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Palm Beach County prosecutors have decided not to pursue charges against an armed man who detained a 14-year-old boy after he and his friends allegedly ding-dong-ditched at his home near Boca Raton.

Santiago Cairo, 40, was arrested in October on charges of aggravated assault. That evening, a group of three teenage boys had arrived at his home on Boca Circle as part of a series of ding-dong ditch pranks in the neighborhood, according to a probable cause affidavit. But Cairo thought they were attempting a break-in. He went inside, grabbed his gun, returned outside, found the 14-year-old boy and ordered him onto his knees, telling him “you messed with the wrong guy,” according to the affidavit.

The Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office had

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