State v. Diloreto

Relying on information supplied by the National Crime Information Center (NCIC), the police in this case believed that defendant was an “endangered” missing person when they discovered him apparently asleep in a parked car. The officers awakened defendant, conversed with him, and then asked him to exit the car. The officers decided to place defendant in their police vehicle while they awaited confirmation of his status as a missing person. Before doing so, they patted down defendant’s outer clothing, discovering a loaded ammunition clip in his pocket. That discovery ultimately led to the…