Things like this don't generally just get made up from thin air. The charges may have been dropped, but the fact remains, there were charges made, and that means there was evidence that motivated the cops to make the charges in the first place. My rule on this issue is generally "better safe than sorry". As one of your fb friends, this guy has access to more info about not only you, but also about your other fb friends. It's your decidion, of course, but if what you found on Google has you unsure of his innocence, I'd play it safe.

Remember, predators are not usually creepy old dudes, skulking around the schoolyards. They are usually sweet, pleasant, charming guys (and more and more often women nowadays) who relate very well to younger people, which is what makes them dangerous. That's why sweet, pleasant, charming guys like me (hehe) who are NOT pedophiles tend to have VERY STRICT RULES about our contact with minors. At 20, many people aren't as likely to be suspicious about the fact that he has teenage friends, including the teenagers. All the more reason, in my mind, to be extra cautious.

Sorry, didn't mean to give you a lecture. It was kind of for the benefit of everybody on here. As you might well imagine, I grow very concerned about issues like this.

*HUGS*
Pat

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- Pat Nelson Childs
"bringing strong gay & lesbian characters to Sci-Fi & Fantasy"

The child porn may have been that he was under 18, so he may be the "child" in a consensual thing, not necessarily victimizing anyone... just ran afoul of the way the law is set up.

Just ask him.

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"People who are happy are slugs... They do not move the human race forward."
-- Camille Paglia, on Oasis