probale cause

[ACF]

hearsay by itself is not enough for pc, it must be corraborated with other facts it get an arrest or search warrant issued. For example, say I'm 5/O and some gym member comes up to me and says that so and so is selling steroids in the gym, I can't go arrest that person or search their home soley based on that information only. Personnally I would go train at another gym, DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE, EVEN SO CALLED FRIEND ABOUT STEROIDS IN PERSON OR ON THE PHONE. I have seen many people go down on wire taps on cell phones and wires on so called friends. Good luck and stay safe

 

[Barak]

Good one and unfortunately the last part is all too true

 

[BaadOldBear]

hearsay by itself is not enough for pc, it must be corraborated with other facts it get an arrest or search warrant issued. For example, say I'm 5/O and some gym member comes up to me and says that so and so is selling steroids in the gym, I can't go arrest that person or search their home soley based on that information only. Personnally I would go train at another gym, DO NOT TALK TO ANYONE, EVEN SO CALLED FRIEND ABOUT STEROIDS IN PERSON OR ON THE PHONE. I have seen many people go down on wire taps on cell phones and wires on so called friends. Good luck and stay safe

If the "witness" says he saw you dealing or observed a transaction where a known illegal substance can be "reasonably assumed" to have been transacted the witness can attest is an illegal substance from his own knowledge or from an admission of the perp then that is more than sufficient for a warrant to issue for an arrest. Only a little more in the way of facts will provide the necessary support for a search warrant. Normally the law likes a little more in order to achieve a conviction but those facts are more than sufficient to warrant an arrest.