A pilot offers a defense against hash brown at the Connecticut trial

A Connecticut police officer said that he had seen Jason Stiber chatting on the phone with his phone while driving in April, reported WTNH.

According to WABC, the officer mistook a McDonald's phone for a brown patty. Until now, he has spent $ 1,000 to fight a distracted $ 300 ride ticket to try to prove it, according to the television channel.

On Friday, Stiber again pleaded his case in Norwalk Superior Court at a new trial that he had requested after a magistrate declared him guilty in August, reported Times-Union.

At the new trial, the judge will review the evidence, including the telephone records that Stiber's lawyer had proved that he was not in communication at the time, and render a decision in April. reported WABC.

Cap. Shawn Wong Won of the Westport Police Department arrested Stiber around 6 am on April 11, 2018, The Hour reported. He told the court on Friday that he saw Stiber talking on a black cell phone and lit, stuck to his face.

"It was clearly visible," said Won, according to the publication. "He was looking straight ahead, completely oblivious to the fact that I was there."

But Stiber testified that the agent had actually seen him eat the chopped patty that he had picked up a few minutes earlier with a caramel shot driving a McDonald's, reported The Hour.

"I do not blame the policeman for misinterpreting what he thought he saw, but the fact is we did not use a cell phone and we have cell phone records to establish this fact, "said John Thygerson, Stiber's lawyer, WABC.

The quote provides for a $ 300 fine, but Stiber said his auto insurance has increased by about $ 1,000, which is the amount he has spent on legal fees for these cases, the Times-Union reported. .

"I've had a bunch of customers who have decided to fight, because they feel right, rather than taking the path of least resistance and paying only the small fine," he said. Thygerson, reported WABC.