Former record-setting University of Hawai'i quarterback Timmy Chang was arrested yesterday after a woman reported that a man stole her camera as she filmed a brawl last month.

Chang, 27, was arrested at 7:35 a.m. at his Mililani home and was booked for investigation of one count of second-degree robbery. He was released without charges pending further investigation.

Police said the incident occurred shortly after midnight June 1 in the Pearlridge area. A large fight broke out and a 23-year-old woman told police she began to record the brawl on her camera.

A man, identified by police as Chang, allegedly told the woman to stop filming the fight. A struggle ensued, police said, and the man pulled the camera from the woman's wrist and threw it on the roof of a nearby building.

The man was later identified as Chang, police said. Chang could not be reached for comment last night.

Chang starred as a quarterback at Saint Louis School and went on to set many passing records for the University of Hawai'i Warriors. His collegiate career ended in 2004 and he was on the roster of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles.

He also played in the Canadian Football League for Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

Chang left football and planned to work as a student assistant in the UH athletics department. Jim Donovan, UH athletics director, said last night that Chang has yet to be hired.

Donovan said he had not heard about Chang's arrest and could not comment.