Opinion ID: 2220705
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Heading: The second stop of Krebs' vehicle as it relates to Krebs and Davis.

Text: In United States v. Hensley, 469 U.S. 221, 105 S.Ct. 675, 83 L.Ed.2d 604 (1985), a unanimous United States Supreme Court reversed the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals' determination that a wanted flyer was insufficient to create a reasonable suspicion because the crime was already completed. The Court said: It is enough to say that, if police have a reasonable suspicion, grounded in specific and articulable facts, that a person they encounter was involved in or is wanted in connection with a completed felony, then a Terry stop may be made to investigate that suspicion. Hensley, 469 U.S. at 229, 105 S.Ct. at 680, 83 L.Ed.2d at 612. The Court went on to hold that a flyer or bulletin based on articulable facts supporting a reasonable suspicion that a person has committed an offense justifies a Terry stop. Hensley, 469 U.S. at 232, 105 S.Ct. at 682, 83 L.Ed.2d at 614. It is the objective reading of the flyer that determines whether other officers may act in reliance on the information. Id., 469 U.S. at 233, 105 S.Ct. at 682, 83 L.Ed.2d at 615. In this case, the flyer requested police be on the lookout for a 1977/1978 grey Pontiac LeMans with Rapid City plates, gave general descriptions of two men and reported the second suspect as wearing multicolored barrettes in his ponytail and a distinctive black, quilted welders cap worn backwards. The bulletin stated the two suspects were believed responsible for burglaries in St. Lawrence, Wessington Springs and Artesian. It then reports one of the suspects could be Guy Davis. Krebs had earlier identified his passenger as Guy Davis. Wermers testified he had read the flyer and that the car and two men he saw at the 7-11 fit the description in the bulletin. He testified he did not make the connection with Davis' name until Officers Spiering and Haug questioned him as to the identity of Krebs' passenger. When Wermers realized Davis was named as a suspect in the bulletin, that corroboration gave added credibility to the bulletin. Additionally, Wermers testified that Krebs had told him they were staying at the residence for the night but drove away five minutes later. The trial court found the suspicious behavior, combined with the corroboration of information in the police flyer, gave rise to reasonable suspicion justifying the stop by Officers Haug and Spiering. We agree with the trial court that law enforcement officers had reasonable suspicion sufficient to justify the stop.