Commonwealth v. Lauer

SPICER, P.J.,

Defendant was arrested January 19, 1980 and charged with the crime of attempted robbery. At the time of his arrest, he was in his pickup truck which was parked behind a bank and along Water Street in the Borough of Abbottstown.

Abbottstown is a small borough (we will call it a town) in Adams County, Pa. Two main traffic routes proceed through the town. U.S. Route 30 runs east and west and Pennsylvania Highway Route 194 proceeds north and south. The center of town is where these trafficways intersect. The center is circular shaped but is called the town’s square.

The Farmers Bank…