You are dead wrong about “no criminal charges being warranted”. Refusal to blow is considered de-facto guilt in every jurisdiction I know of.
Posted before reading entire posting. My bad, or as Roseanne Roseannadanna would say: Nevermind.
Refusal to blow is not de facto guilt in NC. It simply means you have your license civilly revoked for 12 months. You still have to be proven guilty in a court of law and people who have refused are often acquitted. And read the article more carefully, he was ordered to submit to a breath test by his supervisor AFTER the supervisor determined criminal charges were not warranted. That was done as an internal administrative matter.