In what can only be described as one of the more bizarre stories of the NFL offseason, the Dallas Cowboys cut wide receiver Lucky Whitehead on Monday after police in Virginia claimed Whitehead was charged with shoplifting stemming from an incident in June.

Whitehead and his agent maintained his innocence and said it was a case of mistaken identity, but the Cowboys seemed ready to move on from the troubled receiver.

Police today confirmed that Whitehead was in fact misidentified. The announcement came too late for the now-unemployed receiver.

See how Twitter reacted to the news of Whitehead’s innocence.

Lucky Whitehead was cut by the Cowboys yesterday for skipping a court date for a crime he didn't commit. Charges have now been dropped. . . pic.twitter.com/FeK8kaLh5G — GUYRAL (@GuyralMag) July 25, 2017

“The #Cowboys need to re-sign Lucky Whitehead as an apology, only to cut him in a few days anyway.” Sounds like a life-ruiner to me. — Patrik Walker (@VoiceOfTheStar) July 25, 2017

Don't overblow this Lucky Whitehead situation, he was gonna get cut anyways. — Kevin Turner (@ktfuntweets) July 25, 2017

If Lucky Whitehead didn't want to get arrested he shouldn't have signed with the Cowboys to begin with — Nate (@BarstoolNate) July 25, 2017

What an unLucky offseason for Lucky Whitehead — Cornrow Carlos 🇸🇻 (@Its_Carlos99) July 25, 2017

Lucky Whitehead with the biggest screwover of 2017 😂😂 #HTTR — F3RTiG (@NoahFertig) July 25, 2017

If I'm lucky whitehead I'm on the phone with the giants rn doing the bird man hands thing like "yeeeah y'all need a returner?" — Concierge Sloth (@SlothyPablo) July 25, 2017

Lucky Whitehead has to sue that police department if he doesn't catch on with another team. — Stephen Lawrence (@smyzo) July 25, 2017

Lucky Whitehead to change his name to Unfortunate Whitehead. More details to follow. — StN Sports (@SpringTheNoise) July 25, 2017

Lucky Whitehead: The first time when the "it wasn't me defense" was actually true — Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) July 25, 2017