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She was a nurse, and says she was at home with her husband at the time of the crime, reports Ross Jones of WXYZ.
But that didn't matter. Detroit Police arrested her at the hospital where she worked, handcuffed her and led her away. After four hours of questioning, she says the officers realized they had the wrong person.
Unfortunately, her arrest, which is not supposed be on her record, still is, which has created problems.
The story begins four years ago, reports Jones, who does not mention the woman by name.
A Detroit cop was drinking with friends at a now-closed motorcycle bar on 14th Street in Detroit. He met a woman in her thirties and they ended up at a rent-by-the-hour motel. He passed out and when he woke up, the woman had stolen his personal vehicle and police-issued firearm.
The cop picked her out of a lineup, and later that morning officers arrested her at the hospital. She insisted they had the wrong person. She then asked them not to handcuff her as they escorted her outside. They didn't listen. After the lengthy interrogation, they realized they had the wrong person. She had been at home with her husband.
"He said, 'I think we have the wrong person. I’m sorry. Is there anything I can do to help you? Do you want me to take you back to your job? Do you want me to take you home?'" she recounts to WXYZ what one cop said.
She says the Christian university she attends for a graduate nursing degree did a background check and confronted her about her arrest record.
Detroit Police officials can’t explain why the arrest keeps showing up and says she may have to go to court and file a motion to have her mug shot, prints and arrest records destroyed.
"When they tell you it’s over and it’s done with, you assume that it’s gone," she says. "But it’s really not, it’s still lurking in the background, attached to my name and my career and anything else I try to do in my life.
