A Jamaican national came to the Valley for a vacation, but that trip quickly turned into a much longer stay than he planned as his lodging accommodations changed from a friend's house to a jail cell.
We first brought you the story of Damion Williams last month when he was caught up in a crime he said was going on without his knowledge.
Saturday was his first day of freedom after winning a not guilty verdict Friday in court.
Williams arrived in Phoenix and went to spend the night with a friend. But, according to police, that friend had dozens of pounds of marijuana in a closet.
Williams said he was sleeping on the couch more than a year ago and was tired from jet lag when the SWAT team stormed into the home in south Phoenix.
After that, he said he spent more than 420 days behind bars.
The SWAT team had been focusing in on Curtis Lauderdale and Nickie Campbell, following them at shipping store.
Detectives believed their behavior was similar to known drug trafficking organizations, using the postal service to ship drugs to different parts of the country.
Investigators say Lauderdale Jr. and Campbell were working together as part of a drug syndicate. They stopped the pair trying to allegedly ship ten pounds of marijuana.
A search warrant and raid at the south Phoenix home near 51st Avenue and Baseline uncovered 60 pounds of marijuana in a closet.
Williams was home during the raid and arrested in the process.
"I've never seen so many police in my life," Williams said. "I was blown away."
So, Williams spent all those days in jail. He said he counted each one as he waited for his trial.
"In Arizona, there is a law - it's the mere presence defense," Williams' lawyer Anthony Ramirez with My AZ Lawyers explained. "And he literally was just in the home without any knowledge of what was going on."
That claim was backed up by Curtis Lauderdale--one of the suspects. He took the stand in the two-week trial against Williams - admitting Williams had no idea that drugs were in the closet.
Now, a not guilty verdict is the souvenir Williams cannot wait to take home.
"It's amazing feeling," Williams smiled. "I can't explain."
Now, there are three things Williams knows for sure: he will never wear stripes again, he will never eat peanut butter sandwiches again and he'll "never return to Phoenix."
ABC15 asked Ramirez is there was anything anyone can do to prevent a similar situation from happening to them.
Ramirez said, unfortunately not really. He said, you cannot really be expected to check through your friend's house before hanging out. His best advice: just make sure you have better friends.
