Burglary charge against Andy dick dismissed

Santa Barbara homeowner says incident was a ‘misunderstanding’

By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

The District Attorney’s Office has dismissed a charge of felony first-degree residential burglary against comedian Andy Dick after the owner of the Santa Barbara home where he was arrested told prosecutors the Oct. 13 incident was a “misunderstanding.”

Mr. Dick, 57, had been scheduled to return to Superior Court on March 7 to set a date for a preliminary hearing on the charge filed by prosecutors in the wake of his arrest at a vacant home in the hills of Santa Barbara.

The hearing never happened, however. Instead, prosecutors dropped the residential burglary charge they had filed against the comedian/actor.