PEOPLE v. VALDES

Defendant's suppression motion was properly denied. The experienced officer's observation of defendant engaging in three exchanges of "shiny objects", which the officer believed to be vials of crack, for money, in a drug-prone area, provided ample probable cause for defendant's arrest ( see, People v. McRay, 51 N.Y.2d 594; People v. Jones, 219 A.D.2d 417, affd 90 N.Y.2d 835). We see no reason to disturb the hearing court's credibility determinations, which are supported by the record ( see, People v. Prochilo, 41 N.Y.2d 759, 761).

Concur — Sullivan, J.P., Williams, Mazzarelli, Andrias and Colabella, JJ.