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11 Suspects Identified In Arrests From UNC 'Silent Sam' Toppling And Protests

On Monday, the statue was torn down from a pedestal where it was erected in 1913.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) - UNC-Chapel Hill officials Saturday night released the names of 11 people arrested this week in connection with the toppling and subsequent protests of a Confederate monument on campus known as "Silent Sam."

On Monday, the statue was torn down from a pedestal where it was erected in 1913.

Initially, officials said three people were charged in the Monday incident, but UNC officials said Saturday that a fourth person was charged with concealing one’s face during a public rally and resisting arrest.

The three others charged in the statue toppling incident were arrested Saturday, UNC officials said in a news release.

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Here are the names of those arrested and charged with misdemeanor riot and misdemeanor defacing of a public monument in Monday's incident: Jonathan Fitzgerald Fuller, 27; Lauren Aucoin, 23; and Raul Arce (a.k.a. Raul Mauro Arce Jimenez), 27.

Ian Broadhead was charged Monday with concealing one’s face during a public rally and resisting arrest, officials said.

Also Saturday night, UNC authorities released the names of those arrested and charged during Saturday's protests, which were violent at times.

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Danielle Shochet and Barry Brown were charged with simple assault while John Quick was charged with assault, according to a news release.

Kristin Emory is facing resisting arrest charges.

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Alexander Joustra and Lillian Laura Price were charged with injury/damage to property.

Thomas Bruefach was charged with resisting arrest and causing/inciting a public disturbance.

University officials noted Saturday that the 11 arrested were not a part of "the UNC community."

The Silent Sam statue is now in temporary storage.

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