| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: MARSHALL, AIDEN 0453 (AR10113967) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: COCAINE AND HYDROCODONE PILLS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A) (AND) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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: ITEMS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CRACK COCAINE AND PACKAGING FOR SALE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B) ON WEDNESDAY 032410, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT CONDUCTED A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION AT 14 NORTH BARBOUR STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS, FLORIDA. THE INVESTIGATION WAS THE RESULT OF A LAWFUL SEARCH WARRANT SIGNED ON 031810 BY THE HONORABLE JUDGE PATRICIA THOMAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 0600 HOURS, THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SWAT TEAM RESPONDED TO 14 NORTH BARBOUR STREET. UPON ANNOUNCING THE PRESENCE OF THE SWAT TEAM, THEY RECEIVED NO ANSWER AT THE DOOR, AT WHICH TIME THE DOOR WAS BREACHED. ENTRY WAS GAINED INTO THE RESIDENCE AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, MR JAMES ROBINSON, WAS SECURED IN HANDCUFFS. THIS AFFIANT RESPONDED INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AND MADE CONTACT WITH MR ROBINSON. THIS AFFIANT READ MR ROBINSON THE SEARCH WARRANT IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ALSO READ MR ROBINSON MIRANDA VIA PREPRINTED CARD, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE UNDERSTOOD AND WISHED TO SPEAK WITH THIS AFFIANT. MR ROBINSON ADVISED ME IN AN INITIAL INTERVIEW THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WOULD FIND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA IN THE HOME, HOWEVER, WE WOULD NOT FIND ANY NARCOTICS. THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE TACTICAL IMPACT UNIT COMMENCED TO SEARCH THE HOME, CURTILAGE, AND VEHICLES LOCATED AT 14 NORTH BARBOUR STREET. FOUND WITHIN MR ROBINSON'S BEDROOM WAS A SMALL TIN CONTAINING COCAINE RESIDUE, A MIRROR WITH COCAINE RESIDUE, HYDROCODONE PILLS, AND A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING COCAINE RESIDUE. MR ROBINSON'S TOILET ALSO CONTAINED COCAINE WHICH HAD SETTLED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BOWL. A SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED AND TURNED OVER TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE DIVISION. MR ROBINSONS FREELY ADMITTED THAT WHEN THE SWAT TEAM MADE ENTRY INTO THE HOME HE HAD JUST WALKED OUT THE HOME'S ONLY BATHROOM AND BACK INTO HIS BEDROOM, WHERE HE SURRENDERED TO THE SWAT TEAM. IN THE COMMON AREAS OF THE HOME NUMEROUS PIECES OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND CRACK COCAINE WERE ALSO LOCATED, ALL OF THE PARAPHERNALIA WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROCESS OF COOKING CRACK COCAINE AND PACKAGING IT FOR SALE. ALL COCAINE AND PARAPHERNALIA WERE FIELD TESTED AND TESTED POSITIVE, WHILE ON SCENE, AND PRIOR TO PACKAGING AS EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING WITH BOND SET AT $10,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
