State v. Williams

The state appeals from an order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress. We reverse and remand.

Officer Horacio LaRosa stopped the defendant, David Lee Williams, while he was wheeling a lawn mower through a residential neighborhood at about 11:00 p.m. The officer testified that he stopped the defendant because this was an unusual activity. The defendant told the officer that he had just finished a job. However, the lawn mower was cold to the touch and clean of grass. The defendant could not remember the address or name of the person for which he had done the job. After unsuccessfully…