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Twin brothers who run a YouTube channel with millions of subscribers were charged Wednesday with multiple crimes, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced.

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00:00YouTube stars Allen and Alex Stokes have been charged with felony in connection to one of

00:04their prank videos. Twin brothers who run a YouTube channel with millions of subscribers

00:10were charged Wednesday with multiple crimes, the Orange County District Attorney's Office announced.

00:15Allen and Alex Stokes, 23, of Irvine, were each charged with one felony count of false

00:20imprisonment affected by violence, menace, fraud, or deceit, and one misdemeanor count of falsely

00:25reporting an emergency, according to authorities. The pair each face a maximum sentence of

00:29four years in state prison if convicted on all counts. The charges stem from two October 2019

00:35pranks in which the brothers pretended they robbed a bank and were trying to make a getaway by asking

00:40unsuspecting people for clothing items or help with transportation. The video, which has since been

00:46made private, has more than 1.4 million views, with the brothers' channel having more than 4.8

00:51million subscribers. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement,

00:56These were not pranks. These are crimes that could have resulted in someone getting seriously injured

01:00or even killed. Many bystanders called police when they witnessed the brothers running around,

01:05and officers arriving were taped and added to the YouTube video.

01:09For more on this story, head to the article on THR.com.

01:12For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Jordan Rowling.

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