Sarasota man arrested for carrying Aleve

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Sarasota man arrested for carrying Aleve

By The Associated Press

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - Turns out those small blue pills in one Sarasota man's car were Aleve after all.

Villis Sanders was stopped in late March for a broken tag light. His license had been suspended because of unpaid traffic tickets. He told police the pills were the over-the-counter medicine for his aching wisdom teeth.

But a drug kit used at the scene said the tablets were amphetamines. Sanders spent 22 hours in jail.

Now prosecutors say the test was wrong. Before trial, prosecutors took the pills to a laboratory where tests showed the pills were Aleve after all.

Captain Bill Spitler with the Sarasota Police Department says he feels bad for Sanders because "no one should be arrested for something they did not do."

The drug charges have been dropped.

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Information from: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, http://www.herald-trib.com


(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Saturday, May 3 at 11:40 AM Alex Jenkins wrote ...

This guy may have one hell of a lawsuit. Any lawyer should be able to sue for false arrest. But we all know, the poor go to jail for what someone thinks.

Saturday, May 3 at 11:09 AM Luke wrote ...

The police did their job, tested it and thought it was drugs, I do feel bad for the guy spending time in jail, but the police should be comended for actually making sure they were drugs, the guy would of spent time in jail for driving with a suspended liscense anyways. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK PO-PO

Saturday, May 3 at 10:50 AM Anonymous wrote ...

The cops should be the ones responsible for it!!!

Saturday, May 3 at 9:01 AM SUNFLOWER wrote ...

I did not know it was a crime to go buy some Aleve.It'S NOT THAT PERSON"S FAULT THAT THE POLICE MADE A BIG MISTAKE.

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