Fourth person arrested after toppling of Durham County Confederate monument
The Durham County Sheriff's Office arrested a fourth person in connection with activists who toppled a Confederate statue during a demonstration Monday night.
Deputies arrested Peter Gull Gilbert, 36, of Durham, Wednesday afternoon.
The Durham County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dante Emmanuel Strobino, 35, and Ngoc Loan Tran, 24. Wednesday morning when they were attending a court hearing for Takiyah Fatima Thompson, 22, who was arrested on the same charges Tuesday afternoon.
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).
Virginia Bridges: 919-829-8924, @virginiabridges
This story was originally published August 16, 2017 at 10:19 AM with the headline "Fourth person arrested after toppling of Durham County Confederate monument."