The Case: State v. Dunbar On April 29, 2014 Lonnie Dunbar was driving on Route 66 in Columbia, Connecticut when he received a phone call. Wearing a head-set, he grabbed his phone, brought it to about “steering-wheel level,” and tapped the “answer” button. At the same time Dunbar grabbed at his phone, State Trooper Josh McElroy sat thirty feet away, watching Route 66 looking for traffic violations. ...