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Honolulu police arrest man for allegedly assaulting officers and security guard after downtown theft

Honolulu police arrested a 30-year-old man Thursday for allegedly assaulting two officers and a security guard in downtown Honolulu.

The Honolulu Police Department said that at around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, a man stole items from a downtown store, fled the area, and “started acting erratic in another location,”

He allegedly assaulted a security guard who asked him to leave and two officers who were trying to detain him.

The man was arrested after 11 a.m.

Aside from first-degree assault on the police officers and security guard, the suspect was also arrested for suspicion of fourth-degree theft and second-degree trespassing.

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