I've got a dear friend (and co-worker) who had to surrender her CCW permit this Spring and is going to court soon over multiple felony counts for something that didn't happen at all like the case against her implies - all at a gas station. The "victim" at the time was the husband of a supposedly) off-duty female officer - afterwards, in the police report, it was the father of this woman (the father was never seen at the scene by the suspect (my friend). The whole deal is fishy but my friend is facing some serious stuff (10+ years in prison) because the official victim" is an "at risk adult".
Things can excalate very quickly - even AFTER you've left the story can change enough to get you landed in jail.