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Charges are dropped against man who bumped into officer

Cleon Hodge was charged after an encounter with a Cambridge police officer in Porter Square in October. Barry Chin / Boston Globe

All charges have been dismissed against a 20-year-old Dorchester man whose tense encounter with a plainclothes Cambridge police officer in Porter Square was captured on video.

Cleon Hodge was set to be arraigned on a single charge of disorderly conduct Monday, but prosecutors agreed to dismiss the case if Hodge paid $200 in court costs, Hodge’s lawyer said.

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