Muscovite Bailed Out by Confusion Over Gender Identity

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Muscovite Bailed Out by Confusion Over Gender Identity

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/transgender/531026.html

The Moscow Times/Added by Kelli Busey on September 16, 2015.

"Police have released a transgender Muscovite detained for the possession of drugs because officers could not decide whether to place the suspect in a female or male prison, LifeNews reported.


Dmitry Kozhukhov, who goes by the name Alina Davis, was allowed to go home to await trial after being found in possession of 12 grams of amphetamines, according to a report by LifeNews — a news agency widely believed to have ties to Russia's security services.


"Investigators could not determine which jail to place him in," an unidentified law-enforcement officer was quoted by LifeNews as saying. "