Timothy Chapman, sidekick of TV bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, has been acquitted of a terroristic threatening charge but is still on trial for indecent exposure.

Circuit Judge Richard Perkins yesterday granted defense lawyer Brook Hart's motion for a judgment of acquittal on the threatening charge.

Timothy Chapman, who is not related to Duane Chapman, was arrested a year ago after a witness reported seeing him fondling himself while sitting in a pickup truck at Ala Moana Center.

The threatening charge grew from allegations that Chapman nearly ran over a security guard who had come to investigate.