State v. Crockett

A Cincinnati police officer, who observed the defendant violating a traffic ordinance, charged the defendant with reckless driving and driving without an operator’s license, in violation of the Cincinnati Municipal Ordinance No. 506-6 and Section 4507.02, Revised Code. Both are misdemeanors.

After signing the affidavit and taking possession of the warrants for the arrest of the defendant, this officer communicated to a fellow police officer the fact that he had two warrants in his possession for the arrest of the defendant.

The second police officer, on duty, in uniform and while several blocks…