People v. Tetts

Defendant and his wife were living at the Delta Motel in Bay City in August, 1964, having earlier registered under the alias of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Lauderback. Several days after they had checked in, the proprietress of the establishment became suspicions of their automobile because of a change in the license plates and notified Michigan State Police.

Records there disclosed that the defendant’s automobile was listed as stolen from Indiana and that defendant, Walter F. Tetts, was wanted for auto conversion. Detective Sergeant Chandler of the Michigan State Police and FBI Special Agent William…