| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR08106877) 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 TWENTY GRAMS OR LESS, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(B) ON 122408 AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 HOURS, I RESPONDED TO 92 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET IN BEVERLY HILLS IN REFERENCE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT, MR MICHAEL TYRON INGRAM, REFERENCE AN ACTIVE CITRUS COUNTY WARRANT FOR VIOLATION OF PROBATION. WHILE WALKING TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE RESIDENCE, I NOTICED THE DOOR TO BE PARTIALLY AJAR. UPON GETTING CLOSER TO THE DOOR, I DETECTED A STRONG AND PUNGENT ODOR KNOWN TO ME, DUE TO MY TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, AS THAT OF MARIJUANA. THROUGH THE PARTIALLY AJAR DOOR, I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT INSIDE THE RESIDENCE SITTING ON A SOFA IN THE LIVING ROOM. UPON OBSERVING THE DEFENDANT, WHO WAS KNOWN TO ME, I OBSERVED THAT HE HAD ATTEMPTED TO PUSH SOMETHING DOWN IN THE SOFA CUSHIONS, AT WHICH TIME I MADE ENTRY INTO THE RESIDENCE. I PICKED HIM UP OFF THE SOFA AND OBSERVED HIM TO BE CLUTCHING SOMETHING IN HIS RIGHT HAND. WE STEPPED BACK TO THE FRONT DOOR WHERE I WAS ATTEMPTING TO SECURE HIM IN HANDCUFFS WHEN HE DROPPED A ROUND, BLUNT-SHAPED OBJECT ON TO THE FLOOR. AT THAT TIME, THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT I FINISHED THE HANDCUFFING PROCEDURE BEFORE PICKING UP THE OBJECT THE DEFENDANT HAD DROPPED ON THE FLOOR. THE DEFENDANT WAS ESCORTED OUTSIDE AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF DEPUTY B LAMBERT'S PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON RETURNING TO THE AREA WHERE I HAD HANDCUFFED THE DEFENDANT, I WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BLUNT-SHAPED OBJECT WHERE I HAD OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT DROP IT, AT WHICH TIME I MADE CONTACT WITH A WHITE MALE SUBJECT WHO WAS ALSO ON SCENE. THE WHITE MALE SUBJECT ADVISED THAT THE MARIJUANA DID NOT BELONG TO HIM, HOWEVER, HE ADVISED THAT UPON ME HANDCUFFING THE DEFENDANT, HE OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT DROP THE PARTIALLY SMOKED MARIJUANA BLUNT. THE WHITE MALE SUBJECT STATED WHEN I TOOK THE DEFENDANT OUTSIDE, HE PICKED UP THE PARTIALLY SMOKED MARIJUANA BLUNT FROM THE AREA OF THE DOOR AND PUT IT BETWEEN THE SOFA CUSHIONS. THE WHITE MALE SUBJECT THEN SHOWED ME WHERE HE HAD PUT THE PARTIALLY SMOKED MARIJUANA BLUNT AND HANDED IT OVER TO ME, AT WHICH TIME I POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED IT AS THE OBJECT THE DEFENDANT HAD DROPPED WHILE I WAS HANDCUFFING HIM. THE PARTIALLY SMOKED MARIJUANA BLUNT WAS FIELD TESTED AND YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR MARIJUANA. IT WAS WEIGHED AND WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY TWO GRAMS. THE MARIJUANA WAS LATER PACKAGED AND TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. THE DEFENDANT WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE DETENTION FACILITY BY DEPUTY LAMBERT. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT'S BOND WAS SET AT $500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
