| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: ARNOLD, RODNEY 1282 (AR 15-16268) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: WHITE IN COLOR POWDERY SUBSTANCE WITH TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF MDMA (MOLLY), IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). DID, KNOWING HIS DRIVERâS LICENSE OR DRIVING PRIVILEGE HAD BEEN CANCELLED, SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS STATE WHILE SUCH LICENSE OR PRIVILEGE WAS CANCELLED, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 322.34(2)(B). ON 090115, AT APPROXIMATELY 1440 HOURS, WHILE IN THE AREA OF THE 3700 BLOCK OF EAST JEROME STREET, DEPUTY SUDLOW PROVIDE ME WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A BLACK MALE SUBJECT WHO WAS ENTERING THE DRIVER SEAT OF A BLUE IN COLOR TWO DOOR CHEVROLET WHICH WAS SITTING IN the DRIVEWAY OF 3701 EAST JEROME STREET. I OBSERVED THE VEHICLE, BEARING FLORIDA LICENSE PLATE CHQY15, BACK OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF ME AND HEAD EAST ON JEROME STREET. I RAN THE VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE INFORMAITON THROUGH FCIC/NCIC WHICH SHOWED THE VEHICLE IS REGISTERED TO MR TERRANCE DAVIS. MR DAVIS MATCHED THE DESCRIPTION OF the SUBJECT PROVIDED BY DEPUTY SUDLOW. THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED FROM FCIC/NCIC ADVISED the OWNER OF THE VEHICLE HAD A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE. the DRIVER'S LICENSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED ON 042915. I CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE IN THE AREA OF SOUTH ROOKS AVENUE AND FOREST DRIVE. I MADE CONTACT with THE DRIVER, WHO I IDENTIFIED, BY HIS THE DRIVER AND VEHICLE INFORMATION DATABASE SYSTEM (DAVID) PHOTOGRAPH AS THE DEFENDANT, MR TERRANCE DAVIS. I ASKED THE DEFENDANT IF HE WAS THE REGISTERED OWNER OF the VEHICLE. HE STATED YES. I INFORMED THE DEFENDANT THAT HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED. I REQUESTED HE PROVIDE ME WITH HIS VEHICLE REGISTRATION, PROOF OF INSURANCE, AND DRIVER'S LICENSE. THE DEFENDANT STATED IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO PROVIDE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE AS HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS SUSPENDED AND INFORMED ME THAT HE DID NOT HAVE ANY OF THE other VEHICLE INFORMATION HE REQUESTED. HE ADVISED HE DID NOT HAVE HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE ON HIS PERSON. I ASKED THE DRIVER IF HE HAD ANY WEAPONS OR ILLEGAL DRUGS ON HIS PERSON OR IN THE VEHICLE. HE STATED ''NO, YOU CAN CHECK IF YOU WANT TO.'' I REQUESTED THE DEFENDANT EXIT THE VEHICLE, WHICH HE DID. I ESCORTED HIM TO THE back OF MY PATROL VEHICLE. CANINE DEPUTY BEHNEN (0442) ARRIVED ON SCENE AND I REQUESTED HE CONDUCT AN EXTERIOR SNIFF OF THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. DEPUTY BEHNEN, UTILIZING CANINE DEPUTY JERRY LEE, CONDUCTED AN EXTERIOR SNIFF ON THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WHERE HE DID ALERT. DEPUTIES ON SCENE AND I SEARCHED THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. ON THE FRONT DRIVER FLOORBOARD I OBSERVED A WHITE IN COLOR POWDERY SUBSTANCE ON the CARPET AND BRAKE PEDDLE OF the DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE. THE SUBSTANCE WAS TESTED UTILIZING AN AGENCY ISSUED PRESUMPTIVE FIELD TEST KIT WHICH WAS SHOWED A POSITIVE RESPONSE FOR THE PRESENCE OF MDMA (MOLLY). I MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND QUESTIONED HIM ABOUT THE WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE ON the CARPET AND BRAKE PEDDLE. THE DEFENDANT ADVISED HE DID NOT KNOW what THE SUBSTANCE WAS OR HOW IT GOT THERE. I ADVISED THE DEFENDANT HE WAS BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED KNOWINGLY. THE DEFENDANT WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND HIS BACK AND PLACED IN THE REAR OF MY PATROL VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT $2,000.00 FOR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND $1,000.00 FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED KNOWINGLY, FOR A TOTAL BOND OF $3,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE WHILE AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THE WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE WHICH HAD BEEN COLLECTED FROM THE DEFENDANT'S VEHICLE WAS WEIGHED. IT WEIGHTED APPROXIMATELY .7 GRAMS THE DEFENDANT WAS ISSUED FLORIDA UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION NUMBER A1BTBTP FOR DRIVING WHILE LICENSE SUSPENDED WITH A MANDATORY COURT DATE OF 100115 AT 1300 HOURS AT CITRUS COUNTY COURT HOUSE. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT AT THE INCIDENT LOCATION FOR THE DEFENDANT'S GIRLFRIEND TO PICK UP THE VEHICLE AT THE DEFENDANT'S REQUEST. |
