People v. Hill CA4/2

FACTS

On March 13, 2021, just after midnight, Larry H. was pumping gas when he heard

a noise. When he went to check on the noise, he saw someone throwing something that

“seemed like a chair” against the windows of a Rite Aid. He was too far to identify

anything about the person’s physical features but could see what they were wearing—a

white jacket and red shorts. He also didn’t see whether the person actually broke

anything. Larry called 911 and told them what he saw.

Larry H. eventually lost sight of the individual but found him again before police

arrived. Larry H. pointed out the person he saw to the police. The police took the

identified man into custody, and Larry H. confirmed to them that this was the same

person he saw throwing something at the windows. Stills taken from the reporting

officers’ body camera footage show Hill wearing a white jacket and blue pants. Neither

the officers nor Larry H. saw anyone else in the area. Hill initially gave a false identity,

but the officers found his real name on an identification card in his wallet, which was in

some nearby personal belongings.

2 The officers observed and photographed broken windows on the Rite Aid…