Charges Dropped Against Man Claiming Officers Planted Drugs On Him

Tom Jones
WSB-TV
March 8, 2013

A man who claims a police officer planted drugs on him will have the charges dismissed one day before his case was set to go to trial.

But the DeKalb County Solicitor General’s Office said the dismissal has nothing to do with a surveillance video Alphonzo Eleby said proves the officer set him up.

Eleby said his nightmare began in July 2012 at the Chevron gas station on North Hairston Road.

He said he stopped to speak to someone who was sitting in a black SUV when an officer said he smelled marijuana and arrested the driver on charges of marijuana possession with intent to distribute.

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This article was posted: Friday, March 8, 2013 at 5:40 pm

Tags: police state

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