| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: RICHEY, JONATHON 0678 (AR2429) THE DEFENDANT, MS JESSICA LYNN WASILEF, DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT WAS IN ACTUAL POSSESSION OF 2.1 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 081812 AT APPROXIMATELY 1720 HOURS, I WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON US HIGHWAY 19 AT KINGS BAY DRIVE, WHEN I NOTICED A GREEN, TOYOTA PICKUP TRUCK, TRAVELING NORTHBOUND, WITH AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF TINT ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. I ESTIMATED THE TINT TO BE APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD, WHICH WOULD EXCEED ANY NORMAL AS1 LINE. I THEN TURNED MY PATROL VEHICLE AROUND, AND APPROACHED SAID VEHICLE, AND NOTICED THAT THE TAG WAS BEING HELD ONTO THE VEHICLE WITH A PIECE OF WIRE, AND NOT PROPERLY SECURED. I ALSO NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT HAND BRAKE LIGHT WAS COVERED IN RED TAPE, AND WHEN THE DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES, A WHITE LIGHT COULD BE SEEN EMITTING FROM THE TAPE. I THEN CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE, AT THE MCDONALDâS RESTAURANT PARKING LOT IN CRYSTAL RIVER. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DRIVERâS SIDE, AND ASKED THE DRIVER FOR HER IDENTIFICATION, WHICH SHE DID NOT HAVE, ALTHOUGH SHE COULD IDENTIFY HERSELF AS MS BARBARA SAPP. I WAS THEN ALSO ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE MIDDLE PASSENGER AS THE DEFENDANT, BY HER FLORIDA LEARNERâS PERMIT. I THEN IDENTIFIED THE OTHER PASSENGER AS MR GEORGE BLACK BY HIS FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE. I THEN RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, DEPUTY HRYC ARRIVED ON SCENE. I THEN COMPLETED A WARNING FOR THE DRIVER FOR THE VIOLATION OF HER FRONT WINDSHIELD TINT, AS I HAD CONFIRMED THAT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE. DURING THIS TIME, DEPUTY HRYC DID CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE WITH HIS CANINE ZEUS. HE ADVISED ME THAT HIS CANINE HAD ALERTED ON THE PASSENGERâS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE, AND HE ALSO ADVISED ME THAT HE COULD DETECT A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA COMING FROM THE PASSENGERâS SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.. AT THAT TIME, DEPUTY HRYC ASKED MR BLACK TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. DEPUTY HRYC OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TO SHOVE SOMETHING IN HER BETWEEN HER LEGS. DEPUTY HRYC IMMEDIATELY ADVISED ME OF THIS, AND I ASKED THE DEFENDANT TO WALK TO THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN RADIOED FOR A FEMALE DEPUTY TO RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT I HAD A FEMALE DEPUTY EN ROUTE TO THE SCENE TO SEARCH HER, AT WHICH POINT SHE STATED, âOK,â AND PULLED THREE PLASTIC BAGGIES FROM HER VAGINA. TWO BAGGIES WERE EMPTY, AND ONE CONTAINED A SUBSTANCE WHICH I BELIEVED, BASED ON MY TRAINING AND FIELD EXPERIENCE, TO BE METHAMPHETAMINE. THIS SUBSTANCE WAS IN SHARDS, AND HAD THE CONSISTENCY OF GLASS SHARDS. THE DEFENDANT WAS DETAINED, AND WAS THEN HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED, BEHIND HER BACK, AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN FIELD TESTED this SUBSTANCE, WHICH DID TEST POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE AT THAT TIME, I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT THAT SHE WAS UNDER ARREST. DEPUTY HRYC THEN READ THE DEFENDANT HER MIRANDA RIGHTS. SHE DID ADVISE BOTH OF US THAT THE METHAMPHETAMINE WAS NOT HERS, BUT that SHE HAD CONCEALED IT IN HER VAGINA BECAUSE SHE HAD BEEN ASKED TO DO SO BY SOMEONE IN THE VEHICLE, AND WOULD NOT DISCLOSE FURTHER INFORMATION TO EITHER DEPUTY. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WAS ISSUED CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WRITTEN WARNING NUMBER 354058B, FOR A FRONT WINDSHIELD TINT VIOLATION, AND WAS ALSO GIVEN TWO VERBAL WARNINGS; ONE FOR HER TAG ATTACHMENT VIOLATION, AND THE SECOND FOR WHITE LIGHT EMITTING FROM HER RIGHT HAND BRAKE LIGHT I THEN TRANSPORTED THE DEFENDANT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, SHE WAS RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OTHER THAN CANNABIS OR COCAINE, WITH HER BOND SET AT $2,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
