A Shasta County judge has dropped child molestation charges against a federal probation officer.

Shasta County Superior Court Judge Bradley Boeckman dismissed all charges against Joseph Nicholas Gama, 46, said his attorney, Eric Berg.

"I am happy and proud to have defended Mr. Gama," Berg said at a news conference in his office Monday. "He is a great man that has done many wonderful things for Shasta County."

Gama, who was also at the news conference, declined to speak, directing all questions to Berg.

"I don't think I'll be able to shut up if I started," Gama said.

Gama was acquitted in August by a Shasta County jury on one of five felony child molestation counts.