Judge drops charges against former Nassau Legis. David Mejias

A judge on Monday dismissed a case against former Democratic Nassau County Legis. David Mejias in connection with allegations last year that Mejias stole a bracelet and pocketbook from an ex-girlfriend's apartment.

Mejias, 44, an attorney, had pleaded not guilty in November to felony charges of grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property.

But Assistant District Attorney Kyle Rose-Louder told District Court Judge Douglas Lerose that the government was "unable to pursue these charges" and prove its case after the complainant changed her mind.

"There is a legal impediment with respect to the prosecution of these charges," Rose-Louder said before asking the judge to dismiss them.

The prosecutor, head of the district attorney's special victims bureau, said she received an affidavit from the ex-girlfriend saying Mejias had permission to enter her home and the property he took was his.

Authorities said at the time of Mejias' November arrest he had a key and went into the 35-year-old woman's Garden City home without permission before she heard a noise and confronted him. They alleged Mejias then took her $3,000 Louis Vuitton pocketbook and an $800 bracelet.

Authorities said the woman called police and Mejias left, but police recovered the items in his Farmingdale home after obtaining a search warrant.

Rose-Louder said the woman said in November that Mejias didn't have permission to take the items or be in her home, but also told police she didn't want him arrested.

Since then, the woman told prosecutors she didn't want to pursue charges and wanted an order of protection against him dropped -- which the judge also did.

"Mr. Mejias and I have a business relationship that we want to continue, and we are also interested in reconciling our disagreement and continuing a personal relationship as well," the woman, an attorney, said in the affidavit.

She also claimed police "became very aggressive" in trying to get her to fill out a report after hearing Mejias was involved -- a statement that prompted James Carver, president of the Nassau County Police Benevolent Association, to say Monday that officers did their jobs.

"Stop blaming the police for your domestic issues," he said.

The woman could not be reached for comment.

Oscar Michelen, Mejias' lawyer, declined to comment Monday.

"I am grateful that these outlandish charges have been dismissed," said Mejias, who served in the legislature from 2003 to 2009.

In June 2011, another criminal case against him was dismissed after allegations that he had tailgated, chased and cut off a different ex-girlfriend's vehicle.