People v. Lovejoy

On his appeal, defendant challenges the denial of his suppression motion, contending that the cocaine seized in December should have been suppressed because the police lacked probable cause to arrest him. We disagree. “Probable cause exists when an officer has knowledge of facts and circumstances ‘sufficient to support a reasonable belief that an offense has been or is being committed’ ” (People v Maldonado, 86 NY2d 631, 635 [1995], quoting People v Bigelow, 66 NY2d 417, 423 [1985]; see People v Parker, 84 AD3d 1508, 1509 [2011]). Here, police officers were performing surveillance on…