COPS MISTAKE REMAINS FOR DRUG

San Antonio, Texas (AP) - Honest, officier -- it's my grandmother.

Michael Anthony Horne insisted the powdery substance police found in a
plastic bag in his pickup was the ashes of his cremated grandmother. But
when police tested the contents, it tested positive for methamphetamine.

Horne was hauled away to jail for a month. Unable to make bail, he lost
his job, his pickup, his apartment and his military reserve status.

Subsequent test confirmed that the substance was indeed human remains,
something Horne had insisted since his arrest in July.

"It's in the police report that he told them that," said his attorney, Luis
Vera.

Thursday, Horne sued the city for unspecified damages.

Unfortunately, repeated testing has destroyed most of the evidence.

"The sad thing is, most of his grandmother's remains are gone now," Vera
said. "He can't get that back."