The court properly denied defendant's suppression motion. The detective who arrested defendant in Atlanta had probable cause to do so pursuant to the "fellow-officer rule" since he was acting at the direction of New York City police who clearly had probable cause based on information provided by eyewitnesses to the crime (see People v Ramirez-Portoreal,
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