Man sits in jail when drywall powder is mistaken for cocaine

[OriZ 3,165]

Who wants to lose 90 days of their life for something they didn't do? Not me.

 

OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — 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.

 

https://apnews.com/a00e2b89b9bf4bf5b7523b15a5626f8c/Man-sits-in-jail-when-drywall-powder-is-mistaken-for-cocaine

 

There's worse of course, mainly thousands wrongly convicted often for decades, see the innocence project. Somehow it's viewed as ok.

[CaliCat 3,957]

31 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Who wants to lose 90 days of their life for something they didn't do? Not me.

 

OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — 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.

 

https://apnews.com/a00e2b89b9bf4bf5b7523b15a5626f8c/Man-sits-in-jail-when-drywall-powder-is-mistaken-for-cocaine

 

There's worse of course, mainly thousands wrongly convicted often for decades, see the innocence project. Somehow it's viewed as ok.

 

 

Another victim of DWB. 

[X Factor 1,113]

I wonder if he didn't have a probation issue if he would still be jailed? 

[jg121783 3,921]

3 hours ago, OriZ said:

Who wants to lose 90 days of their life for something they didn't do? Not me.

 

OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — 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.

 

https://apnews.com/a00e2b89b9bf4bf5b7523b15a5626f8c/Man-sits-in-jail-when-drywall-powder-is-mistaken-for-cocaine

 

There's worse of course, mainly thousands wrongly convicted often for decades, see the innocence project. Somehow it's viewed as ok.

It doesn't take 3 months to test a substance to determine if it is a drug or not. Maybe 3 hours. It only took that long because someone wanted it to take that long. This guy has multiple lawsuits here if he gets the legal help he needs.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

8 hours ago, jg121783 said:

It doesn't take 3 months to test a substance to determine if it is a drug or not. Maybe 3 hours. It only took that long because someone wanted it to take that long. This guy has multiple lawsuits here if he gets the legal help he needs.

I have to agree with this as well. I t does NOT take 3 months for them to test something at all, hell most of the time they a fair number of officers have a field test unit to determine what something is. So this guy will sue and win just like he rightfully should. 

[smilesammich 10,727]

13 hours ago, OriZ said:

Who wants to lose 90 days of their life for something they didn't do? Not me.

 

OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — 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.

 

https://apnews.com/a00e2b89b9bf4bf5b7523b15a5626f8c/Man-sits-in-jail-when-drywall-powder-is-mistaken-for-cocaine

 

There's worse of course, mainly thousands wrongly convicted often for decades, see the innocence project. Somehow it's viewed as ok.

not saying all cops or anything but, if cops want the dogs to alert on your vehicle - the dog will alert on your vehicle, no matter if it's brand new off the lot or a hotbox. cops have to be held accountable at every stage of an interaction with civilians. and i sincerely hope the department is looking into their drywall/cocaine positive field test. fishy fishy.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

4 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

not saying all cops or anything but, if cops want the dogs to alert on your vehicle - the dog will alert on your vehicle, no matter if it's brand new off the lot or a hotbox. cops have to be held accountable at every stage of an interaction with civilians. and i sincerely hope the department is looking into their drywall/cocaine positive field test. fishy fishy.

So they used a field test unit and it tested positive????? I would still sue the police because as we all know there are never any dirty cops.

[smilesammich 10,727]

14 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

So they used a field test unit and it tested positive????? I would still sue the police because as we all know there are never any dirty cops.

yeah i'm saying..how did that even happen?

 

what sucks about suing a police department, is you're essentially suing the taxpayers. that's what's so terrible about all these millions of dollars that end up getting paid out to families who have lost loved ones to false imprisonment or excessive force. the police department isn't footing that bill. but i think the figure right now is like, one in 25 folks on death row are innocent. and that's crazy.

[jg121783 3,921]

2 hours ago, smilesammich said:

not saying all cops or anything but, if cops want the dogs to alert on your vehicle - the dog will alert on your vehicle, no matter if it's brand new off the lot or a hotbox. cops have to be held accountable at every stage of an interaction with civilians. and i sincerely hope the department is looking into their drywall/cocaine positive field test. fishy fishy.

 

It is well known that police have their dogs trained in a way that they can give them a cue to "false alert" whenever they want. Probably what happened in this case.

 

2 hours ago, smilesammich said:

yeah i'm saying..how did that even happen?

 

what sucks about suing a police department, is you're essentially suing the taxpayers. that's what's so terrible about all these millions of dollars that end up getting paid out to families who have lost loved ones to false imprisonment or excessive force. the police department isn't footing that bill. but i think the figure right now is like, one in 25 folks on death row are innocent. and that's crazy.

 

That is why this guy should not only sue the department but the officers involved personally as well as anyone else who was involved in violating his rights. Most people just sue the department in cases like this when they also have a case against the officers involved. Once officers start losing their houses and other belongings maybe their behavior will change.

[OriZ 3,165]

3 hours ago, smilesammich said:

yeah i'm saying..how did that even happen?

 

what sucks about suing a police department, is you're essentially suing the taxpayers. that's what's so terrible about all these millions of dollars that end up getting paid out to families who have lost loved ones to false imprisonment or excessive force. the police department isn't footing that bill. but i think the figure right now is like, one in 25 folks on death row are innocent. and that's crazy.

This particular situation notwithstanding, often times it is the prosecution I believe that have alot to do with lengthy sentences for those wrongly convicted(and death row), sure the police is always the one that gets the ball rolling, but you have some prosecutors that are just hungry to convict, they don't even care if that person did it or not...all about getting a conviction. To me they are almost as bad as those who committed the crime for not caring at all about ruining people's lives(or about actually getting justice for the victims). I have always believed that if anyone is wrongly convicted, and it is eventually overturned, and they are released after 15, 20, 25 years or so...they should automatically(by a change in the law, not by suing) receive a million dollars for each year in the hole. I know it's never going to happen. but I think it's the only thing that could at least somewhat make up for it, not that any amount of money would really make up for losing 20 years of your life but at least they could have some fun with the time they had left.

[smilesammich 10,727]

2 minutes ago, OriZ said:

This particular situation notwithstanding, often times it is the prosecution I believe that have alot to do with lengthy sentences for those wrongly convicted(and death row), sure the police is always the one that gets the ball rolling, but you have some prosecutors that are just hungry to convict, they don't even care if that person did it or not...all about getting a conviction. To me they are almost as bad as those who committed the crime for not caring at all about ruining people's lives(or about actually getting justice for the victims). I have always believed that if anyone is wrongly convicted, and it is eventually overturned, and they are released after 15, 20, 25 years or so...they should automatically(by a change in the law, not by suing) receive a million dollars for each year in the hole. I know it's never going to happen. but I think it's the only thing that could at least somewhat make up for it, not that any amount of money would really make up for losing 20 years of your life but at least they could have some fun with the time they had left.

i would think most prosecutors are hungry to convict - that's their job. to prosecute the case before them.

do cops have quotas? i know they're supposed to be "peace officers" but i don't know how their job performance is reviewed. like do they get thumbs up for not making an arrest (especially if the person is already on parole, like they might be viewed as a probable mark?). i don't know. probably all up individual chief/department? 

[OriZ 3,165]

5 hours ago, smilesammich said:

i would think most prosecutors are hungry to convict - that's their job. to prosecute the case before them.

do cops have quotas? i know they're supposed to be "peace officers" but i don't know how their job performance is reviewed. like do they get thumbs up for not making an arrest (especially if the person is already on parole, like they might be viewed as a probable mark?). i don't know. probably all up individual chief/department? 

Yes but in many cases(I'm sure you're familiar with some of the cases in the innocence project) they intentionally try to deceive and use whatever tricks up their sleeve that they can in order to get a conviction, even if they know that person is more than likely not guilty. Despicable I'm sure you would agree. Yes I would think it would be individual and not one policy for all...although most swear up and down there are no quotas.