He was fined for using the cell phone while driving, but showed that he had something else in his hand – 01/05/2019

Last year, Jason Stiber was fined for using a cell phone while driving on a street in Connecticut, United States, although he denied the veracity of l & # 39; accusation. Although at that time he was even arrested for negligence, he has now managed to prove his innocence.

Everything happened almost 13 monthsAfter the arrest of Shawn Wong Won, a policeman from Westport, a town in Fairfield County, arrested him after claiming he saw the 45-year-old man on the phone on the morning of April 11.

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Stiber, who presented himself in court, lost the case last year but did not give up. In an interview with the Washington Post, he said he decided to hire Thygerson, a brand new lawyer, for whom he had spent a considerable amount of money. "significant" money. He was not going to stop until he proved that he was not talking on the phone.

"The offenses of distracted driving are in a file and I have never committed negligence," he said.

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Last February, at a hearing, agent Wong Won said that he "clearly" Stiber was talking on a black cell phone while driving that morning. He added that he had a luminous object the size of a phone at the height of his face while moving his lips.

It is at this point that Thygerson refuted this theory. The lawyer explained that his client was moving his lips while driving because he ate chopped brown McDonald's, which I had bought a few minutes ago. This is a kind of fried potato found in the United States.

To prove it, he showed his client's phone records and confirmed that at that time he had no conversation. It should be noted that the Stiber car also has Bluetooth technology, which allows you to talk without having to hold your phone.

To reinforce his defense, Stiber said that he had filed a petition under the Freedom of Information Act to obtain documents proving that Wong Won was at the 15th hour of the day. a double shift of 16 hours when he stopped Stiber. I could have been very tired and confused the fried potato with a cell phone.

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Finally, the judge concluded a few days ago the lack of evidence on the part of the state to confirm that Stiber was talking by phone at the time of his arrest.

The post examined a copy of the decision, in which the judge cited a court case involving another Connecticut driver, who was found innocent in 2016 after being arrested for using his phone.

"This just proves that police officers were confused, but they are human and they make mistakes, that's all," Thygerson concluded.

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However, for Stiber this was not a minor problem. Although he feels relieved, he said the efforts he had made to defend himself illustrate a major problem in the justice system. He had to do two tests, lose four days of work and pay a lawyer to get the result you were looking for.

"I did it because I do not want someone else to go through there, other people do not have the same means to defend themselves", has he declared. His case could set a new precedent in future trials: "It was a difficult experience, but I would prefer to avoid problems in the future."

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