Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: titus, joshua 1243 (15-127402) (ar15-16600) \t\t\tDONCOURT, DAVID 1396 DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS/HER 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: METAL SPOONS AND SYRINGES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.147(1). ON 092815, DEPUTY DONCOURT AND I WERE PERFORMING PATROL IN THE AREA OF HIGHWAY 41 AND EDEN DRIVE. I OBSERVED A GREY HONDA CIVIC BEARING FLORIDA SPECIALTY LICENSE PLATE NUMBER DV3843D STOP SIX FEET PAST THE STOP BAR FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ON TWO OCCASIONS, ONCE ON EDEN DRIVE AND CHAMPLAIN AND ONCE ON EDEN DRIVE HIGHWAY 41. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THE DRIVER, MS HEATHER WILSON, THE FRONT PASSENGER/DEFENDANT, MR ZACHARY SHAW, AND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE PASSENGER, MS KAYLA BOUCHARD. NO ONE TO INCLUDE THE DRIVER HAD ANY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION. THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE A DRIVER'S LICENSE, INSURANCE CARD OR REGISTRATION. WHILE WRITING A CITATION FOR FAILURE TO OBEY THE STOP SIGN, THE K-9 UNIT DEPUTY BEHNEN AND JERRY LEE ARRIVED AND CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY BEHNEN ADVISED ME THAT K-9 JERRY LEE ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE. DURING THE SEARCH OF the VEHICLE, 1.5 GRAMS OF TOTAL PACKAGED WEIGHT OF METHAMPHETAMINE WAS FOUND ON THE FLOOR BOARDS OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. TWO SPOONS WITH RESIDUE, BURN MARKS AND A CIGARETTE FILTER WERE FOUND on the FLOORBOARDS. SIX SYRINGES WERE FOUND IN THE DOOR IN THE CENTER CONSOLE NEXT TO MR SHAW. DURING THE SEARCH, MR SHAW ADMITTED TO the OWNERSHIP OF the NEEDLES AND THE METHAMPHETAMINE. THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS TESTED WITH AN AGENCY APPROVED TEST KIT AND TESTED POSITIVE AS METHAMPHETAMINE. MR SHAW ADMITTED TO USING THE NEEDLES FOR METH USE. THE METHAMPHETAMINE, SPOONS AND NEEDLES WERE COLLECTED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. AT THE CONCLUSION OF the TRAFFIC STOP THE DRIVER WAS ISSUED UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER A1P1R8P FOR FAILURE TO OBEY STOP SIGN. SHE WAS ALSO ISSUED A VERBAL WARNING FOR FAILURE TO PRODUCE THE PROPER DOCUMENTATION TO DRIVE A VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER/DEFENDANT, MR ZACHARY SHAW, WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, 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. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $4,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |