| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: CALLAHAN, CRAIG 0643 (AR14-9593) (14-39693) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: 0.7 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE, WITH THE INTENT TO SELL THE SAID SUBSTANCE TO ANOTHER PERSON, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 893.13(1)(A)(1); AND DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS 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: A GLASS METHAMPHETAMINE PIPE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTES 893.145 AND 893.147(1)(B). ON 032214 AT APPROXIMATELY 0225 HOURS, DEPUTY L MELOCHE AND I WERE TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON ZEPHYR STREET NEAR ELLA STREET IN INVERNESS. UPON DOING SO, WE OBSERVED TWO WHITE MALES WHO WERE ALSO WALKING SOUTHBOUND ON ZEPHYR STREET AND WHO WERE LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR BLAKE MCCLUSKY AND MR DREW KING. IT SHOULD BE KNOWN THAT I OBSERVED the DEFENDANT CARRYING A RED TOTE BAG ON HIS SHOULDER AND WAS HOLDING A SMALL DARK COLORED OBJECT, LATER IDENTIFIED TO BE A COMPACT DISC (CD) CASE, IN HIS HAND. UPON THE DEFENDANT OBSERVING MY PATROL VEHICLE APPROACHING THEM, DEPUTY MELOCHE AND I BOTH OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT TOSS THE CD CASE INTO A YARD APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET from HIS LOCATION. UPON OBSERVING THIS, WE IMMEDIATELY MADE CONTACT WITH THE DEFENDANT AND MR KING. UPON SPEAKING TO THE DEFENDANT I IMMEDIATELY ASKED IF HE MINDED IF I PATTED HIM DOWN FOR WEAPONS OR CONTRABAND, TO WHICH HE ALLOWED ME TO DO SO. WHILE PATTING THE DEFENDANT DOWN, I ASKED HIM WHAT HE HAD JUST THROWN INTO THE YARD, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE DID NOT THROW ANYTHING. UPON GAINING CONSENT TO SEARCH the INSIDE OF THE DEFENDANTâS POCKET, I LOCATED A GREEN PLASTIC BAGGIE, which CONTAINED A GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF MARIJUANA, AT WHICH TIME HE WAS HANDCUFFED BEHIND THE BACK and ADVISED HE WAS BEING DETAINED UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGATION COULD BE COMPLETED. FURTHERMORE, THE DEFENDANT WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A SMALL BLACK FELT JEWELRY BAGGIE, WHICH CONTAINED A SEPARATE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING THE SAME GREEN LEAFY SUBSTANCE. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT BOTH SUBSTANCES FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION WERE DETERMINED TO BE THAT OF SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA, COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS SPICE. I THEN WALKED OVER TO THE AREA WHERE I OBSERVED THE DEFENDANT THROW THE CD CASE. UPON RETRIEVING IT, I AGAIN ASKED HIM IF IT BELONGED TO HIM, WHICH HE CONTINUED TO DENY. UPON OPENING the CD CASE, I LOCATED ANOTHER LARGE GALLON PLASTIC BAG, WHICH CONTAINED THE SAME SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA FOUND IN HIS RIGHT FRONT PANTS POCKET. FURTHERMORE, A DIGITAL SCALE WAS ALSO LOCATED AND SEVERAL GREEN PLASTIC BAGGIES WERE LOCATED that WERE SAME TYPE FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION CONTAINING SYNTHETIC MARIJUANA. UPON OPENING A SMALL ZIPPER ON the FRONT OF THE CD CASE, I LOCATED A LARGE GALLON PLASTIC BAG, WHICH WAS ALSO THE EXACT TYPE FOUND IN HIS POSSESSION AND ALSO MATCHED the EMPTY BAGGIES, WHICH WERE ALSO FOUND IN the CASE. CONTAINED INSIDE THE GREEN BAGGIE WAS A CRYSTAL like SUBSTANCE, WHICH WAS FIELD TESTED AND LATER DETERMINED TO BE THAT OF METHAMPHETAMINE. UPON EXPLAINING TO THE DEFENDANT that DEPUTY MELOCHE AND I HAD just OBSERVED HIM THROW THE CD CASE AND THE FACT THAT THE CONTENTS FOUND IN the CASE WERE similar TO THOSE IN his POSSESSION, HE CONTINUED TO DENY that THE NARCOTICS FOUND IN THE CASE BELONGED TO HIM. UPON SEARCHING THE RED TOTE BACK, I LOCATED INSIDE ANOTHER BLACK FELT JEWELRY BAGGIE, A GLASS PIPE CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE. DUE TO the FACT THAT THE DEFENDANT WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF A DIGITAL SCALE and SEVERAL EMPTY PLASTIC BAGS, WHICH ARE BOTH CONSISTENT WITH that OF NARCOTIC SALES, THE DEFENDANT WAS ADVISED THAT HE WAS BEING ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO SELL AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. THE DEFENDANT WAS THEN PLACED IN THE REAR SEAT OF MY PATROL VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORT TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL, THE DEFENDANTâS BOND WAS SET AT A TOTAL OF $10,500.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. ALL NARCOTICS WERE LATER PACKAGED TO BE TURNED INTO CITRUS COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EVIDENCE. the METHAMPHETAMINE WAS ALSO LATER WEIGHED AND HAD AN APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF .07 GRAMS. |
