| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: BENTZ, KRISTOPHER 0298 (AR07004248) ON 080207, YOUR AFFIANT RECEIVED A COMPLAINT FROM THE PHARMACY STAFF AT THE WAL-MART PHARMACY IN HOMOSASSA, FLORIDA. THE COMPLAINT ADVISED THAT A FEMALE CALLED IN TO THE PHARMACY AND REQUESTED A REFILL BE MADE FOR HYDROCODONE (A SCHEDULE III NARCOTIC) FROM AN ORIGINAL PRESCRIPTION THAT WAS FOUND TO BE FRAUDULENT. THE PRESCRIPTION WAS CALLED IN UNDER THE NAME OF KAREN PARKS. THE PHARMACY STAFF MEMBER ADDED THAT THE DOCTOR ON THE PRESCRIPTION WAS CONTACTED AND THE OFFICE MANAGER CONFIRMED THAT THE PRESCRIPTION WAS IN FACT FRAUDULENT. THE PHARMACY MEMBER ADVISED THAT PRIOR TO LEARNING THAT THE PRESCRIPTION WAS FRAUDULENT, SHE INFORMED THE FEMALE CALLER THAT THE PRESCRIPTION WOULD BE COMPLETE AND READY FOR PICK-UP AROUND 1500 HOURS. AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 HOURS, YOUR AFFIANT AND SERGEANT FERRARA RESPONDED TO THE WAL-MART PHARMACY AND AWAITED THE ARRIVAL OF THE SUSPECT CALLER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT YOUR AFFIANT IS FAMILIAR WITH KAREN PARKS AND AN ACCOMPLICE OF HERS, NANCY DUCKWORTH, FROM A SIMILAR NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION THAT WAS CONDUCTED IN JUNE OF 2007. AT APPROXIMATELY 1550 HOURS A PHARMACY STAFF MEMBER CONTACTED SERGEANT FERRARA BY CELLULAR TELEPHONE AND INFORMED HIM THAT A WHITE FEMALE, APPROXIMATELY 18 YEARS OF AGE, WITH BROWN HAIR AND WEARING A BLACK SLEEVELESS SHIRT, HAD COME TO THE PHARMACY AND ATTEMPTED TO PICK UP THE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION. THE PHARMACY STAFF MEMBER ADVISED THAT SHE INFORMED THE WHITE FEMALE THAT THE PRESCRIPTION WOULD BE READY FOR PICK-UP IN APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. YOUR AFFIANT AND SERGEANT FERRARA STRATEGICALLY PLACED OURSELVES IN THE AREA OF THE PHARMACY PICK-UP WINDOW AND AWAITED THE ARRIVAL OF THE WHITE FEMALE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED. MOMENTS LATER, THE WHITE FEMALE ARRIVED, PAID FOR AND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE WITH THE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION. YOUR AFFIANT AND SERGEANT FERRARA MADE CONTACT WITH THE WHITE FEMALE. YOUR AFFIANT IDENTIFIED MYSELF BY NAME AND RANK AND PRODUCED A GOLD SHERIFF'S OFFICE DETECTIVE'S BADGE THAT I HAD HANGING ON A CHAIN FROM AROUND MY NECK. I ALSO INTRODUCED SERGEANT FERRARA AS BEING WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THE WHITE FEMALE IMMEDIATELY BECAME EXTREMELY PANICKED AND BEGAN TO CRY HYSTERICALLY. SHE SPONTANEOUSLY STATED, BEFORE SHE COULD BE MIRANDIZED AND INFORMED OF THE INVESTIGATION YOUR AFFIANT WAS CONDUCTING, "I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS DOING ANYTHING WRONG. MY AUNT NANCY TOLD ME TO COME IN HERE AND PICK THESE PILLS UP. SHE TOLD ME TO SIGN A FAKE NAME. I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS DOING ANYTHING WRONG". THE WHITE FEMALE WAS INFORMED OF HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS AND WOULD SPEAK TO YOUR AFFIANT REGARDING MY INVESTIGATION. THE WHITE FEMALE STATED THAT HER AUNT NANCY WAS WAITING FOR HER OUTSIDE IN THE VEHICLE AND HAD GIVEN HER MONEY TO PICK UP A PRESCRIPTION FOR HYDROCODONE THAT WAS UNDER THE NAME KAREN PARKS. THE WHITE FEMALE ALSO PROVIDED HER AUNT NANCY'S FULL NAME OF NANCY DUCKWORTH AND ADVISED THAT SHE (DUCKWORTH) WAS DRIVING A GOLD TOYOTA COMPACT. WHILE SERGEANT FERRARA STAYED WITH THE WHITE FEMALE, YOUR AFFIANT WENT TO THE PARKING LOT AND LOCATED NANCY DUCKWORTH (WHOM YOUR AFFIANT KNEW FROM THE PREVIOUS NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION WHERE NANCY DUCKWORTH WAS ARRESTED WHILE COMMITTING A SIMILAR CRIME). YOUR AFFIANT REQUESTED THAT NANCY DUCKWORTH, HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE DEFENDANT, STEP INTO THE STORE SO THAT I COULD SPEAK WITH HER. BEFORE YOUR AFFIANT COULD MIRANDIZE HER AND BEFORE ANY QUESTIONING BEGAN, THE DEFENDANT SPONTANEOUSLY VOLUNTEERED THAT, "THIS WAS HER FAULT, I KNEW I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS". YOUR AFFIANT MIRANDIZED THE DEFENDANT, TO WHICH SHE ADVISED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, WAIVED HER RIGHTS TO LEGAL COUNSEL AND AGREED TO SPEAK WITH YOUR AFFIANT REGARDING MY INVESTIGATION. THE DEFENDANT ADMITTED TO KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRESCRIPTION BEING FRAUDULENT AND FURTHER ADVISED THAT SHE WAS THE ONE WHO CALLED IN THE PRESCRIPTION. THE DEFENDANT ALSO ADVISED THAT SHE ASKED HER NEPHEW'S GIRLFRIEND (AFOREMENTIONED WHITE FEMALE) TO PICK UP THE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION, PROVIDED HER WITH THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTION AND FURTHER INSTRUCTED HER TO SIGN A FRAUDULENT NAME WHEN SIGNING FOR THE HYDROCODONE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE HAS A SEVERE PAIN MEDICATION ADDICTION AND HAD BEEN KNOWN TO USE AROUND TWENTY HYDROCODONE TABLETS DAILY. WHEN ASKED, THE DEFENDANT ADVISED THAT SHE RECRUITED THE SERVICES OF HER NEPHEW AND HIS GIRLFRIEND TO PICK UP FRAUDULENT PRESCRIPTIONS FOR HER AND THAT THEY DO IT BECAUSE, "I TELL THEM TO". THE DEFENDANT WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND TURNED OVER TO THE CUSTODY OF DEPUTY MCLAUGHLIN FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANT WAS CHARGED ACCORDINGLY AND HER BOND WAS SET IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE NARCOTIC RELATED EVIDENCE (HYDROCODONE) WAS SEIZED, PACKAGED AND SUBSEQUENTLY ENTERED INTO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE VAULT. *NOT-EXEMPT* |
