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SUBMITTED BY: POLLARD, RANDALL 0677 (AR14-10650) (14-76859) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE AND MARIJUANA, 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). ON 060514, MYSELF AND DEPUTY VIGGIANO WERE CONDUCTING COVERT SURVEILLANCE IN THE FLORAL CITY AREA. DEPUTY VIGGIANO ADVISED A GREEN DODGE PICK UP TRUCK RAN THE STOP SIGN AT EAST TRAILS END ROAD AND EAST BUSHNELL ROAD BEFORE TURNING WEST BOUND ON EAST BUSHNELL ROAD. AT THAT TIME, HE RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO THIS DEPUTY AND PROCEEDED TO FOLLOW THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MILES. UPON THIS DEPUTY GAINING VISUAL CONTACT WITH DEPUTY VIGGIANO, HE CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE GREEN PICK UP TRUCK IN THE AREA OF SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE AND STARK LANE. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY VIGGIANO AND MYSELF MADE CONTACT with THE DRIVER AND THE FRONT PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE. I RECOGNIZED THROUGH PREVIOUS ENCOUNTERS THE DRIVER AS MR CHRISTOPHER JONES. DEPUTY VIGGIANO OBTAINED THE DRIVER'S LICENSE OF MR JONES ALONG WITH THE FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, MS SUSAN MERCURIO, AND THEN RETURNED TO HIS VEHICLE TO CONDUCT DRIVER'S LICENSE STATUS AND WARRANT CHECKS. I THEN REQUESTED DEPUTY VIGGIANO DEPLOY HIS K-9 UNIT TO CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE AT which TIME HE DID ADVISE ME K-9 CONAN ALERTED TO THE VEHICLE AND THAT BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER COULD BE REMOVED SO THAT A SEARCH COULD BE CONDUCTED ON THE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE. UPON REMOVING BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER, THEY WERE PATTED DOWN FOR ANY WEAPONS WHICH YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS. AT THAT TIME, MYSELF, DEPUTY ELDRIDGE, DEPUTY MACIAS AND DEPUTY VIGGIANO CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. LOCATED IN MS MERCURIOâS PURSE WAS A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A CRYSTALLIZED SUBSTANCE WHICH I RECOGNIZED THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. ALSO LOCATED IN THAT PURSE WAS A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE, WHICH I RECOGNIZED TO BE MARIJUANA. I THEN REMOVED THE BAGGIE FROM THE PURSE AND FIELD TESTED IT WHICH DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. MS MERCURIO REMOVED HER DRIVER'S LICENSE FROM THAT SAME PURSE UPON BEING ASKED TO DO SO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRAFFIC STOP BY DEPUTY VIGGIANO. ALSO INSIDE THAT PURSE WERE CIGARETTES AND NUMEROUS BELONGINGS OF MS MERCURIO. AT THAT TIME, MS MERCURIO WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA A PRE PRINTED CARD. MS MERCURIO ADVISED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK TO THIS DEPUTY. MS MERCURIO STATED THAT HERSELF AND MR JONES LEFT A RESIDENCE OFF OF TRAILS END FISH CAMP. SHE STATED AFTER LEAVING THAT RESIDENCE, MR JONES PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND EXITED HIS VEHICLE AND PLACED A SMALL AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE UNDERNEATH THE REAR SEAT POSSIBLY UNDER THE CARPETING OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY ELDRIDGE AND THIS DEPUTY THEN SEARCHED THAT AREA WHERE WE LOCATED A NEW PORT CIGARETTE BOX WHICH CONTAINED A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A CRYSTALLIZED SUBSTANCE WHICH THROUGH MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, I RECOGNIZED IT TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. THAT SUBSTANCE WAS THEN FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THAT TIME, MR JONES WAS ALSO PLACED UNDER ARREST, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND READ HIS MIRANDA VIA A PRE PRINTED CARD. MR JONES DID ADVISE HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME. MR JONES ADMITTED TO the MARIJUANA IN MS MERCURIOâS PURSE BEING HIS. I THEN ASKED MR JONES IF HE SMOKED CIGARETTES TO WHICH HE STATED YES. I ASKED HIM WHAT KIND AT WHICH TIME HE STATED NEW PORT MENTHOLS. THE METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS FOUND BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT WAS HELD IN A NEW PORT CIGARETTE BOX. THE CIGARETTE BOX FOUND IN MS MERCURIOâS PURSE WERE L&M 100âS. MR JONES STATED THAT THE METHAMPHETAMINE IN THE NEW PORT CIGARETTE BOX WAS HIS BUT THE METHAMPHETAMINE IN MS MERCURIOâS PURSE BELONGED TO HER. I THEN SPOKE TO MS MERCURIO AND ADVISED HER AGAIN SHE WOULD BE PLACED UNDER ARREST. I THEN ADVISED HER IF SHE HAD ANYTHING ON HER PERSON I NEEDED TO BE AWARE OF, SHE NEEDED TO TELL ME NOW TO AVOID ANY INTRODUCTION OF CONTRABAND INTO A DETENTION FACILITY CHARGE. AT THAT TIME, SHE SAID âCHECK MY RIGHT FRONT POCKET.â LOCATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT POCKET WAS A piece OF ALUMINUM FOIL WHICH HAD BEEN FOLDED SEVERAL TIMES AND HOUSED A CRYSTALLIZED SUBSTANCE WHICH I RECOGNIZED TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. I ALSO LOCATED ANOTHER SMALL CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A CRYSTALLIZED SUBSTANCE WHICH I ALSO RECOGNIZED AS METHAMPHETAMINE. THE SUBSTANCES AND BOTH CONTAINERS WERE TESTED AND DID YIELD POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS REMOVED FROM MS MERCURIO PURSE WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY THREE GRAMS WITH THE SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE. THE METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS REMOVED FROM MS MERCURIOâS FRONT RIGHT POCKET WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 1.5 GRAMS INCLUDING THE PLASTIC BAGGIE AND ALUMINUM FOIL. THE METHAMPHETAMINE THAT WAS SEIZED FROM THE NEWPORT BOX BELONGING TO MR JONES WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 2.4 GRAMS WITH THE BAGGIE. ALSO, THE MARIJUANA THAT WAS LOCATED IN MS MERCURIOâS PURSE THAT MR JONES HAD CLAIMED WAS HIS WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY 2.5 GRAMS with THE BAGGIE. AT THAT TIME, BOTH SUBJECTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. the METHAMPHETAMINE AND MARIJUANA THAT WAS SEIZED WAS WEIGHED AND PLACED INTO EVIDENCE AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. DEPUTY VIGGIANO DID ISSUE A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER 8925GJX5 TO MR JONES FOR RUNNING A STOP SIGN WITH A FINE OF $264.00 PAYABLE WITHIN 30 DAYS. THE VEHICLE MR JONES WAS DRIVING BELONGED TO HIS UNCLE, MR JOSEPH JONES, WHO CHRISTOPHER DID NOT HAVE A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED BY EDâS TOWING DUE TO IT PARTIALLY BLOCKING THE ROADWAY. MS MERCURIO IS BEING CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE WITH INTENT TO SELL, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS HOUSED IN THREE DIFFERENT CONTAINERS, WHICH THROUGH MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN INVESTIGATIONS, IS A COMMONALITY FOR SUBJECTS SELLING METHAMPHETAMINE. MS MERCURIOâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. MR JONESâ BOND WAS SET AT $2,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
