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Updated at 12:38 p.m., Thursday, May 7, 2009

Police arrest 17-year-old boy for assault, robbery in Hilo

Advertiser Staff

HILO — Hawaii County police arrested a 17-year-old boy this morning in connection with a robbery and assault in Hilo.

Police said they responded to a call from a hotel on Banyan Drive at 2:24 a.m. Hotel security guards had restrained the boy after he allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old man, stole an undisclosed amount of money and tried to flee on foot.

The man sustained minor injuries.