Commonwealth v. Grundy

OPINION BY

KLEIN, J.:

¶ 1 The Commonwealth appeals from the trial court’s order suppressing the evidence of cars found in a “chop shop.” We reverse.

¶ 2 For several weeks, the police were aware of a pattern of theft and later stripping of cars in the Frankford area of Philadelphia. A number of cars, stripped of hoods, doors, etc., had been found in a two-block radius of the 4800 block of Mulberry Street. Two days after the latest stripped car was found, the police received a complaint that a white Nissan Maxima was stolen. This car had a LoJack anti-theft device that emitted a signal which could…