| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: SMITH, STEVE 0292 (AR11120755) DID HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXISTING, PERMITTED, MAINTAINED, KEPT OR CAUSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF MAINTAINING A NUISANCE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH, TO WIT: THE CREATION, MAINTENANCE, OR CAUSING OF ANY CONDITION CAPABLE OF BREEDING FLIES, MOSQUITOES OR OTHER ARTHROPODS WHICH ARE CAPABLE OF TRANSMITTING DISEASES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO HUMANS, TO WIT: THE DEFENDANT DID HAVE NUMEROUS TIRES AND FISH TANKS FILLED WITH WATER CONTAINING MOSQUITO LARVA INSIDE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 386.041(1)(E) (AND) DID HAVE THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS EXISTING, PERMITTED, MAINTAINED, KEPT OR CAUSED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, TO WIT: A MOTOR HOME IN WHICH THE SEWER SYSTEM IS HOOKED UP SIMPLY BY THE SEWAGE LINE RUNNING DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND, WHICH IS ALSO A SANITARY NUISANCE, SHALL CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF MAINTAINING A NUISANCE INJURIOUS TO HEALTH, UNTREATED OR IMPROPERLY TREATED HUMAN WASTE, GARBAGE, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 386.041(1)(B). ON 051311, A WARRANT WAS EXECUTED AT 53 SOUTH ELMHURST POINT IN LECANTO WHERE, UPON ARRIVAL, THE RESIDENCE and OUT BUILDINGS WERE SECURED. THIS DEPUTY READ THE WARRANT TO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS AT THE RESIDENCE. THIS DEPUTY THEN READ ALL INDIVIDUALS MIRANDA FROM A PREPRINTED CARD, ADVISING THEM OF THEIR RIGHTS. EACH ONE OF THEM ADVISED THEY DID UNDERSTAND THEIR MIRANDA WARNINGS. AT THIS TIME A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE AND OUTBUILDINGS WAS STARTED WHILE THIS DEPUTY BEGAN INTERVIEWING THE SUSPECTS. THE FIRST PERSON INTERVIEWED AND A DIGITAL RECORDED STATEMENT TAKEN FROM WAS MR VIRGIN ADKINS III. HE ADVISED THAT HIS PRIMARY RESIDENCE WAS THE DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER WHICH SITS ADJACENT TO THE MAIN RESIDENCE. HE ADVISED HE SLEEPS IN THE FAR SOUTH BEDROOM. THIS IS THE AREA WHICH THIS DEPUTY BELIEVES IS WHERE THE MANUFACTURING WAS TAKING PLACE, DUE TO THERE BEING A STRONG SMELL OF ETHER IN THE AIR. HE ADVISED THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO COOK METHAMPHETAMINE, THAT HE DOES OCCASIONALLY USE METHAMPHETAMINE. HE ALSO ADVISED THAT THE ONLY THING HE MIGHT DO IS GO AND BUY BOXES OF SUDAFED FOR THE COOKS. HE DID ADVISE THIS DEPUTY THAT HE HAS GONE, ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, PURCHASING SUDAFED. HE ADVISED RECENTLY HE HAS GONE TO CVS OR WALGREEN'S IN CRYSTAL RIVER WITH SUSPECT AARON RENNEY II, AND THAT AARON WOULD GIVE HIM THE MONEY FOR THE BOX AND PAY HIM $10.00 ON TOP OF THAT. HE WAS THEN ASKED WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY RETURN BACK TO THE HOUSE, AND HE ADVISED THAT NORMALLY HE WOULD LEAVE BECAUSE HE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND COME BACK LATER. DURING THE INTERVIEW DEFENDANT ADKINS III ADVISED THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED INFORMATION WITHIN THE PAST WEEK THAT THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS COMING AND THAT AARON HAD BEGUN DISPOSING OF ALL THE METH RELATED ITEMS WHICH WERE LYING AROUND, MAINLY BY BURNING THEM IN THE BURN PILE. AT THIS TIME THE INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED. A TAPED INTERVIEW WAS THEN CONDUCTED WITH MINDY YEARGAIN, WHO ADVISED THAT SHE HAS BEEN AVOIDING THE HOUSE DUE TO HER HAVING A WARRANT FOR HER ARREST. SHE ADVISED SHE HAS BEEN USING METHAMPHETAMINE AND THAT SHE HAD HER SUSPICIONS THAT AARON MIGHT BE COOKING, BUT SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE MANUFACTURING AT THE RESIDENCE. WHEN ASKED WHERE HER BEDROOM WAS, SHE ADVISED IT WAS THE ONE WITH ALL THE GATER MEMORABILIA INSIDE THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WOULD BE ANYTHING ILLEGAL IN THE ROOM, SHE ADVISED MAYBE SOME PARAPHERNALIA. AT THIS TIME THE INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED. A DIGITAL TAPED INTERVIEW WAS THEN CONDUCTED WITH MS JANICE MOORE. JANICE MOORE WAS VERY COOPERATIVE, ADMITTING TO ILLEGAL METHAMPHETAMINE USE. SHE ALSO ADMITTED TO PURCHASING SUDAFED AND ADVISED THAT SHE HAS PROVIDED DEFENDANT RENNEY WITH PSEUDOEPHEDRINE BEFORE, BUT NEVER WHOLE BOXES, AND WOULD NOT ADMIT TO KNOWING THAT IT WAS FOR METHAMPHETAMINE MANUFACTURING. WHEN ASKED IF SHE KNEW AARON WAS MANUFACTURING AT THE HOUSE, SHE ADVISED SHE HAD HER SUSPICIONS, BUT WAS HOPING HE WAS NOT. WHEN ASKED WHAT WAS INSIDE HER ROOM THAT WAS ILLEGAL, SHE ADVISED THERE WOULD BE PARAPHERNALIA AND MAYBE TRACE AMOUNTS OF METHAMPHETAMINE. AT THIS TIME THE INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED. A DIGITAL TAPED INTERVIEW WAS THEN CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANT MR AARON RENNEY II, WHO WAS UPSET AND EXTREMELY AGITATED DURING THE INTERVIEW. HOWEVER, HE DID CONFESS TO MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE ON AT LEAST ONE OCCASION. HE ADVISED THE COOK DID NOT TURN OUT PROPERLY AND ALSO ADVISED THAT ALL OF THE METH RELATED ITEMS IN THE BURN PIT WERE FROM THIS ONE COOK. WHEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ILLEGAL ON THE PROPERTY, HE ADVISED NO, JUST WHAT WAS IN THE BURN PILE. WHEN ASKED HOW LONG HE HAS BEEN USING METHAMPHETAMINE, HE ADVISED SINCE HE WAS 15 YEARS OLD. WHEN ASKED HOW HE USES METHAMPHETAMINE, HE ADVISED, HE EATS IT. MR RENNEY WAS ASKED IF HE HAS PURCHASED SUDAFED, TO WHICH HE ADVISED HE HAS. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO GOING TO DRUG STORES AND PURCHASING SUDAFED WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS. AT THIS TIME THE INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED. THIS DEPUTY THEN MADE CONTACT WITH CITRUS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL WHO WERE CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE. IN THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE, LOCATED IN JANICE MOORE'S ROOM WERE NUMEROUS PLASTIC BAGGIES CONTAINING RESIDUE, WHICH DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, AS WELL AS, SEVERAL STRAWS USED TO SNORT METHAMPHETAMINE. IN MINDY YEARGAIN AND AARON RENNEY'S ROOM, WHICH THEY SHARE, IT SHOULD BE NOTED ALL BELONGINGS IN THE ROOM BELONG TO ONE OF THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS. IN THIS ROOM, IN A PILL CONTAINER, 10 METHADONE 10 MG PILLS WERE LOCATED AND COLLECTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. SEVERAL PARAPHERNALIA ITEMS TO INCLUDE A STRAW, AND SEVERAL BAGGIES CONTAINING RESIDUE, WHICH DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, WERE ALSO LOCATED. AT THIS TIME I GOT WITH THE PERSONNEL WHO SEARCHED THE OTHER DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME, WHICH DEFENDANT VIRGIN ADKINS III LIVES. LOCATED ON THE SCREEN PORCH WAS A REFRIGERATOR AND ON TOP OF THIS REFRIGERATOR WAS A HOMEMADE FASHIONED MARIJUANA BONG WHICH DID HAVE MARIJUANA RESIDUE. INSIDE THE REFRIGERATOR IN A PLASTIC BAG WERE REMNANTS OF A CHEMICAL WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED AS A TYPE OF BASE USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, WHICH WAS COLLECTED. IT should BE NOTED UPON TAKING ACIDIC TEST PAPER AND RUBBING THE INSIDE SURFACE OF THE REFRIGERATOR IT DID SHOW THERE HAD BEEN AN ACID PRESENCE WHICH IS COMMON WHEN A ONE POT COOK IS STORED, DUE TO IT CONTINUOUSLY EMITTING GASES IN A CLOSED ENVIRONMENT. UPON A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE TRAILER, LOCATED IN A ROOM WHICH SITS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE TRAILER, ON THE BATHROOM CABINET WAS A USED METH BOAT WHICH IS USED TO SMOKE METHAMPHETAMINE, SEVERAL JARS AND CONTAINERS, AND A CORNER BAG OF A BAGGIE. UPON TESTING THE METH BOAT AND CORNER BAG OF THE BAGGIE, IT DID FIELD TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. UPON RUBBING ACIDIC PAPER ON THE COUNTER, IT DID TURN RED, SHOWING THE PRESENCE OF AN ACID. JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS ROOM IS ANOTHER SMALL ROOM, AND SITTING ON A SEAT INSIDE THE ROOM WAS A PAIR OF WIRE CUTTERS, AND IN THIS DEPUTY'S EXPERIENCE IT IS KNOWN THIS IS THE TYPE OF DEVICE USED TO CUT OPEN THE LITHIUM BATTERIES. ON THE FLOOR IN THIS AREA WERE NUMEROUS SMALL PIECES OF LITHIUM BATTERIES, WHICH HAD BEEN CUT. ALSO THERE WAS A SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIE CONTAINING METHAMPHETAMINE RESIDUE. UPON CHECKING THE FAR SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE TRAILER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VIRGIL ADKINS III ROOM, IN THE BATHROOM AREA THERE WAS A PAIR OF WIRE CUTTERS, HACK SAW, AND PLIERS, WHICH ARE ALL USED TO CUT OPEN LITHIUM BATTERIES. THERE WAS A HOMEMADE FUNNEL, SEVERAL BAGGIES WHICH HAD THE CORNER REMOVED, WHICH DID CONTAIN RESIDUE WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. THERE WAS ALSO A METH PIPE ON THE FLOOR AREA. ALSO LOCATED WAS A SMALL PIECE OF TUBING WHICH IS COMMONLY USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. THIS PIECE OF TUBING DID TEST POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. A FURTHER SEARCH OF THE YARD DID LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF A ONE POT COOK IN THE AREA OF THE FRONT PORCH OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE. ALSO IN THIS SAME AREA WAS A CAN OF ACETONE AND CAN OF PAINT THINNER WHICH IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS , HID UNDER A TARP NEAR ONE OF THE SHEDS WAS A CONTAINER OF CRYSTAL DRANO WHISH IS USED IN THE ONE POT COOKING METHOD. IN A FLOWER POT NEAR THIS SHED WAS A CAN OF ETHER. LOCATED INSIDE THE SHED WAS A CLEAR PIECE OF PLASTIC HOSE USED IN A GAS GENERATOR. ALSO THERE WAS A BOTTLE OF LIQUID FIRE AND A CONTAINER OF SALT. THESE TWO ITEMS COMBINED CREATE THE CHEMICAL REACTION NEEDED IN MAKING THE METHAMPHETAMINE TURN BACK INTO A SOLID FORM FROM THE METH OIL. A SEARCH OF THE BURN PILE DID LEAD TO THE DISCOVERY OF APPROXIMATELY 12 ETHER CANS WHICH HAD ALL BEEN PUNCTURED AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS COMMON PRACTICE IN REMOVING THE ETHER FROM THE CANS FOR METH MANUFACTURING. ALSO IN THIS BURN PILE WAS THE REMNANTS OF SEVERAL GLASS CONTAINERS AND SEVERAL LITHIUM BATTERY CASINGS, WHICH HAD THE LITHIUM METAL REMOVED. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IN THIS DEPUTY'S ORIGINAL PROBABLE CAUSE THERE WERE NUMEROUS OTHER LITHIUM BATTERIES AND OTHER PRECURSORS TO MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE. IT WAS CLEAR THAT SINCE THIS DEPUTY'S PRESENCE APPROXIMATELY A WEEK AGO, THE DEFENDANT, AARON RENNEY, HAD BEGUN CLEANING THESE ITEMS UP TRYING TO DISPOSE OF THEM. AT THIS TIME I SPOKE TO VIRGIL ADKINS JR, WHO IS THE PRIMARY OWNER OF THE RESIDENCE. HE WAS ADVISED THIS IS THE THIRD TIME WE HAD COME TO HIS RESIDENCE AND THAT HE NEEDED TO PUT his FOOT DOWN AND STOP THIS SITUATION WHICH WAS GOING ON. HE SAID, "WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE". HE WAS CONFRONTED ABOUT THE NUMEROUS CODE VIOLATIONS THAT WERE AT THE SCENE AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED IN REFERENCE TO HAVING NUMEROUS TIRES AND FISH TANKS WHICH WERE CONTAINING WATER ALLOWING MOSQUITOES TO BREED. ALSO ON THE PROPERTY IS A MOTOR HOME WHICH THE SEWER SYSTEM IS HOOKED UP SIMPLY BY THE SEWAGE LINE RUNNING DIRECTLY INTO THE GROUND, WHICH IS ALSO A SANITARY NUISANCE . ALL SUBJECTS WERE ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED (DOUBLE LOCKED) AND TRANSPORTED TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY WITHOUT INCIDENT, WHERE BONDS WERE SET ACCORDINGLY WITH THE BOND SCHEDULE $1,000.00. *not-exempt* |
