| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STRICKLAND, JASON 0583 (AR12-1041) THE DEFENDANT 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: METHAMPHETAMINE, SAID OBJECT BEING A GLASS PIPE WITH METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.147(1) ON 050512 AT APPROXIMATELY 1910 HOURS WHILE PATROLLING EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD IN HERNANDO, I OBSERVED A BLACK IN COLOR FORD EXPLORER TURN ON TO EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD FROM WATSON FISH CAMP. I OBSERVED THAT THE DRIVER, MR RYAN ROSSELLE, WAS NOT WEARING HIS SEAT BELT. AT THAT TIME, I PERFORMED A U-TURN AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST PARSONS POINT ROAD AND NORTH TODD POINT. UPON MAKING CONTACT WITH MR ROSSELLE, I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN ALL INFORMATION FOR THE VEHICLE AS WELL AS HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE. WHILE SPEAKING WITH MR ROSSELLE, I OBSERVED HIM AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS TO BE ACTING VERY NERVOUS. I ASKED MR ROSSELLE IF HE HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE VEHICLE, SUCH AS GUNS, BOMBS, DRUGS OR KNIVES, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID NOT. I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD GIVE ME CONSENT TO SEARCH HIS VEHICLE, TO WHICH HE REPLIED THAT NO ONE SEARCHES HIS VEHICLE. AT THAT TIME, I REQUESTED CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN TO RESPOND TO MY LOCATION. I RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE AND BEGAN FILLING OUT A WRITTEN WARNING FOR MR ROSSELLEâS TRAFFIC INFRACTION. UPON THE ARRIVAL OF CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN TO MY LOCATION, CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN DEPLOYED CANINE TYSON AND CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN ADVISED THAT CANINE TYSON HAD ALERTED TO THE PASSENGER DOOR. I THEN ASKED ALL THREE OCCUPANTS TO EXIT THE VEHICLE AND STAND AT THE FRONT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE WHILE CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY DEARDEN ADVISED THAT HE HAD LOCATED A CLEAR GLASS PIPE IN A REAR PORTION OF THE DRIVER SEAT WHICH WAS READILY ACCESSIBLE TO DEFENDANT TWO, MS MICHELLE PAULINE PECORELLA. UPON OBSERVING THIS GLASS PIPE, I OBSERVED A WHITE CRYSTAL-LIKE SUBSTANCE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE PIPE WHICH WAS LATER TESTED WITH A ROADSIDE FIELD TEST KIT AND YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. I READ DEFENDANT PECORELLA HER MIRANDA WARNINGS FROM A PREPRINTED CARD TO WHICH SHE STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH ME. AFTER SPEAKING WITH DEFENDANT PECORELLA, SHE ADVISED THAT THE PIPE WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE HER FINGERPRINTS ON IT AS WELL AS HER DNA. DEFENDANT PECORELLA WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR ONE COUNT OF POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. DEFENDANT PECORELLA WAS SEARCHED, INCIDENT TO ARREST, BY DEPUTY VENTIMIGLIA, THEN HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HER BACK AND SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. SHE WAS LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR FURTHER PROCESSING. UPON ARRIVAL, DEFENDANT PECORELLA WAS BOOKED AND HELD ON A $500.00 BOND, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
