| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: DERA, MARK 0688 (AR11121722) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN 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: GLASS CRACK PIPE WITH COCAINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1); ON 071311 AT APPROXIMATELY 2245 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD AND WEST OZELLO TRAIL IN CRYSTAL RIVER IN REFERENCE AS A BACK-UP DEPUTY TO "K-9" DEPUTY BEHNEN. "K-9" DEPUTY BEHNEN HAD CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP FOR A DEFECTIVE TAG LIGHT ON A 1994 MAROON SATURN FLORIDA TAG D520BX. "K-9" DEPUTY BEHNEN INITIATED A "K-9" EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE, IN WHICH HE ADVISED ME THAT HIS "K-9" JERRY LEE HAD A POSITIVE ALERT FOR THE ODOR OF A NARCOTIC FROM THE VEHICLE. A SEARCH OF THE VEHICLE WAS CONDUCTED IN WHICH A GLASS CRACK PIPE WITH COCAINE RESIDUE WAS RECOVERED FROM THE CENTER CONSOLE BETWEEN THE TWO FRONT SEATS NEAR THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. DEFENDANT, MS AMY BARTELS, WHO WAS THE DRIVER AND MS KRISTY RICHARD WAS IN THE PASSENGER FRONT SEAT. WHEN ASKED, DEFENDANT BARTELS STATED THAT THE PIPE DID NOT BELONG TO HER, BUT THAT IT BELONGED TO MS KRISTY RICHARD. DEFENDANT, MS KRISTY RICHARD, WHO WAS SITTING IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. WHEN ASKED WHO THE PIPE BELONGED TO SHE STATED THAT IT WAS NOT HERS AND BELONGED TO MS AMY BARTELS. BOTH DEFENDANT'S WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND MS AMY BARTELS WAS TRANSPORTED BY DEPUTY SETTLES AND I TRANSPORTED MS KRISTY RICHARD TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (CCDF) FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE CRACK PIPE WAS FIELD TESTED BY DEPUTY BEHNEN, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR COCAINE. THE PIPE WAS TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (CCSO) EVIDENCE DIVISION. THE DEFENDANT, MS AMY BARTELS' VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY GREG'S TOWING TO THEIR IMPOUND FACILITY. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 FOR EACH DEFENDANT. "K-9" DEPUTY BEHNEN ISSUED WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 333617B TO DEFENDANT, MS AMY BARTELS, FOR FAILURE TO CARRY OR EXHIBIT DRIVER'S LICENSE UPON DEMAND AND A DEFECTIVE TAG LIGHT. "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 you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
