Man spent more than a month in jail for heroin that was actually laundry detergent

Last month, Matt Crull, 29, of Martin County, Florida, was sleeping in his van when police came to investigate what they described as a “suspicious van.' Martin County Sheriff’s deputy Steven O’Leary found a plastic bag of white powder, claimed to run a field test on it, and arrested Crull for possession of 92 grams of heroin. Crull went to jail where he sat for over a month. Thing is, the heroin was actually laundry detergent. From the Miami Herald:

“(It’s) very surreal when you’re sitting in jail with a half a million dollars bond,” Crull told WPBF25, “and you can’t go anywhere knowing that you didn’t do wrong...'

Sheriff William Snyder says (O'Leary) has been fired after an investigation uncovered that at least 11 people he put in jail for drug charges were found innocent, the TV station reported.

“No matter what we do, no matter how hard we try, just based on the law of possibilities there’s always a possibility that one bad apple will slip through,” Snyder said, according to WPTV. The TV station reported that Crull may sue for damages.

Image: Laundry powder / Uncy at Slovenian Wikipedia