Comment: Pirate popped up in a few off-grid, homesteading FB groups I belong to. It was apparent immediately there was something wrong with him. He was booted from a couple of groups because of his comments about raping women. 
He came to Fairbanks monthly to collect his welfare and food stamps. There were a few times when he had doctor appointments and so of course the government paid for his motel room. And medical care. 
He slept in the parking lot of the Home Depot or in the homeless camp across the road. He bragged of hooking up with an indigent Native woman, getting her drunk and then having sex with her. 
Pirate liked to spend his days at the transfer site and ended up renting a storage unit for his treasures. He also discovered he could rent a U-Haul van pretty cheaply (on us of course) and he liked to camp out in that when the weather was crappy. 
It is inconceivable that the DA is dropping the charges. I am willing to bet if she wasn't poor and troubled the charges would stick.