| Probable cause affidavit: |
\tSUBMITTED BY: FERGUSON, KYLE 1266 (AR 5-16475) (15-122999) \tdid, knowing HER driver's license or driving privilege had been cancelled, suspended or revoked AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER, drive a motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license or privilege was cancelled, in violation of Florida Statute 322.34(10)(A); 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: A DIGITAL SCALE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B); ON 091815 AT APPROXIMATELY 0949 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 2851 SOUTH EUCLID TERRACE, HOMOSASSA, AS A BACK UP DEPUTY TO SERGEANT ALEXANDER (0561) WHO WAS ON A CIVIL CALL. UPON ARRIVAL, I WAS ADVISED BY SERGEANT ALEXANDER THAT THE CIVIL MATTER OF THE CALL WAS ALREADY HANDLED. I WAS ALSO ADVISED that AS SERGEANT ALEXANDER WAS READY TO LEAVE THE SCENE, SHE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT, MS HEATHER JACOBS, TO BE BACKING A BLUE VOLKSWAGEN CAR OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY OF THE LISTED ADDRESS AND BACKED FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET ON SOUTH EUCLID TERRACE. I WAS ALSO ADVISED THAT, PER THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE SYSTEM (DAVID), THE DEFENDANT WAS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER AND HER FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN REVOKED ON 041315 FOR FIVE YEARS. CONTACT WAS MADE WITH the DEFENDANT, WHO WAS SITTING IN the DRIVER SEAT WITH THE CAR RUNNING. I ASKED HER FOR HER DRIVER'S LICENSE TO WHICH THE DEFENDANT STATED SHE DID NOT HAVE IT WITH HER. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHERE SHE WAS HEADED. SHE ADVISED SHE WAS TAKING HER DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT SHE HAD A REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND she WAS LISTED AS A HABITUAL TRAFFIC OFFENDER. THEREFORE SHE WAS NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE. I ASKED FOR CONSENT TO SEARCH THE VEHICLE. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT WAS FINE AND SHE REMOVED HER CHILD FROM THE BACK SEAT. UPON SEARCHING THE VEHICLE, I LOCATED THE DEFENDANT'S FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE INSIDE HER PURSE WHICH WAS ON THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD. I ALSO LOCATED A BLACK AWS ELECTRONIC SCALE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARD NEAR THE DEFENDANT'S PURSE IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS FOUND, AND IN CLEAR VIEW OF THE DRIVER. I OBSERVED A WHITE POWDERY RESIDUE ON the SCALE WHICH WAS TESTED UTILIZING AN AGENCY ISSUED METHAMPHETAMINE REAGENT TEST KIT THAT YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THE DEFENDANT'S BOYFRIEND, MR CHARLES SEMKO, ARRIVED ON SCENE AND TOOK CUSTODY OF THE CHILD AT THE DEFENDANT'S REQUEST. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT ON SCENE. I READ THE DEFENDANT MIRANDA RIGHTS VIA PREPRINTED AGENCY CARD AND ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, TO WHICH SHE REPLIED THAT SHE DID. I THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WISHED TO SPEAK WITH ME AT THIS TIME ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC SCALE, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF SHE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SCALE THAT WAS FOUND IN THE VEHICLE. SHE STATED NO AND THAT IT WAS NOT HER VEHICLE. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT HOW SHE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS THERE DUE to the FACT IT WAS LOCATED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER FLOORBOARD IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE DRIVER, NEXT TO HER PURSE AND A PLASTIC BAG WITH A COLD DIET COKE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED SHE NEVER SAW THE SCALE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED that DUE TO THE FACT SHE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN SOLE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AT THAT TIME, AND THAT IT WAS IN PLAIN VIEW OF THE DRIVER, SHE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING ON A REVOKED DRIVER'S LICENSE AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND her BACK, SECURED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE, AND TRANSPORTED TO CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL AT CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, SHE WAS HANDED OVER THE DETENTION STAFF. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $1,000.00 FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED AND $1,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA WITH A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $2,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE ELECTRONIC SCALE WILL BE TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED CRIMINAL UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER A1P2AAP FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE ON 100815 AT 1300 HOURS AT THE CITRUS COUNTY COURT HOUSE. THE CITATION WAS TURNED IN WITH HER PROPERTY AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. |
