Man Wins $40,000 Suit After Cops Mistake His Candy For Crack

Just days after news broke that the NYPD had arrested a man for Jolly Rancher possession, a similarly candy-coated drama played out in the courts. George Pringle, 57, of Staten Island, won $42,500 in a lawsuit against the department for the time cops mistook his peppermint candies for crack.

Pringle was jailed for 27 hours for his heinous offense. Cops collared him after witnessing him sell loose cigarettes, then searching his pockets and finding the mints.

“I told him it was candy and to go ahead and taste it or let me taste it,” Pringle told the Daily News. “[The officer] said, ‘I’m not tasting it because it might kill me and I’m not going to let you taste it either or it might kill you and then we won’t have a suspect.’”

Republished with special permission from ANIMALNewYork.