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Felony charges against pipeline protesters arrested during the October raid of the northern "front line" camp were dismissed last week by a state judge.

In an order entered in the cases of 124 protesters last week, South Central District Judge Cynthia Feland said Morton County failed to show probable cause that any of the individuals conspired to endanger people or property by fire or explosion during the hours-long confrontation on Oct. 27.

An identical order was first entered on Nov. 17 in the 15 cases assigned to Feland and subsequently applied to the rest of the people charged with conspiracy from that day, according to court records.

"As far as the court can tell from the facts alleged in the affidavit, these fires were set sporadically, at different locations, by different individuals, seemingly at random. The state has not alleged facts sufficient to show an explicit or implicit agreement between the 139 defendants to commit the offense charged," Feland wrote.

Feland has also ordered that reckless endangerment charges against three protesters from that day be dropped. Two people were accused of locking themselves to a car during the raid, and a third was accused of locking herself into concrete in a wooden structure within the camp.