City of Cincinnati v. Kromski

In deciding whether there was probable cause for an arrest, a court must determine if, at the moment of arrest, the police officer knew facts and circumstances and had reasonably trustworthy information sufficient to warrant a prudent person in believing the suspect had committed an offense. Beck v. Ohio (1964), 379 U.S. 89, 91, 85 S.Ct. 223, 225, 13 L.Ed.2d 142, 145; State v. Finch (1985), 24 Ohio App.3d 38, 39-40, 24 OBR 61, 62-64, 492 N.E.2d 1254, 1256. At the time Barber decided to place Kromski under arrest, she knew only that he had been involved in an accident, that he smelled of…