About 3 months ago my 29 year old step-son lost his temper in an argument with a girlfriend and threw a rock at her car. The rock dented her door and did minimal damage. The sheriff was summoned by her, they arrived, took both sides of the story, inspected the car, recorded the incident and left. Yesterday the Sheriff showed up at my step-son workplace with an arrest order. He was taken into custody, we posted bail ($5000) and he was released. He has a court date Dec 31, 2008 and we don't really know what he is being charged with other than we know he was guilty of the vandalism. Why would he be arrested 3 months later? As far as we know the girl who owns the car did not press any charges and has never asked for any money for damages. What gives? Any help would be appreciated. Do I need to get him a personal attorney or can a public defender do all we need to be done?