"For every opinion there is a counter-opinion. Someone says 'oh,he was a blowhard;' someone else says 'he was a charming,sweet guy.' I think the truth is in between;
VOA: standard.2009.12.17
Meanwhile, Isabel Santiago, a 67-year-old widow and neighbor of Pedro Castro, called him a "sweet guy" who used to bring her rice and beans from the house where he lived with his mother across the street.
This should be sweet for a guy whose fourth-grade teacher had her doubts about him: Charlie will either achieve something of consequence--or end up in jail, she told his parents.