[arthurus]

the charges were later dropped and her record was expunged.

Expunged but it will never go away and will pop up when she applies for a job or to a school. She may not know that it has come up because she probably won't be told why she has been denied.

[SkyDancer]

The question will be “Have you ever been arrested?” doesn’t matter or asked for what or if you were exonerated .... it’s there.