FTVLive FIRST told you that WBRZ Reporter Chris Nakamoto was arrested in White Castle, LA while asking some questions about the White Castle mayor's salary.

Nakamoto was arrested while doing his job in a public building and charged with trespassing.

A White Castle Police officer handcuffed Nakamoto, escorted him to the police station and issued Nakamoto a misdemeanor summons. The summons was written for an alleged violation of statute 14:63, remaining after being forbidden - essentially trespassing.

On Friday, the charges were dropped.

"I certainly can't fathom their thought process of arresting a reporter who is working as a reporter in a public place. That's one of a kind," attorney Lewis Unglesby said in an interview Friday afternoon after learning the charges were dismissed. "Chris never should have been arrested, he never should have been told to leave. He should have been accommodated."

Security video showed Nakamoto patiently waiting for town officials before he was arrested in March. Workers said Nakamoto was causing a disturbance, and would not leave when asked. The town attorney told a Baton Rouge newspaper Nakamoto tried to go into restricted areas of the office. Security video shows that was not the case.

"Any time government is trying to act abrasively or secretly, either of the two, then people get concerned. And, they should," Unglesby said.

The town did not comment on the dismissal Friday.

H/T WBRZ