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ST. LOUIS COUNTY — Prosecutors have made a deal with one of six protestors charged after a gathering last year on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death outside the Ferguson Police Department.

Tauren Taylor is the first to resolve his case stemming from the Aug. 9 protest, which ended in several arrests after a fence was damaged and an officer severely injured.

He was accused of trying to steal an officer’s gun that night, interfering with the arrest of another protester and damaging the police department’s gate.

Taylor, who lives in University City, was charged with first- and second-degree property damage, attempting to steal a gun, resisting or interfering with arrest, and fourth-degree assault.

On Thursday, Taylor pleaded guilty to two charges: first-degree property damage and attempting to disarm a police officer. He was sentenced to 6 months in county jail, which he has already served in pre-trial custody, and three years probation. He was also ordered to pay $642 in restitution.

If he violates his probation, he will be sentenced to four years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, according to court documents.

Up until February, Taylor had been held in jail on a $250,000 bond. Judge Brian May reduced that to $1,000 and Taylor posted bond in March, court records say.

Taylor was represented by Lindsay Ponce, an attorney with ArchCity Defenders. She declined to comment on the case.

In a separate case filed in connection to his arrest, Taylor is accused of damaging police property by ramming his own head into an interview room wall several times.

That charge is pending and Taylor is scheduled for a hearing in July.

Taylor was one of at least six arrested and charged in August during a protest of about 40 people outside the Ferguson Police Department on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

The night was peaceful until about 11 p.m., when police said they went out to arrest a few people who they said had damaged the department’s gate. Ferguson Officer Travis Brown suffered a severe brain injury when he was knocked down while he was trying to arrest a man running from police.

That man, Elijah Gantt, was eventually indicted by a grand jury and charged with first-degree assault, six counts of fourth-degree assault on a special victim, resisting arrest, property damage, rioting, attempting to tamper with physical evidence and escape or attempted escape.

Gantt has been in jail on a $500,000 bond since the Aug. 9 protest and is scheduled for a status hearing next month.

Another protester, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ resident Emily Davis, was indicted on two charges of fourth-degree assault on a special victim and resisting or interfering with arrest. She posted a $5,000 bond days after her arrest and does not currently have a court date scheduled.

Keith Rose, a longtime activist, was charged with first-degree property damage in connection to the Ferguson Police Department gate. He also posted a small bond and is scheduled for two hearings this week — an arraignment on Wednesday and a pre-trial conference Friday.

Protestor Derrick Robinson was ultimately charged with rioting and first-degree property damage. He posted bond shortly after his arrest but did not have a court hearing scheduled as of Tuesday.

The last protestor, Phillip March, was charged with first-degree property damage. He’s also scheduled for an arraignment on Wednesday and a pre-trial conference Friday. He posted bond days after the charges were filed.