21.   As a result of the deal, prosecutors dropped the three lewd conduct charges filed against Poundstone, Deputy District Attorney Gina Satriano said.

22.   Because the boy will be prosecuted as a juvenile, Arcuri would not identify him, name the charges filed or specify the allegations he had made against Sewall.

23.   But the federal probe is in a very early stage, months from major decisions about what charges to bring or even whether to file charges.

24.   But the worry has abated as months have passed with no terror charges filed, Yusuf said.

25.   Constantinescu has begun to tackle corruption and many suspected wrongdoers apparently protected by Iliescu have had charges filed against them.

26.   He said Lewis would also face immigration charges in addition to the five fraud and conspiracy charges already filed.

27.   He was banned from running for office because of war crimes charges filed against him by an international court in The Hague, Netherlands.

28.   He was wanted on federal tax fraud charges filed in New York.

29.   Hernandez said police were investigating the vigilante killings, but were not planning to file formal charges for at least several more days.

30.   Hicks, a former cowboy from the southern Australian city of Adelaide, has been held at Guantanamo Bay for months without charges being filed against him.