Florida man sits in jail when drywall powder is mistaken for cocaine
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A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him for driving without headlights said white powder found in his car was cocaine.
But Karlos Cashe walked out of jail last week after lab results determined the powder in the handyman's car was actually drywall.
Cashe tells WFTV he repeatedly told officers in Oviedo the substance was drywall. But after running a check they found he was on probation for marijuana and cocaine charges in 2015. Cashe says a K-9 alerted on his vehicle and an officer's field test was positive for cocaine.
Court records show he was denied bond because he was accused of violating probation.
It took nearly three months for lab test results, which were negative for cocaine.
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Wow that is just pathetic! I love the boys in blue for what they do and seen the charges so they just assumed. But it shouldn't have taken that long for test results? That lab needs to get their stuff together.
The blue boys tought he was hopin selling it, getting money and getting high, highhh in trending local clubs, while he probably wanted to fix some malfunctions around his apartment with that drywall.
The drug war - the gift that keeps on giving.
What a waste and an atrocity it is!