A 41 year-old man in El Dorado, Arkansas, appears to have admitted under police questioning that he was HIV-positive after being arrrested in September for allegedly having unprotected without disclosing his HIV status.
However, a brief report from the police log of the El Dorado News-Times notes that the man was, in fact, HIV-negative, something he'd maintained during his arrest.
One can only wonder what went on during his time being questioned by police that could have made this man confess to something that wasn't true, and why he was arrested in the first place.
Charges will not be filed against an El Dorado man who was arrested on Sept. 17 for knowingly/willfully exposing another person to HIV. Police said an investigation determined that [name of accused] 41, does not have HIV. According to an affidavit for warrant of arrest, [he] initially told officers he was not HIV-infected, but upon further questioning, he said he had the virus. Police said testing and a review of [his] medical records led to the charge being dropped.
