Legal Question in Criminal Law in New York

My boyfriend is a recovering alcoholic and relapsed Friday night, saturday he stopped taking his prescription medication to control his PTSD and his depression, days passed and Tuesday he wasn't feeling very good and was suffering withdrawal symptoms from Celexa big time. He was still drinking so not taking the pills. Tuesday evening he drank to an access but still attended an AA meeting and tried to keep his cool. Told me he felt odd just cloudy and disoriented. That evening he lost some money and believed a neighbor had stole it he went to confront the neighbor and walked in the door without knocking (which is normal practice among the two) The neighbor was upset and My boyfriend and him got in an altercation. My bf never hit him but the neighbor really beat my boyfriend to hell. The cops were called by my boyfriend who believed this other man was in the wrong. Turns out they charged my boyfriend with first degree burglary. He was taken to jail and bail set at $3000. the next day i talked with the guy who pressed charges and he agreed to drop them. My boyfriends public defender said he didnt have johns file with him but that he was going to take care of it because neither the judge nor the ADA wanted to pursue the charges. The bail was dropped to $500 and i bailed him out. Now I am concerned that given my boyfriends background and history with alcohol abuse if the charges will really go away. Worried he will go to prision. We have statements from his medical professional saying he was withdrawing from meds and his actions may have been affected. All witnesses are dropping charges or refusing to testify/help. He is enrolled in outpatient alcohol treatment and back to work. Court is in a month... whats gonna happen? what else can we do

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