In re T.B.

2020 IL App (1st) 191520-U
CourtAppellate Court of Illinois
DecidedFebruary 26, 2020
Docket1-19-1520
StatusUnpublished

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Opinion

2020 IL App (1st) 191520-U

THIRD DIVISION February 26, 2020

No. 1-19-1520

NOTICE: This order was filed under Supreme Court Rule 23 and may not be cited as precedent by any party except in the limited circumstances allowed under Rule 23(e)(1). ______________________________________________________________________________

IN THE APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT ______________________________________________________________________________

In re T.B., a minor, ) Appeal from the ) Circuit Court of (The People of the State of Illinois ) Cook County. ) Petitioner-Appellee, ) ) No. 19 JD 640 v. ) ) T.B., ) Honorable ) Stuart Katz, Respondent-Appellant). ) Judge Presiding. _____________________________________________________________________________

JUSTICE McBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court. Justices Howse and Cobbs concurred in the judgment.

ORDER

¶1 Held: Defendant’s motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence was properly denied when the officers had a reasonable suspicion to engage in a Terry stop based on an anonymous tip and respondent’s furtive movements to conceal a suspected firearm within the framework of a vehicle.

¶2 Respondent T.B., born July 24, 2001, was charged in a petition for adjudication of

wardship with two counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon (AUUW) and one count of

unlawful possession of firearms (UPF). Following a bench trial, respondent was adjudicated

delinquent based on one count of AUUW for possession of handgun when under the age of 21, No. 1-19-1520

and one count of UPF for having possession of a firearm that was able to be concealed while

under 18 years of age. The court found respondent not guilty of one count of AUUW for failure

to possess a valid Firearm Owner’s Identification (FOID) Card. The trial court subsequently

sentenced respondent to a commitment in the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice for an

indeterminate period, when respondent turned 21 years of age or in seven years, which ever

occurred sooner.

¶3 Respondent appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion to quash

arrest and suppress evidence because an anonymous tip and respondent’s movements did not

amount a reasonable suspicion that he was involved in criminal activity.

¶4 In May 2019, the State filed a petition for adjudication of wardship which set forth

allegations for two counts of AUUW and one count of UPF. Prior to trial, respondent filed a

motion to quash arrest and suppress evidence. The trial court conducted a hearing on the motion

on May 28, 2019. Respondent called one witness, Officer Malcolm Brogsdale.

¶5 Officer Brogsdale testified that on April 30, 2019, he was on duty with a partner in an

unmarked police vehicle. The officers were in plain clothes, but Officer Brogsdale’s police star

and firearm were visible on his waistband. At approximately 6:15 p.m., while near West 62nd

Street and South State Street, the officers received a dispatch from the Office of Emergency

Management and Communications (OEMC) regarding a phone call that reported a person with a

gun at a Citgo gas station located at 251 West 63rd Street in Chicago. Officer Brogsdale was not

given a name or contact number for the person who made the report. He testified that “they gave

a description of a vehicle,” but he did not recall the description.

¶6 Officer Brogsdale arrived at the Citgo very shortly after the call and observed a Chevy

Malibu occupied by three individuals. He testified that this vehicle was the only car in the

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service area by the gas pumps. There was an unoccupied car parked to the side of the gas station.

Officer Brogsdale pulled into the gas station and stopped “maybe half a car length in front of his

vehicle.” In the Chevy vehicle, respondent was in the driver’s seat. Another male was in the

passenger seat while a female was in the backseat. As he drove into the gas station lot, he

observed “two males make eye contact” with the officer as he approached. He did not observe

any traffic infractions from this vehicle. When the officers drove into the lot, Officer Brogsdale

exited quickly because “the male started moving and reaching to the ground.” Officer Brogsdale

observed an individual “making moves, movements, very rapid movements inside the vehicle.”

He approached the passenger side of the vehicle. The officer identified respondent in court as

one of the individuals in the vehicle and the one making movements inside the vehicle. The

officer ordered all of the occupants out of the vehicle and they were handcuffed.

¶7 After the occupants were handcuffed, Officer Brogsdale went to the location where he

observed respondent “place an object inside the frame of the vehicle.” The officer explained that

he did not consider where the object was placed to be a compartment, he said it was inside the

frame. He clarified that the object was not placed in the center console, but the frame that housed

the gear shift and which had been propped open. He lifted the gear shift frame and he recovered

a Smith & Wesson two-tone nickel and black .40-caliber handgun that was loaded with one

round in the chamber. Respondent was then placed under arrest.

¶8 On cross-examination, Officer Brogsdale testified that he observed the passenger make a

movement near his waist, but he did not see the passenger move to place an object in the frame

of the car. He stated that the vehicle occupants were handcuffed for officer safety because the

occupants outnumbered the officers and Officer Brogsdale believed that respondent had been

concealing a weapon. The individuals were not under arrest and the investigation was still being

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conducted. Officer Brogsdale went immediately to the frame and immediately found the

handgun. He did not find any other objects in the frame. On redirect, Officer Brogsdale testified

that he conducted his stop once he observed movement. He admitted to impeding respondent’s

vehicle while he was conducting a stop. When asked by the trial court if his car blocked

respondent’s car from exiting once the police vehicle was stopped, Officer Brogsdale answered,

“Yes. As I stop. Yes.” On recross, Officer Brogsdale testified that there was room enough for

respondent to have driven away.

¶9 Following Officer Brogsdale’s testimony, the parties rested on the motion to suppress.

After arguments, the trial court denied the motion and made the following findings.

“In this particular case, Officer Brogsdale through OEMC had

information, a description of a car and a person with a gun in that car at the gas

station. He was half a block away; and so also immediately arrived on the scene to

see a car matching the description, even though that particular description was not

given in court.

But in the car, he saw three people. He saw two of them look directly in

his direction and then start making movements. In other words, in reaction to their

arrival on the scene, and saw [T.B.] in particular in the driver’s seat, which means

in possession of that car, making not just furtive movements; but specifically --

this is even more than a furtive movement – specifically stuffing something into a

part of the car that would not normally be someplace where a person

would put an object.

In other words, this wasn’t a storage compartment. This was the casing, or

as he described it, a frame around the gear shift.

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