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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Erin Keller

83-year-old woman spent hours in jail for drug trafficking as her name was one letter away from being the actual suspect, family says

An 83-year-old Georgia woman spent six hours in jail after her name was erroneously attached to a drug trafficking case, her family says.

Alice Cordell, of Cobb County, was on her way to the store in mid-June when a Bartow police officer ran her license plate and discovered she had a warrant for meth trafficking. She ended up in a holding cell.

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