Man Jailed For 2 Months After Deodorant Mistaken For Cocaine

[Kor37 9]

Man Jailed For 2 Months After Deodorant Mistaken For Cocaine »

Posted By TimALoftis 1 day, 1 hour ago in News

 

A Minnesota man who spent two months in jail after being found with white powder has been cleared after tests showed the powder was deodorant, not cocaine.

 

Cornelius F. Salonis, 31, was arrested Aug. 3 on suspicion of drunken driving and jailed after police said they found cocaine in his car. Salonis's attorney blames a faulty field test for the false positive result. Prosecutors dismissed the felony drug charges Wednesday and allowed Salonis to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of drunken driving--and the defendant was freed.

 

It took the Police 2 months to figure out it was deodorant and not cocaine?.....

[MrPsychic 1]

Since it's actually deodorant, the only thing I smell here is a lawsuit.

[Kor37 9]

Perhaps not since he apparently was driving drunk.

[Odie 0]

There is a lawsuite despite that he was drunk. Being held in jail on false grounds should have a lawsuite.

[KIMIMELA 1]

Deodorant comes in powder over there???

[Odie 0]

No, they found powder in the deodorant that at first tested out as cocaine.

[SeeingEyeBorg 0]

So...maybe he and the courts will call it even. His wrongful imprisonment and drunk driving should sorta kinda cancel each other out.

[TJ Phaserman 2]

pretty much....but he still has grounds to sue for wrongful imprisonment for the alleged drug charges.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

This is hardly a wash. A misdemeanor DUI charge gets you two days in jail max, and those are the very rare cases where the defendant doesn't qualify for some kind of work release program.

 

This guy spent 2 months in jail for charges that were eventually dismissed. You can't say things evened out.

[Ian Wood 1]

Holy crap, there's no way I'd stand for that.. 2 months, wow...

[TJ Phaserman 2]

i wouldn't be able to stand it for a full month....let alone 2 weeks.

[emojams 0]

was he snorting it ?????????

[TJ Phaserman 2]

no...cops thought they found it in a deodorant stick...but proven 81 percent of the time were wrong