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Prosecutors dismissed charges Monday against a former Omaha police sergeant accused of orchestrating the stories of officers involved in last year’s controversial arrests of three Omaha brothers.

Aaron Von Behren had instructed his team to not discuss one officer’s theft of a memory card from the phone of Demetrious Johnson, who had attempted to film police as they rushed into the Johnsons’ home, authorities say.

Von Behren — who did not contest his termination by Chief Todd Schmaderer — had been accused of being an accessory to a felony and of obstructing governmental operations, both misdemeanors.

Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine dropped those charges Monday. The veteran prosecutor said authorities did not have admissible evidence to support charges that Von Behren was an accomplice to a felony or that he obstructed justice.

The charges stemmed from a YouTube video that captured the unraveling of what should have been routine: the towing of several unregistered vehicles outside the home of Sharee Johnson and her sons near 33rd and Seward Streets.

On March 21, 2013, Octavious Johnson showed up after Omaha police arrived to handle a complaint that several unregistered vehicles were parked outside the Johnson home, police and prosecutors say.