Opinion ID: 2068746
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Heading: factual comparison of white and faucett

Text: In White, an anonymous caller (1) identified Vanessa White, (2) knew the apartment from which she would be leaving, (3) specified the time, (4) described the vehicle, and (5) told police White's destination. For purposes of comparison, we borrow from the White opinion certain weaknesses noted in their findings. First, the police on surveillance observed White leave the apartment building but not apartment 235-C. Second, Corporal Davis did not state the exact time that was given to him for the time of White's departure. Rather, the majority concluded that White departed within the time frame predicted by the caller. Third, the police stopped White before she reached Dobey's Motel. Id. at 327. Although White drove the most direct route toward the motel, the finding is nonetheless weakened because the premature stop prevented police from corroborating this aspect of the caller's information. [18] In this case, we find the following facts to be critical: (1) the anonymous caller identified defendant, (2) the caller knew at the time of the call that defendant was en route, (3) the caller described the pickup truck with substantial accuracy, and (4) defendant's travel route was described in significant detail. Furthermore, Officer Roy of the Alpena Police Department corroborated defendant's identity through a LEIN search of the pickup truck's license plate, defendant's travel on Hobbs Drive as stated, and the predicted turn onto Grant Avenue before making the stop. Although the caller's information lacked a point of departure as in White, we believe that this information lacked relevance because at the time the tipster called, defendant was already traveling toward Alpena. In addition, we do not believe that the caller's description of the pickup truck was fatally inaccurate. The caller described the vehicle as a newer model blue pickup, possibly a Datsun. Though the pickup truck turned out to be a Mazda, the LEIN search ensured that Officer Roy was following the pickup truck described by the anonymous caller. Finally, the caller in this case described defendant's travel route in detail rather than the final destination. We compare this to White where the police stopped the defendant before they verified her predicted destination. Moreover, the tipster in White did not describe the travel route to be taken by White.