(March 26, 2019 at 7:10 pm)chimp3 Wrote: NPR is reporting this as a type of diversion. He agreed to forfeit his $10,000 bond and do community service. A common approach for first time nonviolent offenders.
Yea, that is not the same as dropping the charges. He agreed as you just posted to forfeit his bond, but on top of that has to do community service and commit no more crimes for a period, and then and only then will his record be expunged. This is common for first time offenders. What cops are pissed about is the amount of time and money spent, investigating this, so they think the DA and judge let him get off easy.
