State v. Rusnak

The state appeals from a pretrial order suppressing evidence. ORS 138.060(3). We reverse and remand.

The pertinent facts are not in dispute. On November 2,1992, a named citizen drove past a bridge in a wooded area and saw three young, white men with a brown pickup stripping a yellow car. He called 911 from his car phone and reported the crime. The 911 operator dispatched officers to the scene. The first police officer arrived on the scene 14 minutes after he received the dispatch and found a yellow car with all four wheels removed. The officer drove past the car and, two-tenths of a mile away…