State v. Croft

Herd, J.:

This is an appeal from a conviction for criminal damage to property. K.S.A. 1980 Supp. 21-3720.

During the early morning hours of July 8, 1980, Detective Jack Leon was staking out a commercial area in Wichita. Shortly after 1:00 a.m. he observed a black and red Oldsmobile pull up to the teller’s window at the Fidelity Savings & Loan. A white male with blond curly hair and no shirt exited the car and broke a window in the building. Detective Leon reported this but told the dispatcher not to broadcast an alarm for fear the culprits had a radio scanner in the car and would be alerted to…