People v. Smith

Anonymous telephone “tip.”

Police respond and arrest.

Motion to suppress both arrest and evidence.

Motion denied.

We affirm.

Facts

On December 28, 1979, Bradley Chitwood (an employee of the city of Monticello) reported to the Monticello City Police that during the previous night someone had forced open an overhead door of a building at the Monticello city landfill and had stolen an electric air compressor belonging to the city.

Four days later, at approximately 10:06 p.m. on January 1, 1980, the Piatt County Sheriff’s Department received a telephone tip from an anonymous male caller that “the…