Fla. Man Wrongly Jailed For Carrying Aleve
Officer's Drug Kit Showed Painkiller Pills Were Amphetamines
POSTED: 9:22 am EDT May 2,
2008
UPDATED: 1:47 pm EDT May 2,
2008
SARASOTA, Fla. -- A Florida man was arrested and jailed 22 hours after his over-the-counter Aleve painkiller pills wrongly tested as amphetamines during a traffic stop.
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Villis Sanders was stopped in late March for a broken taillight. During the incident, a police officer found some tablets in Sander's vehicle.Sanders told police the pills were the over-the-counter medicine for his aching wisdom teeth. But a drug kit used at the scene said the tablets were amphetamines.Sanders was arrested and his car was impounded. However, prosecutors took the pills to a laboratory, where tests showed the pills were Aleve after all. Capt. Bill Spitler with the Sarasota Police Department said he feels bad for Sanders because "no one should be arrested for something they did not do." The case raises questions about the reliability of police drug kits and how the results of a roadside test can land an innocent person in jail, reported the Herald Tribune.Drug charges against Villis have been dropped.
Copyright 2008 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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IMAGES: More strange stories, images Villis Sanders was stopped in late March for a broken taillight. During the incident, a police officer found some tablets in Sander's vehicle.Sanders told police the pills were the over-the-counter medicine for his aching wisdom teeth. But a drug kit used at the scene said the tablets were amphetamines.Sanders was arrested and his car was impounded. However, prosecutors took the pills to a laboratory, where tests showed the pills were Aleve after all. Capt. Bill Spitler with the Sarasota Police Department said he feels bad for Sanders because "no one should be arrested for something they did not do." The case raises questions about the reliability of police drug kits and how the results of a roadside test can land an innocent person in jail, reported the Herald Tribune.Drug charges against Villis have been dropped.
Copyright 2008 by Internet Broadcasting Systems and Local6.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
