Charges have been dropped against

, according to Greggory Olson, the district attorney in Fairbanks.

Olson said that the charges were only accepted because only the initial charging document had been reviewed prior to the office's review. Basically, the charging document said that Devarge Walker, the driver of an ATV, had "attempted to punch" Gregory Braeuer several times, who was an off duty corrections officer, after he touched his ATV.

According to Olson, the judicial officer who approved the charge found probable cause against Walker only "based on the information within the charging document" and without any other evidence. In this case, that evidence includes an almost complete video recording of the incident, captured via Walker's helmet camera. However, in the charging document, James Thomas with the Alaska State Troopers states that he watched the video and that Walker attempts to punch Gregory.

Olson said that he had previously not seen the video before media representatives gave it to him. "Upon receipt of the video from the media," Olson said in an email, "I independently reviewed the entire case, including the police report, the criminal complaint, the audio interviews and Mr. Walker’s video which he had provided to the Alaska State Troopers."

Olson continued, saying that "reasonable people" could watch the video and still come away with different opinions on what happened, however he said that the district attorneys office would not be pursuing the charges any further.

There still remains the possibility of charges being filed against Braeuer for his alleged drawing of a firearm and, though he was off duty and not within a correctional facility, ordering Walker off of his ATV and onto the ground.

When authorities showed up, Walker said that he did have interest in pressing charges against Braeuer. "I explained to the police what happened and showed them the video," Walker stated. "And they (Alaska State Troopers) was like, 'What do you want to do? You can press charges,' and I said, 'Yes, I want to press charges.'"

Right now, according to Olson, the review of these charges is ongoing. "As far as any case against Mr. Braeuer, that issue has been referred to the Office of Special Prosecutions. That office typically reviews conduct of law enforcement and correction officials to determine if it is criminal," Olson said.

According to a spokesperson with the Department of Corrections, with which Braeuer was employed as a corrections officer, Braeuer is no longer employed by the department. They could not comment on the exact nature of his departure, and whether he quit voluntarily or was fired as a result of this incident.

According to the department, Braeuer was put on administrative leave on May 30 of this year, the day after the altercation, and has his last day of employment on July 28. Braeuer was hired in January of 2006.