Drug- and pellet gun-possession charges against Dante Cunningham of the Charlotte Bobcats were dropped Tuesday, regarding an April traffic stop in a Philadelphia suburb.

After those charges were withdrawn, Cunningham paid a $225 fine to resolve additional charges of unsafe equipment on his car and a noise violation.

In a brief statement to the Observer on Tuesday, Cunningham's attorney, Theodore Simon, emphasized the drug and gun charges were "unequivocally withdrawn" and the equipment and noise violations "are not criminal offenses.