Brodd, a former police officer, had testified as an expert witness for Chauvin's defense on April 13, saying that Chauvin's actions were "objectively reasonable" and that he didn't believe Chauvin used deadly force on Floyd.
Police also said they believed the incident could be connected with another one that occurred the same night. A group of people matching the description of those at the house vandalized a statue with a similar substance, leaving a sign with a pig on it that read "Oink Oink," the press release said.
Police said in the press release that Brodd had "not lived at the residence for a number of years and is no longer a resident of California."
KPIX 5, a Bay Area CBS affiliate, reported on May 13 that two other individuals were arrested in connection with the house-vandalism investigation. Santa Rosa police told KPIX 5 that 20-year-old Rowan Dalbey and 34-year-old Kristen Aumoithe were held on felony vandalism and conspiracy charges.
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The Santa Rosa Police Department said in a press release on Wednesday that it had arrested two other individuals on felony vandalism and conspiracy charges in connection with this case.
Sergeant Christopher Mahurin of the Santa Rosa Police Department told Insider that Lucas, Dalbey, and Aumoithe had court dates in August. Court information for the other two suspects was not available at press time.
Mahurin told Insider that all suspects were out of police custody as of Wednesday evening.
The wine influencer denied involvement in the incident
Lucas did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. In a press release published on her Instagram account, lawyers representing Lucas, Aumoithe, and Dalbey said that they had been falsely accused.
"We are honored to represent good people who stand up for all our rights," Omar Figueroa, one of the lawyers representing Lucas, said in the press release. "For example, my client Amber Lucas is a well-respected wine influencer and social justice activist who sits on the Commission on the Status of Women in Sonoma County."
"I have been falsely accused of actions I would never do; that is not me, or what I stand for," she told The San Francisco Chronicle. "As a community leader, what I am enduring are the very actions that I stand and speak against, and actively denounce: the targeting of women of color, the abuse of power from law enforcement, and the attempt to silence voices of advocacy and truth."
Lucas continued, "I am aware that I am on trial in two courts - including the one of public opinion. I understand this is an attempt to silence, and discredit me within my community, and nationwide."
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