CA8: Def’s admission to friend, relayed to police, that he was assaulting women in house justified warrantless entry

Defendant’s third hand reported admission he was serially assaulting two women in his house justified a warrantless entry. Defendant called his sister who called another who called the police that defendant had just assaulted a woman in his home and he was about to do it to another. In the past year, he’d been known to assault several people and that he was in possession of a firearm. This led to a valid welfare check by entry into the house. United States v. Conerd, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 13088 (8th Cir. July 18, 2016).