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Virginia Bridges

Two more arrested after toppling of Durham County Confederate monument

DURHAM, N.C. _ The Durham County Sheriff's Office arrested two more people Wednesday morning in connection with activists who toppled a Confederate statue during a demonstration Monday night.

Law enforcement officials arrested Dante Emmanuel Strobino and Ngoc Loan Tran.

They are charged with two misdemeanors and two felonies.

Their charges include:

_ Disorderly conduct by injury to a statue (Class II Misdemeanor)

_ Damage to real property (statue as a fixture (Class I Misdemeanor)

_ 14-288.2(c) Participation in a riot with property damage in excess of $1,500 (Class H Felony)

_ 14-288.2(e) inciting others to riot where there is property damage in excess of $1,500 (Class F Felony)

A witness to the arrest said Strobino and Tran were arrested as they attended a court hearing for Takiya Fatima Thompson, who was arrested on the same charges Tuesday afternoon.

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