64-year-old Daniel Rushing swears up and down that the glazed flakes in his car belonged to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and not drugs. He was arrested in Orlando after cops found the flakes in which they have documented came from a positive drug test. The used roadside testing equipment to test the flakes.
Rushing said,
“It feels scary when you haven’t done anything wrong and get arrested. It’s just a terrible feeling.”
The officer who arrested him Cpl. Shelby Riggs-Hopkins, says that Rushing was pulled over for not coming to a complete stop when exiting a convenience store parking lot. He was reportedly doing 42 in a 30. Rushing says the cop searched the car when he told them the flakes were from his usual Wednesday at Krispy Kreme. He was arrested and then later released on bond.
Coming to find out, the flakes actually were not illegal substances. The Orlando PD states,
“To be clear, he wasn’t ultimately charged with a crime – so no charges were ever brought by the State Attorney’s Office. We believe that the arrest was lawful – meaning that based on the officer’s experience, and the field drug test that came up positive, probable cause existed to make a lawful arrest. When the FDLE lab showed it to be otherwise, Mr Rushing was not criminally prosecuted.
During a traffic stop, an officer spotted something in the car she suspected to be methamphetamine. With the consent of the driver, the vehicle was searched. A field test was conducted on scene; that test came back as positive for the presence of methamphetamine. The field test results gave the officer probable cause for a lawful arrest. The evidence was submitted to FDLE for further testing, the result was negative for the presence of controlled substances and no criminal charges were filed by the State Attorney’s Office.”
Who would’ve known Doughnut flakes would cost you so much.
Source: Complex
