On Monday, July 30th, 2012, Magistrate Paul Kaiser at GA-20 dismissed all charges against me. Forgive me for not posting about this sooner; the adrenaline rush took this long to subside to the point where I could make this post more or less dispassionately.
Here's how it went down.
Attorney Rachel Baird, Law Clerk Joe Gasser, Facilitator Ed Peruta, Rich Burgess of Connecticut Carry, my wife Casey Doutel and myself arrived at the Norwalk Courthouse "loaded for bear", prepared to present a full defense. Attorney Baird had subpoenaed all the same actors as had been called for the July 27th, 2011 and August 22nd, 2011 hearings, at which it had been brought clearly into focus that Jared Zwickler of the Norwalk Police Department had lied to arrest me.
I'm sorry to say that in this courtroom, unlike every other proceeding in this case, there was no recorder present, so no transcript is available; I'll just have to make do with my observations and recollections.
I believe it is quite telling that the "case file" placed before Magistrate Kaiser had nothing in it except the substituted information showing the charge of Creating a Public Disturbance, after eighteen months of malicious prosecution had generated literally hundreds of pages of transcripts attesting to the clear fact of malice on the part of "Hizoner Judge Roy Bean" Bruce P. Hudock, "Judge Mo'" Dennis and rogue prosecutor "Rolling-Eyes-pencil-tapping" Tiffany Lockshier. In any case, I believe it is fair to say that Magistrate Kaiser was unprepared for so crowded a courtroom over such a seemingly trivial case.
The Liar Cop Jared Zwickler stood by the door, refusing to meet my eye, along with a Lieutenant from Norwalk PD (I'm assuming this was Matera). If I've misspelled his name, I don't care!
Our case was called first, whereupon Attorney Baird, Joe Gasser and myself all walked proudly to the bar, a file box filled to overflowing with eighteen months of case documents firmly in hand, to take our seats. State's Attorney Nichol Peco and a young man whom I believe was the intern who wrote up the second Substituted Information were present for the prosecution.
The young man mentioned above opened for the prosecution, stating that the State wished to "nolle" the "offense". For the uninitiated, "nolle" equates to effectively putting the defendant on probation for some length of time during which prosecution would cease. Talk about a "jaw-dropper"! At this, Attorney Baird flatly objected, stating that she had filed a motion to dismiss. Magistrate Kaiser stated that that would require a hearing, and Attorney Baird retorted with 'then we demand a hearing!'
With a courtroom filled literally to overflowing with subpoenaed witnesses, Prosecutor Peco hastily conferred with the young intern, whereupon the young intern stated immediately that "the State had no objection to dismissal". Presumably, after having pursued a prosecution against me for eighteen months, the State believed that they had a case, right? So, why then were they willing at this moment when the rubber met the road, to dismiss?
I'll tell you why! Their own "witnesses" had all testified a year before, in direct contradiction to Liar Cop Jared Zwickler's "incident report". The prosecution dared not allow this point to be made again at trial.
Ladies and gentlemen of Connecticut, if anything illustrates clearly the outright contempt in which the State holds the citizens of Connecticut, this case is that proof.
As the Defense filed out of the courtroom to celebrate our victory past the Liar Cop Jared Zwickler and his lieutenant, I could not resist saying loudly and clearly to him, "It is not over for you or Norwalk, Zwickler!"
The Fallout
A request for inquiry has been filed with Kevin T. Kane, the Chief State's Attorney, Division of Criminal Justice, Rocky Hill, Connecticut, regarding the prosecutorial misconduct in this case, and assigned to Attorney David I. Cohen, the State's Attorney for the Stamford-Norwalk District. We are determined that this complaint not simply "disappear", and will be following up with Attorney Kane and Attorney Cohen.
Also note that complaints against "Hizoner Judge Roy Bean" Bruce P. Hudock and "Judge Mo'" Maureen Dennis are forthcoming with the Judicial Review Council.
Stay tuned; I am reliably informed that there will be more to come!