| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED By: SEFFERN, JONATHAN JR 0623 (AR11122695) 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). 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: THE DEFENDANT DID HAVE A HALF ROLLED CANNABIS JOINT IN HIS ACTUAL AND CONSTRUCTION POSSESSION, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE, AND 893.147(1). ON 09111 WHILE CONDUCTING EXTRA PATROL IN THE HOMOSASSA AREA, I OBSERVED A WHITE MALE SUBJECT WEARING BLUE JEAN PANTS, A T- SHIRT AND CARRYING A SMALL DUFFEL BAG. SAID SUBJECT WAS WALKING SOUTHBOUND ON SOUTH SUNCOAST BOULEVARD. I HAD PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED THE SUBJECT COME OUT OF THE NATURE COAST NURSERY WHICH IS A CLOSED BUSINESS. AT THAT TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH THE SUBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR JAMIE BROWN. UPON MAKING CONTACT, I ASKED THE DEFENDANT WHY HE WAS COMING FROM THE CLOSED NATURE COAST BUSINESS, WHERE HE ADVISED HIS GRANDFATHER OWNED THE BUSINESS. I WAS THEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THE DEFENDANT'S GRANDFATHER DID, IN FACT, OWN THE NURSERY AND FURTHER CONFIRMED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S PREVIOUS RESIDENCE WAS AT THAT ADDRESS. THE DEFENDANT STATED THAT HE NO LONGER LIVED AT THE BUSINESS BECAUSE HE HAD STOLEN MONEY FROM HIS GRANDFATHER. HE STATED THAT WAS WHY HE WAS AT THE BUSINESS BECAUSE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO APOLOGIZE TO HIS GRANDFATHER. AT THAT TIME I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF THERE WERE ANY ILLEGAL ITEMS INSIDE HIS DUFFEL BAG. HE ADVISED, "YES, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WEED". HE THEN STATED THAT I COULD SEARCH HIS DUFFEL BAG TO LOCATE THE SUBSTANCE. I UNZIPPED THE DUFFEL BAG WHERE I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE WHICH CONTAINED A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE. I WAS ABLE TO IDENTIFY SAID SUBSTANCE AS CANNABIS DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. I ALSO LOCATED A HALF SMOKED HAND ROLLED CANNABIS JOINT IN A FRONT POCKET ON THE DUFFEL BAG. THE DEFENDANT THEN ADVISED HE THAT WAS ON PROBATION FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS FROM DECEMBER OF 2010. UPON RESEARCH VIA THE PSNET PROGRAM, I DISCOVERED THAT I HAD, IN FACT, ARRESTED THE DEFENDANT ON 122810 FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS UNDER 20 GRAMS. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST WHERE HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND HIS BACK (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVING AT THE DETENTION FACILITY, THE NARCOTICS WERE WEIGHED WITH A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 19.75 GRAMS. AT THAT TIME THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF CANNABIS LESS THAN 20 GRAMS AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF PARAPHERNALIA WITH A TOTAL BOND AMOUNT OF $1,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE DEFENDANT SIGNED A CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PROPERTY RECEIPT ACKNOWLEDGING OWNERSHIP OF THE NARCOTICS. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
