STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A man in Pennsylvania wants compensation for his 29 days in jail. Alexander Bernstein is suing the state police. The Allentown Morning Call reports that police pulled him over. They found a powdered substance in his car, and a field test found it to be cocaine. That's why he spent the month locked up, before laboratory tests revealed the truth. Mr. Bernstein was behind bars all that time for transporting soap. It's MORNING EDITION.
Alexander Bernstein spent 29 days in jail after a field test indicated a powdery substance in the car was cocaine. Laboratory tests revealed that Bernstein was behind bars for transporting soap.