Opinion
March 4, 1991
Appeal from the County Court, Nassau County (Thorp, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant asserts that the circumstances surrounding his arrest did not provide the officer with probable cause to arrest him and, therefore, his statements to the police should have been suppressed. We disagree. Probable cause exists where the facts and circumstances known to the arresting officer warrant a prudent person to believe that a crime has been committed by the person to be arrested (see, People v Chestnut, 51 N.Y.2d 14, 20, cert denied 449 U.S. 1018). An examination of the record shows that there were facts and circumstances known to the officer which warranted his belief that a crime was committed by the defendant, thereby giving the officer probable cause to arrest the defendant. Bracken, J.P., Kooper, Lawrence, Balletta and O'Brien, JJ., concur.