The lawsuit against a Brown Hash cell phone heats up in Norwalk court

NORWALK – Was it a fried snack or cell phone that a Westport man had on hand before being intercepted by a cop in Post Road in April? ?

The matter was decided in Superior Court in Norwalk on Friday. Jason Stiber, Westport resident, challenges a charge of distracted driving. He states that a Westport police officer confused his McDonald's chopped with a cell phone. A judge reviews the verdict, which is likely to be released by April 5th.

The incident occurred around 6 am on April 11, 2018, when Stiber left his home in Westport earlier and stopped in a refueling stop at a McDonald's on the Norwalk border. .

He told the courtroom that he had bought a caramel knock and a brown hash before being arrested three minutes later near Whole Foods on Post Road West by the Corporal of the Westport Police. Shawn Wong won.

"He said that he saw me on a cell phone," Stiber told the court on Friday. "I thought that he had seen the brown hash."

Stiber said he tried to explain the situation to the police officer, but "he immediately arrested me, saying that he had been doing it for 30 years." Stiber claimed that he had tried to prove his innocence by asking the officer to review the history of his appeals, but he said that the officer refused.

Advocate General Laurence Tomaccio questioned the police officer, who had stated that Stiber had never offered to show his list of appeals and that even if he had done so, state law forbade Police seize mobile phones.

The agent said he saw Stiber use a black cell phone while he was driving east, near the 250 West Post Road.

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

Won said that the object was illuminated, which corresponds to the size of a cellular device and that Stiber held the object close to his face, the lips moving while talking in the phone. ;apparatus.

Stiber's lawyer replied, saying that at 6 o'clock in the morning, Won reached the end of a double team starting at 3 pm the previous day, indicating that the agent might have mistaken the hash brown with a cell phone.

Thygerson also pointed out that Won would not use the word "dangerous" to describe how Stiber drove.

Before making her decision, the judge said she would review her notes and a state law regarding cell phone use while driving.

Resident at Westport since 2007, Stiber first appeared before a judge, who found him guilty in August, after finding him guilty despite Stiber's submission of phone activity records. . Stiber then asked for a new trial.

To prepare for the new trial, Stiber hired a lawyer for $ 1,000, roughly the same price as the insurance of his driver, because of the plane ticket.

Stiber's lawyer stated that the judge had forbidden his client to address the media.

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