| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CUTLIP, JOSHUA 0721 (12-43501) the DEFENDANT DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION, TWO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, TO WIT: HYDROCODONE AND XANAX, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 030512 AT APPROXIMATELY 1950 HOURS, I WAS DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF EAST EISENHOWER STREET AND INDEPENDENCE HIGHWAY IN INVERNESS IN REFERENCE TO ASSISTING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) WITH A 22 YEAR OLD WHITE MALE, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT MR GAIGE SCOTT HOLDAWAY, WHO HAD UNKNOWN MEDICAL PROBLEMS. UPON ARRIVAL IN THE AREA, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO BE LYING FACE DOWN IN THE BUSHES BESIDE HIS 2004 FORD EXPLORER SPORT TRAC VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT WAS UNCONSCIOUS AND NOT ALERT. THE VEHICLE AND THE DEFENDANT WERE BOTH LOCATED ON A DIRT ROAD ON EAST EISENHOWER STREET. I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE TO BE RUNNING, THE KEYS WERE IN THE IGNITION AND THE DEFENDANT WAS LYING APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SIX FEET AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED THE DEFENDANT WAS BREATHING BUT WAS NOT CONSCIOUS. I ADMINISTERED A STERNUM RUB ON THE DEFENDANT IN AN ATTEMPT TO WAKE HIM UP. AFTER APPROXIMATELY THIRTY TO FORTY-FIVE SECONDS OF PERFORMING THE STERNUM RUB, THE DEFENDANT AWOKE AND WAS RESPONSIVE. I THEN NOTICED AN ODOR OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EMITTING FROM HIS BREATH AND PERSON. MEDIC 13 ARRIVED ON SCENE, AT WHICH TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS TURNED OVER TO EMS FOR EVALUATION AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT. WHILE ATTEMPTING THE LOCATE THE DEFENDANTâS IDENTIFICATION IN THE VEHICLE, I OBSERVED IN PLAIN SIGHT, A SMIRNOFF VODKA BOTTLE WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER FULL, LYING ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. I ALSO NOTICED IN PLAIN SIGHT IN THE CENTER CONSOLE DRINK HOLDER, A CLEAR CELLOPHANE WRAPPER CONTAINING SEVERAL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PILLS. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION OF THE CELLOPHANE WRAPPER, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD IN HIS POSSESSION EIGHT, 10 MILLIGRAM, HYDROCODONE PILLS AND FOUR, TWO MILLIGRAM, XANAX BARS. I MADE CONTACT WITH POISON CONTROL TO VERIFY THE TYPE OF PILLS AND THEIR APPROXIMATE MILLIGRAMS. POISON CONTROL IDENTIFIED THE PILLS AS 10 MILLIGRAM HYDROCODONE AND TWO MILLIGRAM XANAX BARS. MEDIC 13 ADVISED THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS MEDICALLY CLEARED AND THAT THE DEFENDANT SIGNED A REFUSAL FOR MEDICAL ATTENTION FORM. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN DRINKING HEAVILY AND HAD CONSUMED TWO OF THE HYDROCODONE PILLS APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS PRIOR TO MY CONTACT WITH HIM. AFTER THE DEFENDANT WAS MEDICALLY CLEARED, CONTACT WAS MADE WITH HIM AND HE WAS READ HIS MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM A PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD, TO WHICH HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT ABOUT BEING IN POSSESSION OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOUND IN HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE ADMITTED TO PURCHASING THE PILLS FOR APPROXIMATELY FIFTY DOLLARS FROM AN UNKNOWN BLACK MALE EARLIER TODAY. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADMITTED TO BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND STATED HE HAD DRANK AT LEAST HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF THE BOTTLE OF VODKA AFTER HE GOT OFF WORK THIS EVENING. THE DEFENDANT STATED THE REASON HE COLLAPSED WAS BECAUSE HE WAS INTOXICATED AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. HE STATED HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO URINATE IN THE WOODS AND FAINTED AND FELL DOWN. AFTER MAKING THESE SPONTANEOUS STATEMENTS AND ADMITTING TO KNOWINGLY HAVING THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN HIS POSSESSION WITHOUT HAVING BEEN PRESCRIBED THE HYDROCODONE OR XANAX, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST. HE WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND SEARCHED INCIDENT TO ARREST WHICH WAS MET WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS OF LOCATING ANY OTHER CONTRABAND. HE WAS THEN SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS BOOKED ON TWO COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND HELD ON A BOND OF $10,000.00, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANTâS VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE SCENE BY PRECISION TIRE AND TOWING. A VEHICLE STORAGE RECEIPT WAS COMPLETED AND TURNED IN TO RECORDS. |
