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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Do grad school admissions committees google the names of applicants?

I was once wrongly arrested for a crime that I didn't commit which was dropped once I went to court, but our small-town sensationalist newspaper printed the description of the crime with my full name on their website, and now it's one of the first things to appear when you google my name.  
I've considered changing my name. I've tried to create enough of an internet presence so that it would get pushed down to the next page, but to no avail.
gpt
You should contact that newspaper and have them include a disclaimer on that article that the charges were dropped.

I would assume that if the school asked you to sign off saying that you haven't been convicted of any crimes and you said you haven't that they would believe you, but if you're really worried about it, you could always give the admission committee a call and tell them what's up.