The title of the article is incorrect, charges are not being dropped.
Diversion is a plea bargain in which you plead guilty to the charges and receive probation. If you meet probation terms such as random drug testing and so forth, then your conviction record is "erased". Sometimes how this is handled procedurally is the signed guilty plea is held in a separate file and not entered into the main system, and at the end of diversion the file stays in the separate file if you have complied with all terms, or is entered into the main system if you haven't complied with all terms.
Calling this "dropping charges" couldn't be further from the truth - this is a forced guilty plea. Since she "signed the agreement", the matter is over - she has admitted to charges and is legally guilty and has received probation, and that's the end of it.
Diversion is a plea bargain in which you plead guilty to the charges and receive probation. If you meet probation terms such as random drug testing and so forth, then your conviction record is "erased". Sometimes how this is handled procedurally is the signed guilty plea is held in a separate file and not entered into the main system, and at the end of diversion the file stays in the separate file if you have complied with all terms, or is entered into the main system if you haven't complied with all terms.
Calling this "dropping charges" couldn't be further from the truth - this is a forced guilty plea. Since she "signed the agreement", the matter is over - she has admitted to charges and is legally guilty and has received probation, and that's the end of it.