| Date of birth: | Jun 13, 1994 |
| Probable cause affidavit: | SUBMITTED BY: BERGEN, JOHN 0519 (AR14-8740) DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HIS/HER 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). ON 011514 WHILE ON AN UNRELATED CASE IN LECANTO, MS BREE BENSON DROVE BY MY LOCATION AND STOPPED. UPON EXITING HER VEHICLE, I MADE CONTACT WITH HER. I ASKED FOR HER IDENTIFICATION, WHICH SHE RETRIEVED FROM THE VEHICLE THAT SHE WAS DRIVING; WHICH WAS A WHITE IN COLOR, DODGE CHARGER, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE NUMBER R699LK. I RECEIVED A NEGATIVE RESPONSE FOR ANY WANTS OR WARRANTS AFTER RUNNING MS BENSONâS INFORMATION. I RETURNED HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND ASKED HER IF SHE HAD ANY ILLEGAL CONTRABAND IN HER VEHICLE. MS BENSON THEN POINTED TOWARDS HER VEHICLE, AND STATED, âNO, YOU CAN GO SEARCH IT.â MS BENSON WAS LEFT IN THE CARE OF ANOTHER DETECTIVE, AND I BEGAN TO SEARCH HER VEHICLE. I LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE GRAM OF CANNABIS IN THE CENTER CONSOLE, ALONG WITH $349.00 IN US CURRENCY. I RETURNED TO MS BENSON, READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS, AND ADVISED HER WHAT I HAD FOUND IN THE VEHICLE. MS BENSON STATED THAT SHE HAD NOT REMEMBERED THAT THE CANNABIS WAS IN THE VEHICLE, OTHERWISE SHE WOULD NOT HAVE LET ME SEARCH IT. MS BENSON ADVISED THAT SHE DOES USE CANNABIS, AND HAD DONE SO IN HER VEHICLE. MS BENSON WAS THEN PLACED UNDER ARREST. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED BEHIND HER BACK, AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY LAUGHLIN-PERRY. I REMAINED ON SCENE AND WAITED FOR A TOW TRUCK TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE. ADAMâS TOWING RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND TOWED THE VEHICLE. A TOW SHEET WAS FILLED OUT AND LATER SUBMITTED TO RECORDS. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHERE I PACKAGED THE CANNABIS AND SUBMITTED IT TO EVIDENCE. I THEN RESPONDED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, WHERE I CHARGED THE DEFENDANT WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF LESS THAN TWENTY GRAMS OF CANNABIS. HER BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL OF THE DEFENDANTâS PERSONAL ITEMS FROM THE VEHICLE WERE PLACED IN A BLUE BACKPACK WHICH BELONGED TO HER. THIS BACKPACK AND HER $349.00 WERE TURNED IN TO HER PROPERTY AT THE DETENTION FACILITY. |
| Inmate name: | BREE ANN BENSON |
| Arrest number: | 8740 |
| Arrest date: | Jan 15, 2014 |
| Arrest type: | Misdemeanor |
| Booking location: | Citrus County, FL |
| Code: | 893.13(6)(B) |
| Charge description: | Possession Cannabis (Less than 20 Grams) |
| Bond amount: | $500 |
