Woman Spends A Month In Jail After Cops Mistake SpaghettiOs For Meth

[VolGee4]

How come a decent lawyer can't get someone accused of spagettio possession out of jail on their own recognisance.

Read it again. She got out and missed court. As an attorney, I can make great arguments and get low bonds. But I am not a taxi service and get clients to court. It's all on the client once they are out.

 

[govols/cc]

Read it again. She got out and missed court. As an attorney, I can make great arguments and get low bonds. But I am not a taxi service and get clients to court. It's all on the client once they are out.

Will they be reimbursed for being falsely accused & arrested?

 

[GreveHaller]

Like most stories there's more to it.

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A dirty spoon led to the arrest of a Braselton woman on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. The incident happened in July in Gainesville.
Police said they pulled over a Ford Explorer near the intersection of Green and Candler streets.
Investigators said there were four passengers in the car and the driver seemed nervous as the officer questioned her.
One of the officers asked the passengers for their names and identification, including the woman in the back seat, who identified herself as Ashley Huff, who said she did not have an ID on her. The officers said she seemed nervous as well.
The officers said they asked the driver to get out of the car and she had a hard time telling them where the group was headed. They asked the driver if anyone had drugs in the car and the driver said she didn’t, but didn’t know if any of the passengers did.
The officers said they asked if he could search the vehicle and everyone said yes. During the search, the officers came across a pink bag with the name Ashley painted on it. One of the officers asked Huff if the bag was hers and if they could search it. Huff told them it wasn’t hers.
One of the officers pulled out a black plastic bag that had a metal spoon inside with a crystal-like substance on it.
The officer asked Huff is she knew what was on the spoon, and Huff told the officer she didn’t know, but had used the spoon to eat Spaghetti O’s.
“I found it strange that she would eat Spaghetti O’s with a metal spoon while riding in a vehicle, and then put the spoon back in a bag,” the officer said in a police report.
The officers said they then found a glass smoking device inside the bag as well.
The officers tested the substance on the spoon which they said tested positive for methamphetamine.
Huff was arrested and take to the Hall County Jail.

Jumping to conclusions is fun

 

[govols/cc]

So the field test is more reliable than the lab test? Why were they pulled over to begin with? Acting nervous is now probable cause? Most people are a little nervous when pulled over lol.

 

[MyBloodRunnethOrange]

So the field test is more reliable than the lab test? Why were they pulled over to begin with? Acting nervous is now probable cause? Most people are a little nervous when pulled over lol.

I'm sure it's probable cause as well if you're not nervous at all. No matter what your demeanor the cops can twist it and say it is suspicious.

 

[Rocky_Top_Vol13]

What makes this story funny on a personal level, when I was younger SpaghettiOs was the code name for weed and bowls for the SpaghettiOs were code for papers. Ahh good times....I wish Tennessee would follow suit with Colorado.

 

[gordonr24]

Sounds like the cop from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle.

 

[SlickZilla]

I always use a Spork... the complexity of it all stumps the average law man. I did have one poke a stick at it, then went back to looking for more sesame seeds.
Possession of sesame seeds ended up as 7 years for intent to manufacture and distribute heroin to a minor.
I guess from six feet away they look a little like poppy seeds. It held up in court. The prosecutor is running for mayor, he was shooting for 15-20 and court ordered castration. I plead to it, I should be out in 4, unless I shank that touchy feely guard.

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