Courthouse sources asserted months ago that Dwight Hampton would never be tried on charges related to the 2010 armed invasion of a South 2nd Street home. They were right.
Pre-trial motions were due to be heard in Judge James Doherty’s court last Wednesday.
Only one was made. The state moved to dismiss the four-year-old case based on communication with law enforcement.
Hampton was charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault and criminal damage after he allegedly broke into the house.
Police theorized the bandit thought the house was empty.