Superior Court Judge Confirms Hightstown Police Stop of Councilman Politically Motivated
Mercer County Superior Court Judge Mark Fleming ruled Hightstown Detective Benjamin Miller's August 2010 stop of Councilman Robert Thibault was unconstitutional
After a more than two-year battle that began in August 2010 with a motor vehicle stop by Detective Benjamin Miller, Hightstown Councilman Robert Thibault is relieved to be one step closer to finding closure. On Oct. 3, Mercer County Superior Court Judge Mark Fleming rejected the State’s appeal for last year’s decision to dismiss a criminal complaint against Thibault. “The Court does not believe [the stop] was coincidence, but rather, targeting of the defendant because of his political stance regarding the future of the Hightstown Police Department,” Fleming wrote in his decision. The State filed an appeal in January 2012 against Brennan’s ruling to “determine whether the findings made could reasonably have been reached on sufficient …
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clara
12:01 pm on Monday, October 22, 2012
I second that! If Thibault could put up with all the intimidation he endured from voh/miller and still want to serve on council, he would probably make a great mayor. He certainly wouldn't get his feathers ruffled at public meetings by a disagreement and run out in a hissy fit. more ›