Twin brothers who run a YouTube channel with millions of subscribers were charged Wednesday with multiple crimes, theOrange County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Alan and Alex Stokes, 23, of Irvine, were each charged with one felony count of false imprisonment effected by violence, menace, fraud, or deceit and one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting an emergency, according to authorities.
The charges stem from two Oct.15, 2019 pranks in which the brothers pretended they robbed a bank and were trying to make a getaway by asking unsuspecting people for clothing items or help with transportation.
The video is still live on their channel. It has more than 1.4 million views. The brothers' channel has more than 4.8 millionsubscribers..
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