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Village of Mundelein v. Minx9/7/2004
866, 528 N.E.2d 411.
Here, as in Gross, the caller simply reported that defendant was "driving recklessly," without indicating what observations led him to this conclusion, e.g., whether defendant was speeding, running red lights, weaving between lanes, etc. This information did not provide the specificity necessary to justify an investigatory stop. See Dugan, 206 Ill.App.3d at 555-56, 151 Ill.Dec. 474, 564 N.E.2d 929 (anonymous informant's complaint, that driver was intoxicated, did not justify investigatory stop because caller did not mention specific facts that led to his conclusion and officer did not observe any behavior that corroborated claim).
After considering the totality of the circumstances in this case, we conclude that, although the citizen-informant had an **972 ***328 indicia of reliability, because of the lack of detail provided, Officer Perdue lacked reasonable suspicion at the time he instituted the investigatory stop. While the motorist-informant here had a greater degree of reliability than the completely anonymous informant in Gross, the additional reliability did not adequately compensate for either the lack of detail in his complaint or the absence of a police officer's observation of corroborating behavior. As stated in Ertl, 292 Ill.App.3d at 875, 226 Ill.Dec. 955, 686 N.E.2d 738, "the forcible stop of a citizen cannot be legitimized by the simple expedient of one officer passing on a telephone informant's tip lacking the requisite degree of reliability, quality, factual sufficiency, and corroboration." Such is the case here, as the totality of information was simply insufficient to give Officer Perdue reasonable suspicion that defendant was guilty of a crime.
Based on our conclusion that Officer Perdue was not justified in conducting an investigatory stop, we affirm the order rescinding the summary suspension. We dismiss the Village's appeal of the order of *223 the circuit court of Lake County quashing defendant's arrest and suppressing the resulting evidence.
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part.
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