Charges dropped vs. former Steelers' ex-girlfriend Eds: APNewsNow.

PITTSBURGH (AP) Prosecutors have dropped a weapons charge against the ex-girlfriend of former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Cedrick Wilson stemming from a standoff at his former home last year.

Allegheny County District Attorney's spokesman Mike Manko says the charge against 28-year-old Lindsey Paulat, of Fawn, was dropped Tuesday because a recent state Supreme Court decision says it's not always criminal to fire a weapon in a residence.

The charge dropped was discharging a weapon in an occupied structure. Prosecutors had previously dropped aggravated assault and reckless endangerment charges against Paulat.

The Steelers released Wilson two months after he and Paulat argued at his Pine Township home in January 2008, and she allegedly fired shots inside the home after Wilson left.

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