On March 9, 1965, NYPD officer Anthony Martin, was patrolling Brooklyn when he spotted Nelson Sibron converse with a group of known narcotics addicts between the hours of 4 PM and 12 AM.

[1] On July 10, 1964, off-duty NYPD officer, Samuel Lasky, heard a noise at his apartment door shortly after finishing a shower.

While conducting a patdown, Lasky felt a hard object outside of Peters' pocket that, according to him, might have been a knife.

Lasky testified that he did not recognize either Peters or the unknown suspect as tenants during the 12 years he resided at the complex.

However, Peters' conviction was upheld as Lasky not only possessed reasonable suspicion, but also probable cause that he committed burglary based on the circumstances.