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Boy, 16, arrested after taxi driver threatened in Kalihi

A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Kalihi Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening after threatening a taxi driver with a dangerous instrument instead of paying for his fare, police said.

The boy allegedly threatened the 38-year-old, male driver and “brandished a dangerous instrument,” around 4 p.m. when the driver requested payment for the ride, police said.

The boy was later located and arrested.

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