
The Supreme Court granted the parties’ petitions for discretionary review. The Court of Appeals deemed the detective’s warrant application sufficient to establish probable cause to search the cars but insufficient to establish probable cause to search the dwelling because the supporting affidavit failed to state that the defendant resided there. The defendant pled guilty, preserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress, which he did. After the defendant was indicted on multiple counts of armed robbery, kidnapping, and common law robbery, he filed motions to suppress, arguing that there was an insufficient connection between the items sought and the property to be searched, and that the search of the Kia was not permissible under the plain view doctrine. A magistrate nonetheless issued the warrant, which led to the seizure of more evidence linking the defendant to the robberies. The affidavit accompanying the search warrant application failed to disclose several pieces of information, including that the defendant lived at the residence to be searched, that the first detective had seen the Kia parked in front of the residence, and that the Kia contained the incriminating money bag.

A detective prepared a search warrant application seeking permission to search the residence where the defendant was arrested, the Kia, and another vehicle reportedly used to flee a different robbery. The officer also spoke with the defendant’s stepfather, who confirmed that the defendant lived at the residence. After arresting the defendant, an officer observed in plain sight a BB&T money bag on the floor of a Kia Optima that matched the description of a vehicle reportedly used to flee the scene of one of the robberies. A sheriff’s deputy arrested Robert Lewis, who had been recognized as the possible perpetrator of a string of bank robberies committed over two months.

_, 812 S.E.2d 730 (2018) (unpublished), the Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the decisions of the Court of Appeals. Anyone with information on his whereabouts was asked to call 911.On discretionary review of a consolidated appeal from two decisions of the Court of Appeals, _ N.C. He should be considered armed and dangerous, according to the alert. Stoot is driving a charcoal gray 2020 Kia Optima with a California temporary plate of U335133 or 8VQU461, according to the Riverside County sheriff.


The elder Stoot is a wanted homicide suspect, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. | Photo courtesy of Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. Suspect Stoot is 31 years old, Black, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, about 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. The child was described as Black, about 3 feet tall and 30 pounds with brown hair and eyes. The child was last seen in Lake Elsinore on Sunday, according to the alert, issued by the California Highway Patrol on behalf of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Law enforcement agencies around Southern California continued to search Tuesday for a Lake Elsinore homicide suspect who allegedly abducted his 2-year-old son.Īn Amber Alert was issued Monday in connection with the abduction of Celestine Stoot III in Lake Elsinore, by his father, Celestine Stoot Jr.
