State v. Lancaster

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In January, 1988, Detective Timothy Dimoff, of the City of Akron Police Department, met with officials of the Burger Iron Company ©urger) regarding his receipt of anonymous information indicating that illegal drug transactions were occurring in Burger's Mogadore, Ohio fabricating facility. Acting upon the detective's urgings, Burger contracted with Pinkerton Inc., a private security agency, to employ a Pinkerton agent to act as an undercover information source as part of the Burger work force. Ray Steadman, who had been with Pinkerton for approximately three months, was chosen for the task.…