Man accused of using someone else's urine for drug test

A Cape Girardeau man was arrested and charged with forgery because he used an apparatus in an attempt to provide a false urine sample for a drug test, police said.

Cape Girardeau police officer Zachary Farley went to the office of probation and parole about 10 a.m. Wednesday because of a report Jalen Ryan McDowell, 20, violated his probation, according to a probable-cause statement filed by the officer.

McDowell had concealed a tube between his legs in an attempt to submit urine that was not his own for a drug test, Farley wrote. The Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged McDowell with felony forgery and possession of a forging instrument.

McDowell pleaded guilty to distribution of a controlled substance Nov. 16 and received five years’ supervised probation.

Pertinent address:

3463 Armstrong St., Cape Girardeau, Mo.