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SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVlT STArB OP' mKAS

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ll1IFDl!E ME, 1he undersigued mithority, on this day personally appeared Dll'l'BCTWB ~ Pl!IU1Z 112SSI, a po)igc officer with 1he Arlington. Texas, Police Department, who aftEr beiqg duly sworn on oad1 depoaes and says that SBE &fS (l(>OD KEASON TO BELIEVE JIND JKJl!S BBLIEVE 771.A.T:

Ci1Y of Arlington,

Tammt County, Tex&S, QIJJNN EAKER, A WB1TE MALE BORN RJIRUARY 7, 1983, did then and there oommit the On or about July 30, 2013. in 1he

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OF MARIJUANA UNDER TWO OfJNCIS, a .MISDDBANOR. m that he did then Biid 1hcre intentionally or knowingly possess a usable quantity .o fM!\JWUANA OF TWO omrCES OR I.US,

AND SBB BAS GOOD llll!UON TO :6ELll!l'E AND lHJ'B llllUBPE 17IAT '/'BE YOUOfl'INO PROPBIUTNl1J 1TllM8: 1) 2) 3) 4)

Live marijuaa pbmfs in~ stages of growth, Cultivam and usable 1Ul'ijmlm mady for distribution, Materials used in the packaging, cnuin& welgNng and dis&n"bution ofmarijuana. Componc:nts of a marijuana apvwing ~on including. but not limited t.o, stndQlal ... -eu ~..... :inte.aa!tu 1:...a..... ballmd.s1 ..... s... ..... ...w.:.....n..-- olectricll _ . . , suppot..., -~ U....-, '&IUllt wyw JJIQDps, """J'""W-J C8l'bon dimddo generston. - air 1lltratfon. S)'ltems, grow medift, mr.asurirtg cups. and

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.lqdropmllc mdricllt fommlalfa1ilizer, 5) Documcl11I including but not Hmi1lad to a calendar or date hook ,,,.iik.b ilJmtrates a time klqJing l)'Bkm noting im.Poata.t:s kp in tbe marijumm gmwhtg tttocms ofone or more fooations that am used fur tbe sole pwpose of growing marijuana, 6) ~records, oatm, icdps, bank teeards, md papcm, band\\lfiueu or ,.JecUonic, \\ofdcb. relate to GmdistnlmliDn ofmarijuana or the n=Ring of~ from the ille8aI ·diltribuliQQ and aJc ofmarijuana, 1) Books.~ DDtes. ledgen. bank record&. and pspero. handwlitten or c:1cctnJt,~ which ldate to mcmbel'S ofa tra.ffiddtfg OipDizalfon 1hm distnliutes m&lijUllGa, 8) US Cumoey relati:d w !!le illegal distribution cfmarijmma. 9) Property, fncluding _but not limited 1D ~ vehicles. jcmieby aDdfar COJbPUIMI dlll ~used or fnttmdrxl tu be used .in the illepl distn"blUion ofmarijuau.

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SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT PAGE 2 l 0) Property, including but not limitM to. electronics, whidcs.jewdty and/or computas i!lfJt ware traded fur and/or acquired wiVJ. proceeds pinied ftom dac illl:pl distnDution of marijmma aod, l l )Photo~ or~ of comabdnd and/or, Jllembcrs ofa tnlftickina o.rganf?Bfjon that

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ARB NOW CONCllALBD BY QUINN EAm, A wm1"& BORN JBBRVARY 7, tm. AND 811Jtl.JJE 8MlTll. A WW.I S n:M4IJC BORN ftOv.DIBD t. DD, in aid county Biid state at. THE SDIP!!CT.ED PLACE AND ntiMISJCS D~ AND .LOC4.TED AB fOLLOWS: the cmtire lot al 7125 Mansfield c.dinal Road. Kennedale, Tarrant Cotmty, Texas, including the main IC;t1dwe and any ourtilagD ad outbuildfop. The SUSPBCTED PUCE AND PRBMlSBS, is more fully described as listed by Tammt Appraisal District as 7325 Mansfield Cardinal RD8d, and is a trUmgu1ar ~ property of approxima!ely 3 ames. The SUSPECTED PLACE. ha&·a .Kcmedale ac!dress, but is located the taTitarial limitl of the City of ~ Tammt County, Tcus. The SUSP.BCTIID PLACB is approximately 200 ym'Cls southeast of the intencction of Eden Tap Road at its intcnection with Mansfield Cardinal Road. The frontage road of the SUSPBCTBD PLACH along Manafidd Cardinal Road is abom ISO feet·Nld the rear of the proporty appears 1B come to a point_ completing the 1rianguiar shape. The ptoperty is fenced tm tdl sides m<1 baa a gate 10C«tr.d along the roadway of Mansfield Cantinaf Road. An unpaw:id driveway starts et tliis gate amt tonninates near the ftont door of the mam r.aidemill structure. Tho SUSPECTED PLACB bas one main reaideatiaI building and several outbuildings of W1ious construction.

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The main t'Clidemial structure at 1he SUSPBCTRD PLACB is described as a two story clwclling a.cl luu a brown oomposidoJl roof. The building is painmd a gmy:lsh bl~ llld has white trim. The .fhmt door is b!own ad faces southwest. A white mailbox e a wooden post ia locamd jn front of die SUSPBCTBD -PLACE md ha black numcnl; '?32S" on a ll'lme bacqtwnd. An addidomd ~ lOcatCcl on ~west portion of the jJfOpcrty ~a brown compoaition roof ad white sidhtg. A pair of double doors la 1ooatcd on the! south side of 1hc tJtruotilre. There.me addilional outbuildings Jooated lllmoabom tho pm.perty which .,_.,, not viaibtc ~ the perimeter of the property.

Tho SUSPECTllD Pl.A.CB AND PREJIISBS IS OCCllPlBI> ANO CONTROJ.LED BY QUINN EAK'la, A· WBl'Tlt MALI BORN RBRUAllY 7, 1913, Mm- SBELLtE 8MlTll. A WHITE FEMALE BORN NOl'J:MllKR 6, USt, and periOll ot pmeons whole DlltllCS~ idculitiell! and deseriptiObl arc tmlmown.

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SEAR.CH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT PAGE 3

MF. JIELIBF AS .Al'OlUlSA.ID IS AA.GED UPON T.llE FOLLO'WIN6 FACTS MID CIR.CUllSJ!ANCBS:

On or about July 30, 2013, I, Detective Pa-cz #2S.S8, hereinafter referred to as AFFIANT, wu working in an urubcovcr capacity for the Arlington Police Department Narcotics Unit and assigned to the Tammt County Narcotics Unit Southeast Sector. AFFIANT has been a police officer for S years and aligned to the covert operations unit as a narcotics detectiw for 2 % yeam. AFFlANT has bad numeious hours of training related to marijuana wltivation. AFFIANT was usiped to investigate 7325 Mansfield Cmlinal Rd in Arlington, Texaa which is known as the "Omdcn of F.den.• based upon multiple reports that the residen.ts ofthe property weze growing marijuana. Earlier this year, &·lington Police Officen, who your AFFIANT knows to be credible individuals, went to a pllbllc event at the Oarden of Eden in an llDdelcovcr capacity to investigate posn"ble criminal acdvity at the location. Prior to visiting die property, the Oflicen t'CCcivcd information from at oredible source dun the property wu controlled by Shellie Smith bom November 6, 19S9 and Qui.an Eaker born Febnwy 7, 1983. Ollkcrs were able to view photographs of Smith and Ea1ccJ' prior 10 visiting the poper:t,. Once at 1be 1)1'0J>Cdy, Officers t"eCOgeized Smith and Eaker from the phatognphs they had viewed. V/hile at the property, Ms. Smith pve officers a tour of portions of the pmperty which included various gmdcns and plants grown on chc property. Eaker spoke with ofliecrs about gardening. irowina different typos of bamboo, as well as various worbhops that he conducts on the property. There 'Mft portions of We Garden of Eden which Oftroers weR not able to access.

Al pert cf her investigation, AFFIANT hu conducted compatmized research on the "Oard=i of Edc'.n" cornrmmity 1oceted at 7325 Mansfield Carciioal Road. The "Gard.., of Eden,., has multiple online websh~ including. but not lbnitod to, http;llinto1:hcprdenof'cdcn.com. This liatod webll~ has links to IO::ial media websites for the Garden of F.den which list their physical address as 7325 Ml'lllfield Cm:dina1 Raad. .AFFlANT viewed multiple photogr&phs and videos of bath Quinn Bater and Shollie Smilli related m the 1110ahicn Bd.en." AFFI.ANT has elso vi~ a peen. s1gn displaying the pbrlsc "Oaldcn of Bden" posted on~ south ~e llile of 7325 Matifield C8nliDal Road. AFPIANT ~ 1'e.."IBDt Appraisal Di.strict real catatc infumlation which Hated Shellie Smith as the owaer of 7325 MAnsfietd Cardinal ~d. 'Iba same address is 1ismd on Shellie Sndth•s Tena Dri\•et License. ·

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SEARCH WARR.ANT AFFIDAVI1. PAGE al The website for the G&tden of Eden also advertises "Uber Dank High Vibe Cuisine". While the website indk."B1.es that Uber CBI! men "over the tl.'f~, "'extraordinary'"~ or "super" and Dan.le can mean "high ~ (moatty fur consumables) or "owdlowiag gratitumr, your AFFIANT bows through .her training am1 ezperiMCC that "Uber Dank" is a1IO slang for mp. qulity marijwma. .AFFIANT ciao bowa that individuals who consume marij1181lll often rcfCZ" to the semation felt after comumption as a "high•. The wobsite mentiom the word high multiple times while dCICribin, the food. In addition, AFFIANT knows that some people C01111UDe marijuana by baking it into their food.

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Quinn Bater af the "Garden of Eden" community is gtoWing madjwma that u covered by bamboo and that~ wmc weapons, specifically two rifles and one: pistol on tho property. In July 2013, the Arlington Police Dep1111nent wu put in QOD.taet with Agents. Reynolds #705! of tbe Texas Department of Publi,o Safety rcfercnce this investigation. Agent Reynolds has worked for the Texas Department of Public Safety for 23 ymrs. Agent Reynolds has ~ usigned to the Criminal Investigations DiYision, specifically Narcotics. fir 1he last 17 years. Agent Reynolds ha hem to llUIDerous schools !'elated to tnarijuima coltivation and eradication. Agent Reynolds has conchJCCed ftyiag missiODS for 17 )'al?S related 1o marijuana eradication and has spotted over 100,000 plmds in his career. Affiant believes that Agent Reynolds is a crech"blc and reliable individual wbo is capable of identifying marijuana through aerial Sltrveill.ance.

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Oa or about July :40. 2Cl3, Agent Reynolds conducted aerial sarvei1lancc of7325 Mwfield Canlinal Road from a m11mod ailCl8ft. The surwillancc WU completed while the ahcraft wu :ftylna more than 4-00ft abo're ground level in public ainpa.;e. Agent Reynolds told AFPl.ANT that when he iL..--w over the properly he observed an approximate 30 by 30 square fom area locatccl between lb pool and main l'Olidential stmchire of 1hc property. Apt hynolds descrl"bed the &re& u coniaining perimo£er plants that appeared to be 1aller than the fn1erlor plants. Based on Apnt Roynolds' tndning and ~ tho intaior plants did appear to be oomistent. with marijuana plants. This wu conslstent with the info.rma!ion provided by the 61101lyinowi source. .-4PFIANT vieWDd disif.al photographs lllken during 1be aerial surveilhmoe and ~Piacl dlC -propmt)t u the 88llle propcmy locmed at 7325 Mansfield CardineJ Road.

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cultivated ttuublII, it is c:o.i;muon pmctico to bring the marijUMa inside to proceu an~ dty• .APFIANT and AprJt Reynolds also know tluit is it eonunon to sto,re fwtilizon, high imeusity fights, Mter P°dmpS, Wb!ug/bosea, gtOW media oml fidditlonul cquipmcat llSCd tv roltiVBte msijusna plants fu. buildin.p lie&! dw Atl)W loe!ltion.

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SBAR.CH WAR.RANT AFFIDAVIT PAOH 6 AFFIANT knows bmeci on .<\FFIANT'S experience and training as a ~cs inveltiptor that trafiicbrs mab subsumtial prob from 1he illegal sale af contmilcd mbl'ranccs which they altel!lpt to legitimize. AFPIANT bows to accomplish sud1 goals nan:otics bffickets routindy emhlish and utilim false and ficddous bosfnesa records, fmeip and domestic bank. accounm, ~ caahiers ebeckt, money c:lrafbJ, JctUn of credit, brokerap houses, real estate &hell corporatiom and blJliness :ftunD to ooaoeal and JePimi:m proce«la made from the illepl profi1s of narcotics tl1lflickq. Thme Iecmds an commonly maintained and. lmpt at their ~

residmres, stuh homes, vehicles. and/or grow locations. Based on the training and experience of .AFFIANT and on the ~ aet of facts, AFFIANT has reason to believe ud does believe that the above listed items will be fom:d 9t 732S Milnsfield Cantinal Road, Arlington, Tmant County, Texas. AFFIANT also has good teallOll to believe and does believe that llDllOUDCina and knocking would jeopmlize the safety of officers based on the followina set of facts: AFFIANT knows that individuals Jnvolved in ill.ogai narcotic actrJity often caar fiiearms. AFFWIT ftn1ba believes that fireerme arc present and acces81Dle to occupants of the property hued upon the amonymovs tip wldcli wu received indicating that two rifles and one handgun are ptelmd.. AFFIANT believes this information to be crech"blc because 1he additional information provided by the source was CO!db-mcd ttm>ugh the surveillance conducted by Agent hynolds. addition. the tip was specific as to the type ad m1mbfr of firearms. Your Affiant bows through her 1raining and experience that tips wbieh provide more specific information such as that provided in this case tend to be more credible than non-speeific tips. AFFJANT hu NF.> observed a photograph, provided by the initiai detecdves assigned to 1he fovestigati~ of a sip near the gate which advises that there is video smveillsnce of the property. Jn addition, AFFIANT bu received credible intbmudion from 1he officers who visited the property chuing a publie event earlier diis Y81J¥ that digi1a1 Slll'Vcilhmco was present at the pioperty. Videa swveillancc devices enablr: ~ oooupants to obsmvc aud idc:utify &ulividuals who approach the ftont entrance of the pmperty9 which could potentiaUy oompiom.ise the saf~y oi1he officers. If the smpecta are given a forewarning of ofticezs' preaence on the property, dtll would giv~ the suspects an opportunity to am 1hemselves wlaich would m:poae tba approticlliq Ofticet'I to IJJF!ta1981'Y risk. 11Q riak ii increased by the iiwt that AFnANT has o&nrved a largo chain link used to leC\R !he outar pie onto the property which will ~t the gate ftom ~ing OfJen"'1 vrid1o1it fim:o. It will take tonam·for offiOCJ'll to mab entry onto the ptmlfscs which gives the oDCupauts additkmai time to -arm thmnselves. AFPIA.Vf Jmaws die point of~ a~ ii tefi:md to as the cifatal fmmcl" meaning the occupants the house neocl only aim a 'We'lpOn at this poillt of entry and wait for a mgel to f.ppear. Occupew wiU already know that 1he target is the law enforcement officer malrine ·..,utry and tbm at that 1JWll1el1t; d:ae offtcar ha no cover ~nd more than libly no id::& l\'h«c the. armed ~ of1he house is located Oi' ooncaded. The video surveillance and. .&mce also .iP-v~ the ocauplllt! additionai to desnoy ericlcncc.

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11711£.REPOREs I ask that a wanant be issued to sea.."Ch for and seize at the above named and d~et'l"bed place the aforesaid property and items. and person or persons whose D8llles; identities and descriptions me unknown who may be folind at the aforesaid location in possession of said property or in control of the area wher~n said piopcrty is located, in RCCOldance with the la\\· in suma cues provided. I further find that the af:fidtMt states facts and infonnation suffieient to~ify entry without knocking and announcing.

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lU.U'N'l' COUNTY }. ll1IFDl!E ME, 1he undersigued mithority, on this day personally appeared. Dll'l'BCTWB ~ Pl!IU1Z 112SSI, a po)igc officer with 1he Arlington.

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