You may recall the huge bucket that got the Gizmodo website (part of the Gawker family) per year and a half ago, when he got his hands on a prototype iPhone 4 that someone accidentally left in a bar. The whole thing is scary, then when the police raided Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen 's house and took all his computer equipment. Many people expect to be charged Chen with a crime, even if the whole thing seemed silly (and really, what was causing "loss"?). It only lasted a year, but the San Mateo County District Attorney has finally announced that no charges will be filed against someone from Gizmodo. Two others who had the phone had been invited, but with offense. It still seems crazy that they 're trouble with this at all, but the decision not to charge employees Gizmodo was a good move, even if doing it for over a year.

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