Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York April 16, 1998, Claim No. 90359 (Lorensen v. State)

—Carpinello, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Court of Claims (McNamara, J.), entered January 22, 1997, upon a decision of the court in favor of the State.

*763After observing two individuals traveling west on the Thruway in a black 1988 Ford Escort automobile with what appeared to be a sawed-off shotgun, a concerned motorist called 911 on his cellular phone.