| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, JASON 0583 (AR12-1043) THE DEFENDANT DID UNLAWFULLY AND KNOWINGLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: CANNABIS, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS MARIJUANA, IN AN AMOUNT UNDER TWENTY GRAMS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B) AND THE DEFENDANT DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO USE, OR DID UNLAWFULLY USE OBJECTS INTENDED OR DESIGNED FOR USE IN STORING, CONCEALING OR INJECTING, INGESTING, INHALING OR OTHERWISE INTRODUCING INTO THE HUMAN BODY, A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: METHAMPHETAMINE, SAID OBJECTS BEING A RED IN COLOR DRINKING STRAW AND A PLASTIC BAGGIE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 050512 AT APPROXIMATELY 1910 HOURS WHILE PATROLLING EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD IN HERNANDO, I OBSERVED A BLACK IN COLOR FORD EXPLORER TURN ON TO EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD FROM WATSON FISH CAMP. I OBSERVED THAT THE DRIVER, MR RYAN ROSSELLE, WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. AT THAT TIME, I PERFORMED A U-TURN AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD AND NORTH TODD POINT. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH MR ROSSELLE, I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN ALL INFORMATION FOR THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MR ROSSELLE, I OBSERVED HIM AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS TO BE ACTING VERY NERVOUS. I ASKED MR ROSSELLE IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS GUNS, BOMBS, DRUGS OR KNIVES, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID NOT. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD GIVE ME CONSENT TO SEARCH HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT NO ONE SEARCHES HIS VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I REQUESTED CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN TO RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND BEGAN FILLING OUT A WRITTEN WARNING FOR MR ROSSELLEâS TRAFFIC INFRACTION. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN TO MY LOCATION, CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN DEPLOYED CANINE TYSON AND CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN ADVISED THAT CANINE TYSON HAD ALERTED TO THE PASSENGER DOOR. I THEN ASKED ALL THREE OCCUPANTS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND STAND AT THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHILE CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN ADVISED HE HAD LOCATED A BLACK BAG ON THE PASSENGER FLOORBOARD WHERE DEFENDANT ONE, MS DEANNE LETO, WAS SITTING. INSIDE OF THIS BLACK BAG WAS A GLASS PIPE, ONE EMPTY PLASTIC CHEWING GUM PACKAGE, WHICH CONTAINED ONE RED IN COLOR DRINKING STRAW WITH A WHITE RESIDUE, AND ONE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING A WHITE RESIDUE. THERE WAS ALSO ONE BLACK IN COLOR PLASTIC FILM CANISTER WHICH CONTAINED MULTIPLE MARIJUANA CIGARETTE BUTTS. ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE TESTED USING AGENCY ISSUED FIELD TEST KITS. THE GLASS PIPE, THE RED IN COLOR DRINKING STRAW AND THE PLASTIC BAGGIE ALL YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE MARIJUANA CIGARETTE BUTTS YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR CANNABIS AND WERE LATER WEIGHED WITH A TOTAL WEIGHT OF TWO GRAMS. DEFENDANT LETO WAS ADVISED HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION FOR MARIJUANA IN AN AMOUNT UNDER TWENTY GRAMS AND TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. SHE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SEARCHED INCIDENT TO ARREST BY DEPUTY VENTIMIGLIA. DEFENDANT LETO WAS THEN READ HER MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA A PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. DEFENDANT LETO ADVISED THAT ALL OF THE CONTENTS OF THE BLACK BAG WERE HERS AND THAT SHE DOES SMOKE MARIJUANA AND CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE ON THE WEEKENDS. DEFENDANT LETO WAS THEN SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, DEFENDANT LETO WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON A TOTAL BOND OF $1,500.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
