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Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Georgia woman who spent months in jail over cotton candy mistaken for meth sues police department

A woman in Georgia who spent three months in jail after police thought blue cotton candy in her car was methamphetamine due to a faulty drug test has now filed a federal lawsuit against officials who stopped her and the manufacturer of the test kits.

Dasha Fincher spent three months in jail with bond set at $1 million after she was accused of trafficking drugs when she was pulled over on Dec. 31, 2016, and authorities saw a bag with a blue substance on the floor, FOX5 reported.

The grandmother told Monroe County Deputies Cody Maples and Allen Henderson that the bag contained cotton candy, but when officers tested the bag with a roadside kit it gave a positive result for methamphetamine.

In a copy of an incident report obtained by WMAZ-TV, police said they tested the bag because of the "packaging and crystal like feature."

Fincher and the driver were arrested, and she was eventually charged with trafficking methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, according to the lawsuit obtained by WMAZ.

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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 28, 2018 at 11:30 AM

    In the age of medical advances this is inexcusable.We can now isolate a suspect based on the DNA from their 4th cousin.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 28, 2018 at 11:50 AM

    I'm sure you want to save face there Monroe County police department, but you'd be wise to settle!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 28, 2018 at 12:07 PM

    That the stuff smelled like blueberry cotton candy didn't make a difference.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 28, 2018 at 12:33 PM

    I hope that she wins. There's no excuse for the delay in getting real lab results to confirm/overturn field test results.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 28, 2018 at 3:47 PM

    Idiots in the lab couldn't tell when the stuff melts at body temperature! Or the smell and fact that it dissolved instantly upon liquid contact....really!!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 28, 2018 at 4:01 PM

    She and her lawyers will make out well with the suit. It will end up being the most financially productive 3 months of her life. She will earn far more in those three months than most people earn in a lifetime. When they charged her and put her in jail over cotton candy and a defective drug test, she won the lottery. Some people have all the luck.

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  7. LAW ABIDING CITIZENNovember 28, 2018 at 6:10 PM

    sounds like many events Little Sherrif Lewis does ....FALSE ARRESTS BC HE HAS A GUN

    . MJGNN

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  8. AnonymousNovember 28, 2018 at 6:31 PM

    I would love to be on the jury. $$$$$

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