| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: HRYC, CHRISTOPHER 0701 (AR10117763) DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HIS ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE POSSESSION A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, TO WIT: THREE ALPRAZOLAM, WHICH IS GENERIC FOR XANAX .25 MILLIGRAMS, A SCHEDULE THREE NARCOTIC, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 893.13(6)(A). ON 110410 WHILE CONDUCTING STATIONARY TRAFFIC, I SAW A SILVER PICKUP TRUCK PASS BY ME. AS IT WENT BY, I NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE AN OPERATIVE TAG LIGHT. AT THAT TIME I POSITIONED MY PATROL VEHICLE BEHIND AND ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, CONDUCTING A TRAFFIC STOP ON NORTH CITRUS AVENUE AND WEST DUNKLIN STREET. I APPROACHED THE VEHICLE ON the DRIVER SIDE AND UPON DOING SO, I SMELLED A STRONG ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. I INFORMED THE DRIVER, MR CASEY REEVES, OF THE REASON FOR THE STOP and I ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT THE ODOR OF MARIJUANA EMITTING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER OF THE VEHICLE, WHO WAS LATER IDENTIFIED AS THE DEFENDANT, MR MICHAEL RODRICK, LEANED OVER AND STATED that THEY HAD JUST LEFT THEIR FRIEND'S RESIDENCE AND THAT THEY WERE ALL SMOKING MARIJUANA. I THEN COLLECTED DRIVER'S LICENSES FROM THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD MIND STEPPING TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE WHILE I COMPLETED MY TRAFFIC STOP. I THEN ISSUED A WARNING CITATION TO MR REEVES FOR THE INOPERABLE TAG LIGHT. I THEN ASKED IF THEY HAD ANYTHING ILLEGAL OR ANY WEAPONS ON EITHER OF THEIR PERSONS OR IN the VEHICLE. THE DRIVER, MR CASEY REEVES, STATED HE HAD NOTHING ON HIS PERSON OR IN THE VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER, MR MICHAEL RODRICK, STATED "I AM NOT GOING TO LIE TO YOU, I HAVE THREE PAIN PILLS IN MY POCKET". MR RODRICK THEN REMOVED A CELLOPHANE PLASTIC BAGGIE FROM HIS LEFT FRONT TEE SHIRT POCKET, WHICH CONTAINED THREE SMALL WHITE PILLS. I INQUIRED WHAT THE PILLS WERE AND HE STATED HE HAD NOT IDEA, BUT HE THOUGHT THEY MIGHT BE XANAX. THE PILLS WERE LATER IDENTIFIED VIA POISON CONTROL AS .25 MILLIGRAM ALPRAZOLAM, WHICH IS GENERIC FOR XANAX AND IS A SCHEDULE THREE NARCOTIC. I THEN SEARCHED MR REEVES' VEHICLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CONTRABAND, which YIELDED NEGATIVE RESULTS. MR REEVES STATED "I JUST SMOKE BUT NEVER HOLD". AFTER THE VEHICLE SEARCH, I THEN APPROACHED MR RODRICK AND READ HIM IS MIRANDA WARNINGS VIA PRE-PRINTED CARD. HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS AND WISHED TO SPEAK TO ME AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I ASKED IF HE HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PAIN MEDICATION AND HE STATED HE DID NOT AND THAT A FRIEND HAD GIVEN THEM TO HIM FOR FREE. I ASKED WHY HE HAD THEM AND HE STATED THAT HE HURT HIS BACK AT WORK AND THAT HE COULD NOT SLEEP and THAT HE WAS USING THEM AT NIGHT TIME TO GET SOME REST. I ASKED WHY HE DID NOT GO TO THE DOCTOR HIMSELF AND BE EVALUATED AND POSSIBLY HAVE THE MEDICATION PRESCRIBED TO HIM. HE STATED HE DID NOT THINK IT WAS THAT BIG OF A DEAL AND HE COULD NOT TAKE OFF FROM WORK TO DO SO. AT THAT TIME MR RODRICK WAS HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) BEHIND THE BACK AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. HIS BOND WAS SET AT $5,000.00 PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. THE VEHICLE WAS RELEASED TO THE DRIVER and THE THREE WHITE PILLS WERE LATER TURNED INTO EVIDENCE. "If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the ADA Coordinator at the Office of the Trial Court Administrator, Citrus County Courthouse, 110 North Apopka Avenue, Inverness, Florida 34450, Telephone (352) 341-6700, at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.” *NOT-EXEMPT* |
