The Bloomingdale, Illinois Police Department received an anonymous letter. The letter stated:

 

"This letter is to inform you that you have a couple in your town who strictly make their living on selling drugs. They are Sue and Lance Gates, who live on Greenway, off Bloomingdale Rd. in the condominiums. Most of their buys are done in Florida. Sue, his wife, drives their car to Florida, where she leaves it to be loaded up with drugs, then Lance flies down and drives it back. Sue flies back after she drops the car off in Florida. May 3 she is driving down there again and the car back he has the trunk loaded with over $100,000.00 in drugs. Presently they have over $100,000.00 worth of drugs in their basement. They brag about the fact they never have to work, and make their entire living on pushers. I guarantee, if you watch them carefully you will make a big catch. They are friends with some big drug dealers who visit their house often."

 

Please answer the questions below.

1. Detective Mader affirms that he has conducted further investigation and found that an "L. Gates" purchased an airline ticket on a plane leaving from Chicago's O'Hare Airport on May 5 and arriving in West Palm Beach, Florida.
2. Detective Mader submits surveillance records from the Bloomingdale PD showing that Lance Gates boarded the May 5 plane.
3. Detective Mader attaches the anonymous letter (above) and DEA surveillance records showing Lance Gates arrived in West Palm Beach, FL and met a woman at a Holiday Inn room registered to Susan Gates. The couple stayed overnight and then left the following morning heading north in a car bearing an Illinois license plate issued to Lance Gates.

 

You are the judge who receives this application for a search warrant to look for drugs in the Gates' home and vehicle.

 Illinois v. Gates (1983).

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Question Are there probable grounds to issue a search warrant for the Gates home and vehicle Answer Yes Reasoning The anonymous letter provides a deta... View the full answer