NORWICH – The third day of the trial involving Thomas Toomer, 34, of Oxford, took place last Friday, July 1.

It was alleged that Toomer, on April 3, 2015, on State Highway 220 in the Town of McDonough, was involved in a motor vehicle accident while under the influence of alcohol. Tumor was charged with DWI – common law and driving while in excess of .08 percent of alcohol in his blood stream.

Leading the prosecution's case was Chenango County District Attorney Joseph McBride. Defense Attorney Kevin O'Brien represented the defendant, while The Honorable Judge Frank B. Revoir Jr. presided over matters.

The third day started with the closing statement from the defense. “Any time the government presents a case, you have to look at it with a healthy dose of skepticism,” began O'Brien.

O'Brien focused on the many inconsistencies in the case that the people presented against Toomer, and in particular on New York State Trooper Andrew Simcoe’s testimony. Simcoe was the officer who investigated the accident and subsequently arrested Toomer.

O'Brien described the many mistakes that the trooper made, including prior testimony from the trooper that he had 35 hours of training with dealing with DWI arrests, when in fact, it is mandated that troopers have at least 80 hours of training.