Charges have been dropped against an appliance repairman accused of exposing himself to a 4-year-old girl while on a service call at a Lawrence home.

A Douglas County jury in May was unable to reach a verdict in the indecent liberties case.

Prosecutors said the victim and her family have since moved out of state and chose not to participate in a second trial.

The 59-year-old suspect, of Baldwin City, had denied wrongdoing in the case and said he only tickled the girl’s feet while he was inside the house fixing the family’s dryer in January 2008.

The Journal-World generally does not identify sex-crime defendants unless they are convicted.