People v. Lomas

On December 20, 2002, Tony W Lomas was traveling the streets of Centraba, Illinois, a passenger in his brother Johnny’s car. Two friends of the Lomas brothers, Jeff and Jody, were also along for the ride, as was something that dangled from the car’s rearview mirror.

Officer Sean Richards was on patrol that day. He cruised the same Centraba byways traveled by Johnny Lomas and his passengers.

Richards patrolled with a piece of recently received information conveyed to the Centraba police department by some unknown caller. The department learned from an anonymous voice that four men had just made…