABIS, AND WEIGHED 1.64 GRAMS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED, (DOUBLE LOCKED), BEHIND HIS BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. PRIOR TO TRANSPORT THE DEFENDANT DID THANK THIS DEPUTY FOR ARRESTING HIM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT HE IS STRUGGLING WITH HIS ADDICTION TO METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WAS SET AT, $2,000.00, FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS UNDER 20 GRAMS $1,000.00 AND POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA $1,000.00, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $4,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
