Fu uguGL3S COUNTY ISTAICT COURT AFFIDAVIT FOR SEARCH WARRANT: 20 P 2: 28 ‘STATE OF KANSAS, DOUGLAS COUNTY, 85: ay COMES NOW Officer Micky Rantz, AFFIANT, with the Lawrence Police Department, and makes this Affidavit in support of the issuance of a Search Warrant to search the following described place; to-wit “The residence located at 1104 Andover Street, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas 66049, The residence is described as a two story light brown with white {rim wood frame structure located on the east side of the street, ‘and there to seize anything which has been used in the commission of a orime or which js contraband or which is property which constitutes or may be considered part of the ‘evidence, fruits or instrumentaities of a crime, particularly the following described items; towit: 4. Marijuana, marijuana plants, and marijuana seeds, 2. Plastic baggies, scales, and other drug parephernal cultivation, processing, use, and possession of the above mentioned drug(s). 4. Any books, record sheets, ledgers, and other documentation recording the sdo, delivery, and possession of the above menticned drug(s). 4, Physical property to include, but not limited to, items that appear new, items that are in their original packaging, and items wit their original sale tag(s) attached, 5, New end discarded packaging material used to ship and receive items. FURTHER, for the purpose of showing probable cause that a crime has been or is being committed and that the above described items exist and are located at the ‘above described place, AFFIANT states the following facts which he has reasonable ‘grounds to believe and does believe to be true; to wit: ‘Affiant has been @ Kansas law enforcement officer for over seven years. During that time period Affiant has worked as Drug Interdiction Officer for the City of Ft. ‘Scott, Kanses, a Narcotics Detective and Undercover Officer for the Cherokee ‘County Kansas Sheriff's Department, and for the last four years Afiant has worked ‘a8 a Police Officer for the City of Lawrence. During the four year time period Afiant Exhibithas worked for the Lawrence Police Department, nineteen months of that time was ‘spent with the Affiant being assigned to the Lawrence/Douglas County Drug Enforcement Unit as an investigator. Affiant has received extensive training in detecting and identifying the presence of legal narcotics. Affiant has participated in ‘numerous investigations of violations of the Uniformed Controlled Substances Act. ‘Over the years AMffiant has requested and been granted numerous search warrants, that were for violations of the Uniformed Controlled Substances Act. ‘On the afternoon of November 30", 2005, AFFIANT requested and was ‘subsequently granted a search for the residence located at 1104 Andover, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. The search warrant was for an attempted possession of stolen property investigation that AFFIANT was working on involving the business located 1904 Massachusetts, Yellow House Quality Appliance, fencing stolen property. The residence located at 1104 Andover is owned and occupied by Carrie and Guy Neighbors, who are also the owners of Yellow House Quality Appliance. ‘On December 2, 2005, at approximately 1035 hours, Officers of the Lawrence Police Departments, IRS Agents, Postal Inspector Agents, and AFFIANT arrived at the residence to serve the search warrant. Guy Neighbors, who had been contacted by his wife Carrie Neighbors in reference to the search warrant at the business, arrived at the residenoe at approximately 1045 hours. AFFIANT explained to Mr. Neighbors that AFFIANT had a search warrant for the residence and then provided him with a copy of the search warrant. AFFIANT asked Mr. Neighbors for a key to the residence, so that officers would not have to force entry. Mr. Neighbors advised that he did not have a key, but kept one hidden on the back porch. Officers escorted Mr. Neighbors to the back porch area, where he retrieved a key from a plastic trashcan containing charcoal. Before officers entered the residence Mr. Neighbors ‘advised that he keeps his office door locked on the second floor of the residence, however, the key for the office is located on a bookshetf next to the door. Officers entered and cleared the residence announcing, “Police Department, ‘Search Warrant’. As AFFIANT was clearing the office area, that Mr. Neighbors had advised AFFIANT about, AFFIANT located a hidden door located behind @ bookshelf. AFFIANT entered the concealed room and located what AFFIANT believes to be @ concealed marijuana grow operation. Inside the room AFFIANT. located several green plants approximately 6 fect tal, which based on AFFIANT'S: training knowledge and experience AFFIANT believes to be marijuana. Also located inside the concealed room was grow lights, fetiizer, several bags containing green ‘Vegetation, and a tray containing green vegetation. AFFIANT fleld-tested a srr portion of the green vegetation, which showed a positive indication as marijuana (See digital photos below for additional descriptors of the marijuana grow operation).‘Tray of green vegetation (Field-tested pos. for Marijuana) {Also located inside the residence were dozens of boxes containing whet |AFFIANT describes as new merchandise, The merchandisa includes dozens of boxes of new Nike tennis shoes in various sizes, Spot Bilt shoes in various sizes, ‘and children’s jeans with the tags stil attached et... The shoes were contained int original shipping boxes that had labels stil attached to therr. The labels indicated thal the items were originally supposed to be delivered to a business in Topeka, Kansas, The items located inside the residence are consistent with Carrie [Neighbors teliing AFFIANT during an undercover operation that she has ‘acquaintance that is a truck driver, who sells her property that helshe takes of