Probable Cause to stop a vehicle

[harry7]

What is the name of your state? VA

[moburkes]

Originally Posted by harry7

What is the name of your state? VA

What is your legal question?

[harry7]

If the police receive 2 phone calls that someone is, at a minimum, bothering them by sitting on the side of the road pretending to be broken down, does that give the police probable cause to wait around 30 minutes after the fact and stop the vehicle?

[xylene]

Could you be bothered to WRITE out a straightforward version of what the heck you are talking about!

[harry7]

I don't see anything wrong with what I asked.

[moburkes]

Originally Posted by harry7

I don't see anything wrong with what I asked.

Your question hadn't been posted yet. She saw the same thing that I did...nothing.

[CdwJava]

Originally Posted by harry7

If the police receive 2 phone calls that someone is, at a minimum, bothering them by sitting on the side of the road pretending to be broken down, does that give the police probable cause to wait around 30 minutes after the fact and stop the vehicle?

Maybe ... maybe not. It depends on what is told to the police.

I would say that it is certainly suspicious for a person to be sitting on the side of the road pretending to be broken down. That would likely warrant contact by itself.

- Carl

[stephenk]

So were you pretending to be broken down in front of your ex-girlfriend or ex-wife's home? Why pretend to be broken down?

[weenor]

Originally Posted by stephenk

So were you pretending to be broken down in front of your ex-girlfriend or ex-wife's home? Why pretend to be broken down?

So he couldn't be arrested for stalking (or so he thought).