21.   At the studio someone wrestled the ax away from him, but charges were pressed and Spence went to jail.

22.   Authorities say they are focusing first on finding the snake before pressing charges against Ferrari, who waited more than a week to report his serpent as missing.

23.   Because no one actually saw any abuse take place, though, the district attorney refused to press charges.

24.   A neighbor pressed harassment charges against him for cursing at her after she complained about the honking and the waving.

25.   After some coaxing, she agreed to press charges.

26.   After the July attack at her home, she declined to press charges against her husband, but prosecutors charged him with Class A misdemeanor assault anyway.

27.   After the victim refused to press charges, police let the incident drop, and it should have ended there.

28.   Alternatively, they could press criminal charges, though legal observers said such action is less likely.

29.   Brenda Wooten did not ultimately press charges.

30.   But authorities say they lack evidence to press charges in either case.