State Trooper Wants Lawsuit Dismissed
The state trooper who stopped the owner of The Corner Bar because he thought she was driving drunk when she wasn’t will be in court today to ask a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit she filed against him.
Dianne Thompson’s lawsuit targets State Trooper Matthew Petrof, who she claims lied about whether she appeared to be driving drunk because she has criticized the methods police use to stop driviers.
Thompson claims Petrof wrongly stopped her about 1 a.m. Oct. 31, 2009 as she drove home from The Corner Bar. Petrof ticketed her for littering and sitting too long at a flashing yellow light. He claimed she failed sobriety tests, smelled of alcohol and was glassy-eyed, but did not charge her with DUI. A blood test revealed she had no alcohol in her system and District Judge Dominic Cercone dismissed the other tickets.
Dianne Thompson’s lawsuit targets State Trooper Matthew Petrof, who she claims lied about whether she appeared to be driving drunk because she has criticized the methods police use to stop driviers.
Thompson claims Petrof wrongly stopped her about 1 a.m. Oct. 31, 2009 as she drove home from The Corner Bar. Petrof ticketed her for littering and sitting too long at a flashing yellow light. He claimed she failed sobriety tests, smelled of alcohol and was glassy-eyed, but did not charge her with DUI. A blood test revealed she had no alcohol in her system and District Judge Dominic Cercone dismissed the other tickets.
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