The inner story of the man who fought the police for a brown hash – and who won

Stiber's victory came nearly 13 months after his arrest by a Westport police officer who claimed he had seen the 45-year-old using his cell phone on the morning of April 11, 2018. Stiber, who was representing himself in court, had lost its cause. last year, but refused to give up – declaring Friday at the Washington Post that he was spending a "substantial" sum to hire Thygerson to prove that he was not talking on the phone at all.