People v. Schaefer

Following trial by jury in the Circuit Court of Will County, Theodore J. Schaefer, the defendant, was found guilty of two counts of theft and two counts of possession of a vehicle with a falsified identification number. The defendant was fined in the sum of $5,000 on one count of theft and sentenced to two years conditional discharge on all counts, the same to run concurrently.

On January 11, 1979, the defendant was the subject of a traffic stop made by a State trooper. The vehicle being driven by the defendant was a white Chevrolet pick-up truck, and the trooper noticed that one…