| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: STOKES, ERIC 0736 (AR1200420) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: SEVEN FLAKES OF CRACK COCAINE AND THREE ALPRAZOLAM TABLETS, IN VIOLATION OF THE FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 032212, I WAS CONDUCTING DIRECTED PATROL, IN THE AREA OF SOUTH FICHTEN POINT ON WEST CARDINAL STREET, DUE TO A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ON A RESIDENCE ON THE END OF SOUTH FICHTEN POINT. ON 032312, I OBSERVED A BLACK MAZDA FOUR DOOR LEAVE THE ABOVE RESIDENCE AND BEGIN TRAVELLING WESTBOUND ON CARDINAL STREET AFTER EXITING FICHTEN POINT. I THEN POSITIONED MY PATROL VEHICLE BEHIND THE SUSPECT VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THE LICENSE PLATE (TAG) LIGHT TO BE MALFUNCTIONING, MAKING THE PLATE OBSCURE FROM MORE THAN APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET AWAY. THE TAG LIGHT WAS ALSO SHINING BACKWARDS TOWARDS MY PATROL VEHICLE OBSCURING THE TAG FURTHER. I THEN INITIATED MY OVERHEAD LIGHTS AND CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF CARDINAL AND HIGHWAY 19. DUE TO THE COMPLAINTS HAVING TO DO WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING, I THEN REQUESTED THAT A K-9 UNIT BE EN ROUTE TO MY TRAFFIC STOP. I THEN MADE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER AND REQUESTED THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION AND RETURNED TO MY PATROL VEHICLE TO RUN THE DRIVERâS INFORMATION AS WELL AS THE VEHICLE INFORMATION THROUGH FCIC/NCIC. A SHORT TIME LATER K-9 DEPUTY HRYC ARRIVED AND WALKED HIS K-9 around THE VEHICLE. K-9 DEPUTY HRYC ADVISED ME THAT HIS K-9 HAD ALERTED ON THE VEHICLE, AT WHICH TIME, THE DRIVER AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE ASKED TO STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT TWO, MS ANGELA KAY LYLES, THE FRONT PASSENGER MR BASHON LEWIS, AND THE REAR PASSENGER SITTING BEHIND MR BASHON/DEFENDANT ONE, MS TARA HERRING. K-9 DEPUTY HRYC SEARCHED DEFENDANT TWOâS PERSON, AND FOUND A SMALL WHITE EGG SHAPED CONTAINER WITH A SLIDING DOOR ON IT THAT CONTAINED TWO SMALL CRYSTALLINE ROCKS THAT APPEARED TO BE CRACK COCAINE. THE ROCKS WERE TESTED IN A FIELD TEST KIT AND BOTH TESTED POSITIVE. K-9 DEPUTY HRYC THEN SEARCHED DEFENDANT ONE, AND LOCATED INSIDE OF HER PURSE IN A SMALL ZIPPERED COMPARTMENT, SEVEN SMALL FLAKES OF THE ABOVE LISTED SUBSTANCE. THESE FLAKES WERE ALSO TESTED IN A FIELD TEST KIT AND ALL TESTED POSITIVE. INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE, IN DEFENDANT ONEâS SEAT WERE SEVEN UNIDENTIFIED PILLS, WHICH WERE LOCATED NEXT TO THE SEATBELT CATCH. USING THE IMPRINT LOCATED ON THE PILLS, I WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THREE OF THE PILLS WERE ALPRAZOLAM, WHICH IS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. THE IMPRINTS on the OTHER PILLS APPEARED TO BE RUBBED OFF, AS I WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF PILLS THEY WERE. ALL OF THE CONTRABAND WAS PACKAGED AND TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFFâS OFFICE EVIDENCE DIVISION. AT THAT TIME, BOTH DEFENDANTS WERE PLACED UNDER ARREST AND HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THEIR BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DRIVER/DEFENDANT TWO, MS ANGELA LYLES WAS ISSUED WARNING NUMBER 347901B FOR THE TAG LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS SECURED AT THE SCENE AND THEN TOWED BY ADAMâS TOWING. DEFENDANT ONEâS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $10,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT TWOâS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
