Village of Gurnee v. Gross

In these consolidated cases, the Village of Gurnee (Village) appeals from an order quashing the arrest of defendant, Larry Gross, and suppressing evidence of defendant’s intoxication which the trial court found was obtained by a police officer as a result of an impermissible stop of defendant’s automobile. We reverse.

At the hearing on defendant’s suppression motion, Officer Thomas Agos testified that at about 11:30 p.m. on August 28, 1987, while on patrol in his marked police car, he received a radio dispatch from the police department to investigate a reckless driving complaint in the 4200…