Man exonerated in Virginia faces charges in Florida
RICHMOND, Va. — A man awarded $1.2 million for the decades he spent wrongfully imprisoned in Virginia is facing charges in Florida.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2h0blBx ) reports 60-year-old Michael Kenneth McAlister was arrested Oct. 8 in Orlando on a felony charge of possession of cocaine and misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and destruction of evidence. Records show he pleaded not guilty and was released on bond.
The paper says McAlister declined to comment on the new charges; his lawyer didn’t return phone calls.