MINNEAPOLIS - A man and woman who climbed up a U.S. Bank Stadium truss during a Vikings game and hung a banner demanding the sponsor bank divest itself from the Dakota Access Pipeline were charged with three misdemeanors Tuesday.

Karl Zimmerman and Sen Holiday each were charged three counts: fourth-degree burglary, disorderly conduct and trespassing, according to a complaint released by the Minneapolis city attorney's office.

They are scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 17.

If convicted on each count, Zimmerman and Holiday face up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. Prosecutors declined to charge a third suspect who was arrested, Carolyn Feldman.

According to the complaint, Zimmerman and Holiday refused police commands to come down from a catwalk after they had rappelled about 20 feet down to unfurl a 40-foot vertical banner, which read "USbankDIVEST #NODAPL" during the Jan. 1 game between the Vikings and Chicago Bears.

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Witnesses told police the pair hopped a 3-foot high glass wall separating the truss from a pedestrian walkway and scaled a ladder to a catwalk above Section 125 behind one of the stadium end zones.

Zimmerman, 33, of Minneapolis, and Holiday, 26, of St. Paul dangled next to the vertical banner from the start of the second quarter until the end of Minnesota's 38-10 season-ending victory. Zimmerman even answered his cellphone to conduct a brief interview with the Pioneer Press.

About 185 fans seated below the climbers were evacuated for safety reasons "since the banner had some sort of weights attached to the bottom," according to the complaint.

"(Holiday) and Zimmerman were asked numerous times to come down and they refused. The fans were unable to watch the game from their paid seats due to the conduct of (Holiday) and Zimmerman."

No one was injured during the protest, and the Vikings vowed to reimburse displaced fans. After the game ended, the two climbed down and were arrested without incident. They were jailed overnight and released Jan. 2 while Minneapolis police investigated.

Zimmerman and Holiday held a news conference shortly after their release from jail to repeat their demands that U.S. Bank divest its financing deals with builders of the stalled Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota.

They refused to answer questions about how they planned the stunt in front of 66,808 football fans, their climbing expertise, tactics or safety risks to them and spectators.

"Not charging Ms. Feldman was the right decision by the city attorney," said defense attorney Tim Phillips. "With regard to the other two, it has always been my clients' position that the pipeline they are protesting is far more dangerous than the conduct they engaged in."

U.S. Bank Stadium manager SMG said the protesters used tickets to enter the game and smuggled through security nylon rope, carabiners and the banner.

Surveillance photos showed Holiday and Zimmerman entering the mobile express lane at the Legacy Gate and later walking through the north main concourse about an hour before they scaled the third-level truss.

This is not the first time Holiday and Feldman were arrested for scaling a public structure to hang a protest banner. In October 2013, they were convicted in Hennepin County of petty misdemeanors and fined $378, according to court records.

Minneapolis police said the women climbed the Washington Avenue Bridge and rappelled 80 to 100 feet below the street surface to unfurl a large yellow sign, which was not described in the criminal complaint.

After initially ignoring an officer's commands to come down, Holiday and Feldman eventually climbed back onto the bridge and surrendered, according to the complaint.

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