People v. Steele

FITZGERALD, PJ.

The prosecution appeals by leave granted the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion to suppress both his statements to the police and the evidence seized from his vehicle following an investigative stop. We reverse and remand.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 11, 2010, a Blackman Township Public Safety desk sergeant received a telephone call from Carol Williams, a loss-prevention officer employed by the Meijer store in Jackson. Williams had been trained to identify and monitor customers who might be purchasing precursors for the manufacture of methamphetamine.…