The impaired driving case against Oxford Ambulance Association Director Jerome “Jerry” Schwab in Derby Superior Court has been continued to Jan. 13.
Schwab, of Oxford, was arrested July 3 by Ansonia police and charged with driving under the influence, failure to drive right and failure to obey a traffic signal.
Schwab, who appeared Tuesday with his attorney Dominick Thomas before Derby Superior Court Judge Burton A. Kaplan, denies the charges.
Schwab, 29 has said he was not drunk but was having a bout of low blood sugar, caused by the medical condition hypoglycemia.
According to a police report, Ansonia police stopped Schwab on July 3, at 1:09 a.m. after he crossed over double yellow lines and a traffic light on Bridge Street.
Schwab was driving a 2007 Ford Expedition, which has a town plate and is insured by the Town of Oxford. Schwab used the vehicle in his position as director of the Oxford Ambulance Association, which provides ambulance service to residents.
Police said they smelled alcohol on Schwab’s breath and that his eyes were “very bloodshot.’’ The report states that he was slurring his words and was “having difficulty speaking complete sentences and completing his thoughts.’’
Police allege Schwab failed sobriety tests performed at the scene and that he lost his balance twice and swayed while balancing on one leg and that he put his leg down three times during the test.
He was given one Breathalyzer test, which registered zero, according to the report.
Instead of giving Schwab a second breath test, police instead gave him a urine test that was sent to a state lab for analysis.
Thomas has said his client is cooperating with the investigation and has submitting additional information prosecutors have requested, as well as personal information.
The details of a toxicology report prosecutors gave Thomas during Schwab’s October court appearance was not discussed on Tuesday.
