The states attorney’s office needs more time to review new reports and documents about the July DUI arrest of Jerome “Jerry” Schwab.
That’s according to Schwab’s attorney, Dominick Thomas, who appeared on Schwab’s behalf in Superior Court in Derby Thursday morning.
Schwab, a member of Oxford’s Board of Education and the director of the Oxford Ambulance Association, was arrested by Ansonia Police July 3, for allegedly driving under the influence, failure to drive right and failure to obey a traffic signal.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Schwab was driving a town-insured vehicle he uses in his role as the ambulance director.
Schwab has contended since his arrest that he was suffering from low blood sugar that night, and that he should have been taken to the hospital instead of taken into custody. His blood alcohol content was zero at the time of his arrest, according to a Breathalyzer test.
Thomas repeated that refrain Thursday morning, after Schwab’s case was continued until Oct. 28. That timing allows the state to review statements Thomas has gathered to support Schwab’s defense.
“If he had been brought to the emergency room that night, we wouldn’t be here right now,” Thomas said outside of court.
Thomas said he has a statement from a restaurant owner swearing Schwab never appeared in the restaurant that night.
According to the police report, Schwab told officers he had two glasses of wine at a restaurant earlier that night.
Schwab also told police he had taken two Vicodin, a pain medication for his knee injury.
Toxicology reports apparently support that statement, according to Thomas, who said the reports indicate there was only prescription medication in Schwab’s system that night.
Those reports have not been available for public review.
