-NARRATIVE:
-ON 04-29-2015, I PRESENTED THIS SEARCH WARRANT TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE DAVIS. AFTER REVIEWING THE WARRANT, JUDGE DAVIS SIGNED IT AUTHORIZING THE KNOCK AND ANNOUNCE ENTRY AND SEARCH OF ALAMO LN. LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ. -AT ABOUT 1900 HOURS, MEMBERS FROM THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU, CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU AND THE STREET CRIMES UNIT ARRIVED AT ALAMO LN. THE RESIDENCE OF DAWN BROWNE.
-DETECTIVE SAUTNER GAVE SEVERAL KNOCK AND ANNOUNCES BY KNOCKING ON THE FRONT DOOR AND YELLING POLICE SEARCH WARRANT. ENTRY WAS MADE INTO THE RESIDENCE AFTER
THERE WAS NO ANSWER. THE FRONT DOOR WAS FOUND TO BE LOCKED AND ENTRY WAS MADE INTO THE RESIDENCE BY USING A BREACHING RAM WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE BEING DONE TO THE
FRONT DOOR. -NICHOLE WISE WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE MAIN BATHROOM OF THE RESIDENCE SITTING ON THE TOILET HOLDING A SMALL CHILD (LATER FOUND TO BE
-DAWN MICHELLE BROWN WAS ENCOUNTERED IN THE BACK YARD OF THE RESIDENCE BY DET. MADSEN.
-DET. MADSEN LATER TOLD ME AS HE SAW DAWN IN THE BACK YARD HE OBSERVED HER THROW A SMALL TIN CAN IN THE GRAVEL OF THE YARD.
-AFTER THE REST OF THE RESIDENCE WAS SECURED AND NO OTHER PERSONS WERE LOCATED, DET. SAUTNER COLLECTED THE SMALL TIN CAN THAT DAWN THREW ON THE GROUND.
-I WAS LATER ADVISED BY DET. SAUTNER THAT THERE WAS A USABLE AMOUNT OF A WHITE CRYSTAL SUBSTANCE INSIDE OF THE TIN CAN (WHICH WAS LATER FIELD TESTED AND FLASHED
POSITIVE FOR THE PRESENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE). -DAWN WAS ESCORTED TO THE FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE AND SAT DOWN IN A CHAIR. -NOTE*** AS DAWN WAS BEING ESCORTED TO THE FRONT YARD OF THE RESIDENCE SHE WAS SPONTANEOUSLY YELLING THAT SHE WAS NOT A DRUG DEALER AND THAT SHE WAS ONLY A USER.
-I WITH DET. D. WILSON PRESENT SPOKE WITH DAWN BROWNE AND READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS OFF OF MY DEPARTMENT ISSUED CARD. WHICH SHE STATED THAT SHE UNDERSTOOD.
-DAWN STATED THE FOLLOWING WHEN ASKED: -SHE RESIDES AT THE RESIDENCE WITH HER SON (LATER FOUND TO BE NICHOLE WISE, AND NICHOLE`S 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
– IS CURRENTLY AT A FRIEND’S HOUSE.
-SHE HAS BEEN ADDICTED TO HEROIN FOR AROUND 2 YEARS.
-PRIOR TO THE USE OF HEROIN SHE TOOK PILLS.
-WHEN SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET PILLS A FRIEND OF HERS INTRODUCED HER TO HEROIN.
-SHE USES 1 GRAM OF HEROIN A DAY.
-SHE DOES NOT SELL DRUGS SHE IS ONLY A USER.
-THE METH THAT SHE THREW WAS NOT HERS AND WAS GIVEN TO HER SO SHE COULD TRADE IT FOR HEROIN.
-SHE HAS ALL OF HER DRUG PARAPHERNALIA LOCATED IN HER BATHROOM (MASTER BEDROOM BATHROOM) ALONG WITH SOME PILLS.
-THERE IS A TOOTER (CUT STRAW OR PEN USED TO INHALE ILLEGAL DRUGS) AND FOIL UNDER THE BATHROOM SINK.
-THERE IS A CONTACT LENS CONTAINER UNDER THE SINK THAT SHE USUALLY HIDES HER HEROIN IN.
-SHE CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY HEROIN.
-HER SON SMOKES MARIJUANA AND DOES NOT HAVE A CARD.
-SHE DOES NOT KNOW IF NICHOLE USES DRUGS.
-DAWN HAD NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD AT THIS TIME.
-A PATROL UNIT WAS CONTACTED VIA DISPATCH TO TRANSPORT DAWN TO THE LAKE HAVASU
CITY JAIL.-I THEN CONTACTED NICHOLE WISE IN THE PRESENCE OF DET. SAUTNER AND READ HER MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM MY DEPARTMENT ISSUED CARD. WHICH SHE UNDERSTOOD.
-NICHOLE STATED THE FOLLOWING WHEN ASKED:
-SHE LIVES WITH HER CHILD IN THE FRONT BEDROOM (SOUTHWEST ROOM).
-SHE HAS BEEN LIVING AT THE RESIDENCE SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
-SHE USED TO HAVE AN ADDICTION.
-SHE WAS ADDICTED TO METH.
-THE LAST TIME SHE USED METH WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
-THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE OF HER BEDROOM.
-THE ONLY OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE HOUSE ARE DAWN AND
-DAWN IS A HEROIN USER AND SMOKES MARIJUANA.
-DETECTIVES THEN BEGAN TO SEARCH NICHOLE’S ROOM TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING
ILLEGAL INSIDE OF IT.
-I LOCATED A FOLDED UP PIECE OF TIN FOIL LAYING ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH NICHOLE’S
BED.
-I OPENED THE TIN FOIL AND SAW THAT THERE WAS BURNT RESIDUE ON IT.
-I ALSO LOCATED A BLUE BROKEN PEN NEAR THE BED WITH WHITE RESIDUE INSIDE OF IT (TOOTER).
-I PRESENTED THE ITEMS I LOCATED TO NICHOLE AND ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN HER
ROOM.
-NICHOLE STATED THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHY THOSE ITEMS WERE IN HER ROOM AND THAT SHE DOES NOT DO HEROIN.
-NICHOLE BEGAN TO CRY AND ADMITTED TO US THAT SHE DID DO METH ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
-A FURTHER SEARCH OF NICHOLE’S ROOM REVEALED THAT SHE HAD FOUR PILLS LAYING IN A DRAWER IN THE CLOSET ALONG WITH MORE TIN FOIL AND ANOTHER TOOTER.
-THE PILLS THAT WERE IN NICHOLE’S CLOSET WERE RESEARCHED THROUGH DRUGS.COM.
-DRUGS.COM SHOWED THAT THE PILLS WERE , A PRESCRIPTION ONLY DRUG.
-NICHOLE WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PILLS WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID-I THEN CONTACTED NICHOLE WISE IN THE PRESENCE OF DET. SAUTNER AND READ HER
MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM MY DEPARTMENT ISSUED CARD. WHICH SHE UNDERSTOOD.
-NICHOLE STATED THE FOLLOWING WHEN ASKED:
-SHE LIVES WITH HER CHILD IN THE FRONT BEDROOM (SOUTHWEST ROOM).
-SHE HAS BEEN LIVING AT THE RESIDENCE SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
-SHE USED TO HAVE AN ADDICTION.
-SHE WAS ADDICTED TO METH.
-THE LAST TIME SHE USED METH WAS A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.
-THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL INSIDE OF HER BEDROOM.
-THE ONLY OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE HOUSE ARE DAWN AND
-DAWN IS A HEROIN USER AND SMOKES MARIJUANA.
-DETECTIVES THEN BEGAN TO SEARCH NICHOLE’S ROOM TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING
ILLEGAL INSIDE OF IT.
-I LOCATED A FOLDED UP PIECE OF TIN FOIL LAYING ON THE GROUND UNDERNEATH NICHOLE’S
BED.
-I OPENED THE TIN FOIL AND SAW THAT THERE WAS BURNT RESIDUE ON IT.
-I ALSO LOCATED A BLUE BROKEN PEN NEAR THE BED WITH WHITE RESIDUE INSIDE OF IT
(TOOTER).
-I PRESENTED THE ITEMS I LOCATED TO NICHOLE AND ASKED WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN HER
ROOM.
-NICHOLE STATED THAT SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHY THOSE ITEMS WERE IN HER ROOM AND THAT SHE DOES NOT DO HEROIN.
-NICHOLE BEGAN TO CRY AND ADMITTED TO US THAT SHE DID DO METH ABOUT A WEEK AGO.
-A FURTHER SEARCH OF NICHOLE’S ROOM REVEALED THAT SHE HAD FOUR PILLS LAYING IN A
DRAWER IN THE CLOSET ALONG WITH MORE TIN FOIL AND ANOTHER TOOTER.
-THE PILLS THAT WERE IN NICHOLE’S CLOSET WERE RESEARCHED THROUGH DRUGS.COM.
-DRUGS.COM SHOWED THAT THE PILLS WERE , A PRESCRIPTION ONLY DRUG.
-NICHOLE WAS ASKED IF SHE HAD A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PILLS WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID NOT.
-NICHOLE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND LATER TRANSPORTED TO THE LAKE HAVASU CITY JAIL BY A PATROL OFFICER.
-PRIOR TO NICHOLE BEING ARRESTED AND TRANSPORTED, NICHOLE CONTACTED ONE OF THE CHILD’S FAMILY MEMBERS (LATER FOUND TO BE THE CHILDS
GRANDMOTHER).
– RESPONDED AND TOOK POSSESSION OF
-AFTER SPEAKING WITH DAWN AND NICHOLE I LEARNED THAT BEDROOM WAS THE NORTHWEST ROOM OF THE HOUSE.
-IN ROOM DETECTIVES LOCATED MULTIPLE MARIJUANA PIPES AND A USABLE AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA LAYING ON A TABLE.
-IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT IS 17 YEARS OF AGE.
-THE SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED AT 2040 HOURS.
-A COPY OF THE SEARCH WARRANT AND RETURN WERE LEFT ON THE KITCHEN ISLAND COUNTER TOP.
-EXIT VIDEO WAS TAKEN OF THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE RESIDENCE.
-THE RESIDENCE WAS ABLE TO BE SECURED BY USING A HOUSE KEY THAT WAS LOCATED INSIDE
OF THE RESIDENCE (THE SET OF KEYS WERE LATER TAKEN TO THE LAKE HAVASU CITY JAIL AND PLACED INTO DAWN’S PROPERTY).
-I RESPONDED TO THE LAKE HAVASU CITY POLICE TO RE CONTACT DAWN.
-I BROUGHT UP DAWN TO SPEAK WITH HER IN INTERVIEW ROOM #4 (WITH A RECORDING DEVICE).
-I ASKED DAWN IF SHE REMEMBERED THE MIRANDA RIGHTS I READ TO HER WHILE WE WERE AT HER RESIDENCE.
-DAWN WANTED ME TO EXPLAIN THEM TO HER AGAIN, WHICH I RE READ DAWN HER MIRANDA RIGHTS FROM MY DEPARTMENT ISSUED CARD TWICE.
-DAWN STATED SHE UNDERSTOOD.
-DAWN STATED THE FOLLOWING WHEN ASKED:
-SOMEONE GAVE HER THE METH SO SHE COULD TRADE IT FOR SOME HEROIN.
-SHE DID NOT HAVE TO BUY THE METH IT WAS JUST GIVEN TO HER. -SHE HAS BEEN ADDICTED TO HEROIN FOR TWO YEARS.
-PRIOR TO THE HEROIN SHE WAS ADDICTED TO PILLS FOR 6 TO 7 YEARS.
-SHE WAS ADDICTED TO
-SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET PILLS SO SOMEONE INTRODUCED HER TO HEROIN DUE TO IT WORKING THE SAME AS PILLS.
-SHE USES 1 GRAM OF HEROIN A DAY.
-HER SON IS 17 YEARS OLD AND IS STILL IN SCHOOL.
– SMOKES MARIJUANA AND DOES NOT HAVE A CARD. HAS AND THE MARIJUANA HELPS HIM FOCUS.
-DAWN HAD NOTHING FURTHER TO STATE AT THIS TIME. I THEN BROUGHT UP NICHOLE TO SPEAK WITH HER IN INTERVIEW ROOM #4 (WITH A RECORDED DEVICE).
-I ASKED NICHOLE IF SHE STILL UNDERSTOOD HER MIRANDA RIGHTS, WHICH SHE STATED SHE DID.
-NICHOLE STATED THE FOLLOWING WHEN ASKED:
-SHE WAS ADDICTED TO METH.
-SHE HAS TRIED HEROIN IN THE PAST.
-SHE USED TO TAKE PILLS IN THE PAST.
-SHE WOULD INGEST THE PILLS WHEN SHE TOOK THEM.
-SHE HAS DONE HEROIN AROUND 10 TIMES.
-ABOUT ONE WEEK AGO SHE USED METH AND HEROIN.
-THE FOIL AND TOOTER THAT WERE IN THE CLOSET BELONGED TO HER.
-SHE TRIED TO SMOKE THE RESIDUE THAT WAS LEFT IN THE TOOTER.
-THE PILLS THAT WERE FOUND IN HER CLOSET BELONGED TO HER AND WERE GIVEN TO HER FROM A FRIEND.
-SHE DOES NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE PILLS. -NICHOLE HAD NOTHING FURTHER TO STATE AT THIS TIME.
-DUE TO NICHOLE HAVING A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD, THIS CASE WILL BE SENT TO CPS FOR THEM TO REVIEW.
EVIDENCE INFORMATION:
-TRANSPORT: DET. SGT. BEKKEDAHL, DET. SAUTNER, DET. WILSON AND MYSELF.
-PACKING/PROCESSING: DET. WILSON, DET. SAUTNER AND MYSELF.
-WEIGHING/TESTING: DET. WILSON AND DET. SAUTNER.
-E-ON-Q: DET. MADSEN.
-CASE STATUS: CLEARED BY ARREST.
DR# 15-04955