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Denver woman arrested during pipeline protest released to halfway house

Red Fawn Fallis is scheduled to stand trial Dec. 5 on weapons counts and a civil disorder charge

Red Fawn Fallis, left, with Jesse ...
Red Fawn Fallis, left, with Jesse Jackson at the Standing Rock Sioux protest on Oct. 26, 2016.
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BISMARCK, N.D. — A federal judge in North Dakota is allowing a move from jail to a halfway house for a Denver woman accused of shooting at law officers during a protest against the Dakota Access oil pipeline.

is scheduled to stand trial Dec. 5 on weapons counts and a civil disorder charge.

Authorities allege Fallis fired a gun three times at officers during a confrontation last October. Fallis has pleaded not guilty and has been jailed in Rugby.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ordered Tuesday that Fallis be , over the objection of prosecutors.

Fallis’ attorney also has requested that her trial be moved out of Bismarck, where pipeline protests caused disruptions for months.

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