Innocent man arrested, jailed 10 days for having same name as drug dealer

Police State USA ^ | June 4, 2014 | Site Staff

[DaveA37]

Time for a lawsuit. They least his accusers could do is get his job back, pay his bills and clear his name, unfortunately, that will not happen. I’d still sue them for a hell of a lot of money.

[luvbach1]

Prudent he complied with the illegal arrest, thus avoiding possible tasing, beating, or death.

[mabarker1]

This will NEVER be removed from His record. This Man is screwed for life.

STUPID F’ING Pigs!!!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Nowadays, the only difference between most LEOs and a common street gang is state sponsorship and immunity from prosecution.

[immadashell]

Suing the government is not easy. These rascals should go to jail, but that will never happen.

[driftdiver]

He had to prove his innocence despite having a different birthdate, middle name, and no evidence.

[Altariel]

Three felonies a day.

He’s guilty of SOMETHING.

</sarc>

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Actually he did get his job back after the head of the drug task force called the employer and explained what happened.

[fwdude]

Something smells in this story. It took him 10 days, WITH a lawyer, to prove that the police had the wrong guy?!

If nothing else, he is guilty of stupid.

[cripplecreek]

I was arrested for non payment of child support once and don’t have any kids. It was a clerical error and I didn’t start screeching like a 1960s hippie about the “pigs”.

[pierrem15]

You forgot to mention the uniform.

[pierrem15]

Memorial Day Weekend?

Seriously, if you think anyone in the criminal justice system gives a rat's ass about how long this took, you're very sadly mistaken.

If you're arrested on a Friday before a long weekend holiday, you'd be lucky to even get a bond hearing by the following Tuesday.

[driftdiver]

oy, you are correct

[fwdude]

A holiday weekend is three days. 3 < 10. Try again.

[greene66]

You’d see this sort of thing happen dozens of times in old 1930s/40s b-movies. Not exactly something new under the sun. But you would think with all the advanced technology and communication of our modern era, such mistakes would be almost impossible nowadays.

[pleasedontzotme]

Actually, no. Judges routinely go into jails over long weekends (sometimes over weekends) to conduct bail hearings. It’s both out of respect for the defendant’s constitutional rights, and to help ameliorate overcrowding.

[Sherman Logan]

Moral of the story: Don't have a common name.

John Smiths are in serious trouble.

I'm highly unlikely to be arrested, mistaken for someone with the same name.

[fwdude]

The article is from a cop-hating website. Gee, I wonder what slant they are going to put on this?

[fwdude]

The jurisdiction I was in had a 24-hour limit for adjudication before a magistrate, even if they had to come in on Christmas. It was similar in most other jurisdictions that I was involved with.