HONOLULU (KHON2) — A 49-year-old Honolulu man was charged for the crime of second-degree assault of a Hawaiʻi State Library employee on Friday.
The employee asked the man to leave due to causing a disturbance in the library on Wednesday. The man then attacked the employee, resulting in significant physical harm.
Deputy sheriffs responded to the scene and encountered the man as he was leaving the library. As deputies were trying to detain the man, he became non-compliant and resisted arrest. He was arrested then at the Hawaiʻi State Library.
His bail was set at $11,000.
“I want to thank the responding deputy sheriffs who handled this case for their work in handling a very violent situation,” DLE Director Jordan Lowe said. “The safety and security of every employee and patron of the library is a high priority for the DLE. I also want to wish the victim a speedy recovery.”