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Updated at 7:37 p.m., Thursday, June 12, 2008

2 arrested in separate Oahu child sex assault probes

Advertiser Staff

Police today arrested two men, ages 36 and 19 from Salt Lake and Wahiawa, in separate sex assault investigations involving juvenile females.

The older suspect was arrrested at 11:40 a.m. on the 2300 block of Kamehameha Avenue in Manoa and booked for first-degree sex assault, three counts of third-degree sex assault and one count of promoting pornography to a minor. All are felony offenses.

The alleged assaults involving a 15-year-old girl occurred March 30 from 11 p.m. to midnight.

The Wahiawa man is under investigation for first-degree sex assault and three counts of third-degree sex assault on an 8-year-old girl.

He was arrested on Kahelu Avenue at 1:10 p.m. today. The assault allegedly occurred prior to Nov. 13, 2007, police said. The case was reported to police after the victim and her family moved to the mainland.