Florida Man Spends 90 Days in Jail When Drywall Powder Mistaken for Cocaine

I smell a lawsuit coming in on this one!

A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him without headlights said white powder that was found in his car was cocaine.

But fortunately for Karlos Cashe, he walked out of jail last week after lab results came back showing that the powder in the handyman's car was actually drywall.

Cashe repeatedly told officers that the substance was drywall. But after running a background check they saw he was on probation for marijuana and cocaine charges in 2015. Cashe says a K-9 alerted on his vehicle and an officer's field test was positive for cocaine.

Court records show that he was denied bond because he was accused of violating his probation.

Finally, three months later the lab test results came in, which were negative for cocaine.

You can understand the officer's mistake, but shouldn't they be better at identifying drugs than that?