“Now, it’s probably the case that there was not enough evidence to make the charges stick...”
Well, I guess that was the case, since the next guy did take it to trial only to have things fall apart with the accused only copping to a minor charge and paying a fine.
It looks like Gricar had made the right call, or certainly a defensible one.
Or the "next guy" got leaned on and told he didn't want to end up like Gricar...