Goodwin was ordered out of the station, but police said he continued to yell obscenities and demand that his son and another witness leave, Riccitelli’s report said. He said police decided not to arrest Goodwin at that time for fear that would provoke “a more serious physical confrontation.”

Goodwin later arranged to turn himself in and be booked, after which he extended his hand and apologized to patrolman Francis Gallagher, who had been in the station during the incident, Gallagher noted in his report.

Town Solicitor Mark C. Hadden, who prosecuted the case, said he felt dismissal was appropriate because Goodwin had no criminal record and had completed the community service he would have been sentenced to anyway.

“It was not even a misdemeanor, it was a petty misdemeanor,” Hadden said. “For his age, and with no criminal record, it was appropriate.”

Goodwin deferred to his lawyer, Richard Bicki, who said only that Goodwin was pleased with the dismissal, calling it “the right, appropriate thing to do.”

Goodwin worked his community service time with groups that help the homeless. He worked 13 hours for Operation Stand Down, an outreach group for homeless veterans, seven hours for Project Homeless Connect and eight hours for the Rhode Island Donation Exchange.

Hadden said the plea agreement he negotiated initially called for 20 hours of community service, but he was concerned that the seven hours for Project Homeless Connect, because it gets state funding, could be construed as working for his employer, the state of Rhode Island. He said Goodwin worked the extra eight hours at the donation exchange to resolve Hadden’s concern.