Eating Spaghetti-O's While Ginger

[HorsieJuice]

Georgia woman mistakenly jailed for more than a month after cops confused SpaghettiOs for meth - NY Daily News

A Georgia woman was mistakenly jailed for one month after cops confused her SpaghettiOs for meth.

Ashley Gabrielle Huff was first detained on July 2 after officers in Gainesville found a spoon with a dried substance baked onto it inside her car during a routine traffic stop.

The 23-year-old, from Commerce, claimed it was residue from the canned pasta that she liked to eat in the vehicle.

Police, however, believed it to be methamphetamine.

While she was waiting for the results to come back, Huff was also ordered as part of her court arraignment to seek drug counseling.

When she wasn't able to make all of the appointments, however, she was again arrested.

Unable to make the bond payment, she was put in jail from Aug. 2 until Sept. 18, reports the Gainesville Times.

She was finally released Thursday after tests on the substance proved it wasn't meth — and showed that it was in fact, as she'd claimed all along, spaghetti sauce

Hopefully, she'll get a nice settlement out of this.

(the title is a joke, btw)

 

[ChristsSoldier115]

That war on drugs sure is working out just fine for america.

 

[stamperben]

(the title is a joke, btw)

And here I was thinking Ginger and MaryAnn.

 

[cow451]

 

[GarfieldJL]

She has grounds to sue the cops, and probably the Court as well. You can't pass a judgement on a person before the results of the tests on the evidence have been concluded...

 

[ChristsSoldier115]

These war on drugs laws are almost as terrifying as the patriot act in the power they give authorities to stomp on our personal liberty without any chance of legal retribution against them.

 

[DaisyDay]

She lost her job while she was in jail. It sucks to be poor.

 

[High Fidelity]

Maybe it was actually spaghetti letters that spelled out 'meth'.

Come on guys, let's wait until we have all the facts

 

[GarfieldJL]

She lost her job while she was in jail. It sucks to be poor.

It's possible she will end up being rehired on the basis the cops confused pasta sauce with meth...

Even if she doesn't, there are grounds for a lawsuit concerning this, complete with known financial damages. There are plenty of lawyers that would have a field day with this, including some lawyers that would donate their time and represent her for free.

 

[MikeCarra]

Now the cops are hot on the trail of a "cook"...."CHEF" Boyardee.

 

[cow451]

Now the cops are hot on the trail of a "cook"...."CHEF" Boyardee.

If I were eating spaghetti right now, it would be all over my monitor.

 

[Redac]

Wait wait wait. Lets hold on a moment here.

There are people who eat spaghetti-o's in their car?

 

[TerranceL]

While she was waiting for the results to come back, Huff was also ordered as part of her court arraignment to seek drug counseling.

So much for that stuff called "due process".

 

[Savior2006]

Wait wait wait. Lets hold on a moment here.

There are people who eat spaghetti-o's in their car?

I mean people eat in their cars all the time.

 

[craigerNY]

Another article:

Disturbing.

Van Rossem, who was assigned Aug. 11 to Huff, began the process of a plea deal. The district attorney’s office filed a dismissal Thursday following the crime lab’s analysis.
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“I think what the unfortunate part about her case is that she was probably willing to take the felony to close out her case so that she get out of jail, even though she always maintained innocence,” van Rossem said.

 

[Redac]

I mean people eat in their cars all the time.

Yeah, but... like, Spaghetti-O's? Like, out of a can?

 

[FreedByte]

Georgia woman mistakenly jailed for more than a month after cops confused SpaghettiOs for meth - NY Daily News

Ashley Gabrielle Huff was first detained on July 2 after officers in Gainesville found a spoon with a dried substance baked onto it inside her car during a routine traffic stop.

1. Clear example of the war on drugs hard at work doing nothing.

2. Why did she consent to a search?

 

[TerranceL]

2. Why did she consent to a search?

Most people don't know their rights.

 

[conamer]

I would lock her up for eating Spagetti-O's- gross!

 

[cow451]

I would lock her up for eating Spagetti-O's- gross!

Culinary Misconduct is not a felony.