| Probable cause affidavit: |
SUBMITTED BY: PARSONS, WILLIAM TRAVIS 0358 (AR13-6999) DID UNLAWFULLY MANUFACTURE OR POSSESS ANY LISTED PRECURSOR OR ESSENTIAL CHEMICAL, WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE IN A STRUCTURE OR CONVEYANCE WHERE ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 16 YEARS WAS PRESENT, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE NUMBER 893.13(1)(G); DID UNLAWFULLY HAVE IN HER 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: SYRINGES, IN VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATE STATUTE AND 893.147(1); ON 082313, DEPUTY SMITH WAS CONTACTED BY DEPUTY REID, WHO ADVISED THAT HE HAD RESPONDED TO 5136 WEST DAPHNE LANE, DUNNELLON ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF) IN REFERENCE TO A DRUG COMPLAINT. DEPUTY REID ADVISED THAT UPON ARRIVAL, BOTH HE AND DCF EMPLOYEES WERE GIVEN PERMISSION TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE BY BOTH DEFENDANTS, WHO OPENLY ADMITTED THAT THEY WOULD TEST POSITIVE FOR USE OF METHAMPHETAMINE. UPON DEPUTY REID SEARCHING THE MAIN BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT OF THE FRONT DOOR, HE IMMEDIATELY SMELLED A CHEMICAL ODOR. WHEN LOOKING IN THE BATHROOM, HE OBSERVED A BOWL AND A FUNNEL, WHICH HAD A HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BOTTLE INSIDE OF IT, AND THE LID HAD A HOLE PUNCTURED THOUGH IT, IN WHICH THERE WAS A PIECE OF TUBING RUNNING THROUGH THE HOLE. BASED ON DEPUTY REIDâS TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, HE BELIEVED THIS TO BE ITEMS USED IN THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE, AND THEN CONTACTED THIS DEPUTY. UPON ADVISING DEPUTY SMITH OF THE SITUATION, DEPUTY SMITH AND I RESPONDED TO THE RESIDENCE. WE MADE CONTACT WITH BOTH DEFENDANTS. A DIGITALLY TAPED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANT MR JOHN GANCEDO. DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO WAS READ HIS MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA A PREPRINTED AGENCY ISSUED CARD, AND ASKED IF HE UNDERSTOOD HIS RIGHTS, TO WHICH HE ADVISED THAT HE DID UNDERSTAND HIS RIGHTS, AND WOULD CONTINUE TO SPEAK WITH US. DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO ADMITTED TO USING METHAMPHETAMINE AS RECENTLY AS TWO DAYS AGO, AND ALSO OPENLY ADMITTED THAT THERE WERE ITEMS INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE WHICH HAD BEEN USED TO MANUFACTURE METHAMPHETAMINE. DURING THIS FIRST INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO ADVISED THAT LOCATED IN THE BATHROOM OF THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN DOOR WAS FUEL. HE ALSO ADMITTED THAT THE FUNNELS AND BOTTLE/HCL GENERATOR WOULD HAVE HIS PRINTS ON IT, AS HE HAD MOVED IT IN TO THE BATHROOM. HE ALSO STATED THAT IN THE BATHROOM NEAR THE OTHER BEDROOM, TO THE LEFT OF THE DOOR, THERE WOULD BE A CONTAINER OF LIQUID FIRE. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO ADVISED THAT HE WAS A âHELPERâ DURING THE MANUFACTURING OF THE METHAMPHETAMINE, BUT THAT HE WAS NOT THE PRIMARY COOK. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE CONSENT TO SEARCH WITH DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF), AND ABOUT THE RESPONDING LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO WHICH HE REITERATED THAT HE HAD GIVEN BOTH AGENCIES PERMISSION TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE. I THEN ASKED DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO FOR PERMISSION TO FOR DEPUTY PARSONS AND I TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE, AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT HE COULD ASK US TO DISCONTINUE THE SEARCH AT ANY TIME, AND WE WOULD. DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO AGREED, AND ALLOWED US TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS INTERVIEW, A DIGITALLY TAPED INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANT MS FELICIA WITFOTH. SHE WAS READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, VIA A PREPRINTED, AGENCY ISSUED CARD, AND ASKED IF SHE UNDERSTOOD HER RIGHTS, AND WISHED TO CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH US AT THIS TIME. DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH ADVISED THAT SHE DID UNDERSTAND HER RIGHTS, AND WOULD CONTINUE SPEAKING WITH US AT THIS TIME. DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH OPENLY ADMITTED USING METHAMPHETAMINE AS RECENTLY AS TWO DAYS AGO, AND STATED THAT HER BOYFRIEND, DEFENDANT, MR GANCEDO, IS THE ONE WHO NORMALLY COOKS INSIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, AND EXPLAINED HOW HE NORMALLY COOKS IN THE BATHROOM AT THE FAR END OF THE TRAILER. DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH WAS ASKED WHERE THE CHILD WAS DURING THESE COOKS, AND SHE ADVISED THAT THE CHILD WOULD BE WITH HER IN THE OTHER BEDROOM. WHEN ASKED IF SHE KNEW WHERE ANY CHEMICALS WERE, DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH STATED THAT SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME LYE AND SALT IN THE CABINET, AND COFFEE FILTERS AND BAGS AS WELL. SHE ALSO DESCRIBED THAT WHEN THE DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO COOKS, HE USES ONE BOTTLE. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE CONSENT TO SEARCH WITH DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF), AND ABOUT THE RESPONDING LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO WHICH SHE REITERATED THAT SHE HAD GIVEN BOTH AGENCIES PERMISSION TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE. I THEN ASKED HER FOR PERMISSION TO FOR DEPUTY PARSONS AND I TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE, AND EXPLAINED TO HER THAT SHE COULD ASK US TO DISCONTINUE THE SEARCH AT ANY TIME, AND WE WOULD. DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH AGREED, AND ALLOWED US TO SEARCH THE RESIDENCE. AT THIS TIME, WE CONDUCTED A SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE, LEADING TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. IN THE BEDROOM TO THE RIGHT OF THE MAIN DOOR, WHICH IS THE DEFENDANTâS BEDROOM, IN THE BATHROOM WERE LOCATED TWO CONTAINERS OF COLEMAN FUEL, SEVERAL PLASTIC BOWLS, A FUNNEL, A HYDROGEN PEROXIDE BOTTLE WHICH HAD BEEN TURNED IN TO A HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GENERATOR, A SPRITE CAN WHICH WAS NOT AN ACTUAL SPRITE CAN, BUT A HIDING DEVICE ; A BLACK CASE CONTAINING A SYRINGE, WHICH TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, TWO PILLS BOTTLES, WHICH WERE IN DEFENDANTâS MR GANCEDOâS NAME, ONE CONTAINING CUT CORNERS FROM BAGGIES, WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE, AND THE OTHER ONE CONTAINING SMALL COTTON BALLS COMMONLY USED FOR INJECTING NARCOTICS. THERE WAS ALSO AN EMPTY LYE CONTAINER, WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN FASHIONED IN TO A HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GENERATOR. IN THE SAME BEDROOM, ON TOP OF THE NIGHTSTAND, WERE LOCATED THREE SMALL PLASTIC BAGGIES, WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. IN A DRAWER OF THE SAME NIGHTSTAND WERE SEVERAL PIECES OF ALUMINUM CAN, COMMONLY KNOWN TO BE USED AS METHAMPHETAMINE BOATS. LOCATED TO THE RIGHT OF THE BED WAS A SMALL BAG WHICH CONTAINED LITHIUM BATTERIES. IN THE KITCHEN, WE LOCATED SALT AND LYE UNDERNEATH THE SINK. IN A DRAWER, WE ALSO FOUND PLASTIC BAGGIES AND COFFEE FILTERS. LOCATED IN A STORAGE CLOSET IN THE KITCHEN WAS A PLASTIC GATORADE BOTTLE, WHICH APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN USED IN SEVERAL MANUFACTURES, DUE TO THE BOTTOM BEING FORCED OUT FROM PRESSURE INSIDE OF THE BOTTLE. IN THE GARBAGE OF THE KITCHEN WE LOCATED SEVERAL COFFEE FILTERS, USED IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, ONE OF WHICH FIELD TESTED POSITIVE FOR METHAMPHETAMINE. ON THE KITCHEN TABLE WAS A CONTAINER OF TOOLS, AND DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO POINTED OUT THAT IN THESE TOOLS WAS A PIPE CUTTER, WHICH WAS WHAT HE USED TO CUT THE LITHIUM BATTERIES. UPON SEARCHING THE BATHROOM AT THE FAR END OF THE TRAILER, IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL DISTORTED ROUND CIRCLE MARKS ON THE COUNTERTOP, WHICH WERE COMMONLY SEEN WHERE ONE POT COOKS OCCUR, DUE TO THE SPILLAGE OF CHEMICALS AND THE HEAT GENERATED DURING THE ONE POT COOK. THIS AREA WAS TESTED WITH ACIDIC TEST PAPER, AND DID TEST POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF ACIDS AND BASES, COMMONLY USED AND FOUND IN THE MANUFACTURING OF METHAMPHETAMINE. ALSO, FOUND BEHIND THE TOILET IN THE BATHROOM WAS A CONTAINER OF LIQUID FIRE. IN THE SAME BATHROOMâS GARBAGE CAN WAS LOCATED A USED HYDROGEN CHLORIDE GENERATOR. THE SAME GARBAGE CAN CONTAINED BAGGIES WITH THE CORNER WHICH HAD THE CORNERS REMOVED, CUT LITHIUM BATTERY CASINGS, THE WAXY LITHIUM BATTERY PAPER FROM INSIDE OF THE BATTERIES, AND USED COFFEE FILTERS. ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND COLLECTED. ALL ITEMS DEEMED TO BE HAZARDOUS WERE LATER TURNED IN TO THE CITRUS COUNTY LANDFILL HAZMAT SECTION FOR DESTRUCTION. I TOOK POSSESSION OF THE TWO PILL BOTTLES AND THREE SYRINGES, WHICH WERE PACKAGED AND LATER TURNED IN TO EVIDENCE. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS SEARCH, .A SECOND INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO. DURING THIS INTERVIEW, HE OPENLY ADMITTED THAT HE HAD MANUFACTURED METHAMPHETAMINE AT THE RESIDENCE ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS, AND WENT IN TO DETAIL ABOUT WHERE THE CHEMICALS WERE LOCATED. DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO STATED THAT HIS FINGERPRINTS WOULD BE FOUND ON THESE CHEMICAL CONTAINERS AND OTHER ITEMS. HE STATED THAT NORMALLY WHEN HE COOKED, HE WOULD GET 0.5 GRAMS OF METHAMPHETAMINE FROM THE PROCESS; AND FURTHER ADVISED, THAT THE SMALL CHILD WAS ALWAYS PRESENCE AT THE RESIDENCE DURING THIS MANUFACTURING PROCESS. DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO ALSO STATED THAT HIS LIVE IN GIRLFRIEND, DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH, WAS PRESENT DURING THESE COOKS, AND DID SOMETIMES BRING HIM ITEMS WHICH HE NEEDED, DURING THE COOKING PROCESS. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS INTERVIEW, A SECOND INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH. SHE DID OPENLY ADMIT TO BUYING SUDAFED APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH PRIOR, FOR A SEPARATE METHAMPHETAMINE COOK. DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH ALSO ADMITTED TO ON SEVERAL OCCASION, BRING DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO SALT OR BAGGIES DURING THE COOKING PROCESS AS HE NEEDED THEM. SHE ALSO CONFIRMED AGAIN ABOUT THE CHILD BEING PRESENT IN THE RESIDENCE DURING THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT BOTH DEFENDANTS NOT ONLY OPENLY ADMITTED TO THE MANUFACTURING IN THE RESIDENCE WHILE THE CHILD WAS PRESENT, BUT TO THE EFFECT THAT, DUE TO THEIR DRUG USE, NEITHER ONE HAD BEEN TO SLEEP IN OVER TWO DAYS. THE CHILD WAS REMOVED FROM THE RESIDENCE BY DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (DCF) AND PLACED IN ALTERNATE CARE. BOTH DEFENDANT WERE THEN ARRESTED, HANDCUFFED, DOUBLE LOCKED, AND TRANSPORTED BY DEPUTY REID TO THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY. UPON ARRIVAL AT THE CITRUS COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY, THEY WERE RELEASED TO DETENTION FACILITY STAFF FOR BOOKING AND PROCESSING. DEFENDANT MR GANCEDO WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE WITH A CHILD PRESENT, POSSESSION OF A LISTED CHEMICAL, AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, WITH HIS BOND SET AT A TOTAL OF $150,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. DEFENDANT MS WITFOTH WAS CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF MANUFACTURING METHAMPHETAMINE WITH A CHILD PRESENT AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, WITH HER BOND SET AT A TOTAL OF $100,500.00, PER THE BOND SCHEDULE. |
