| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: NEAL, GARRETT 0676 (AR211121855) 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 METAL GRINDER CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 072211 AT APPROXIMATELY 2246 HOURS, I INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AT NORTH LECANTO HIGHWAY AND WEST BLACK DIAMOND CIRCLE IN BEVERLY HILLS ON A 2000 LINCOLN FOUR DOOR BEARING FLORIDA TAG 423YWN FOR HAVING A HEADLIGHT OUT. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER/ DEFENDANT, MS LATISHA HOPKINS, AND REQUESTED HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PROOF OF INSURANCE AND ADVISED HER OF THE REASON FOR THE TRAFFIC STOP. WHILE I WAS WRITING THE DEFENDANT TWO WRITTEN WARNINGS FOR THE HEADLIGHT AND NOT HAVING PROOF OF INSURANCE, "K-9" DEPUTY PRICE WAS REQUESTED AND ARRIVED ON SCENE. "K-9" KONG CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE AND I WAS ADVISED BY "K-9" DEPUTY PRICE THAT "K-9" KONG HAD ALERTED TO THE ODOR OF NARCOTICS. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND I STOOD BY WITH HER WHILE "K-9" DEPUTY PRICE CONDUCTED A SEARCH. "K-9" DEPUTY PRICE ADVISED THAT A METAL GRINDER CONTAINING MARIJUANA RESIDUE WAS LOCATED IN THE DEFENDANT'S PURSE. SEE "K-9" DEPUTY PRICE'S SUPPLEMENT. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED OWNERSHIP OF THE GRINDER AND SAID THAT THE GRINDER HAD JUST BEEN USED TO GRIND MARIJUANA AT A PARTY. THE MARIJUANA RESIDUE WAS FIELD TESTED USING AN AGENCY ISSUED FIELD TEST KIT AND TESTED POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA . AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, HANDCUFFED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY (CCDF) BY DEPUTY LAHERA. THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. "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* |
