State v. Wade

ERVIN, Judge.

On 15 September 2007, the Burlington Police Department issued a “be on the lookout” alert for the owner of a green Saturn bearing a specific license plate number and registered to Aaron Daniel Zachary, a twenty-six-year-old white male (Zachary). Zachary had been reported as missing by his parents, who did not know where he was and believed that he was in danger.

While investigating an unrelated incident on South Mebane Street, Officer Tom Meisenbach of the Burlington Police Department (Officer Meisenbach) observed a green Saturn bearing the license plate number specified in the…