Honolulu police officer Danson Cappo pleaded no contest on Monday to charges related to an assault on his former girlfriend and a man at a nightclub.
Cappo entered pleas for second-degree theft, third-degree assault, misdemeanor abuse of a family or household member, and fourth-degree criminal property damage.
Cappo is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 18.
An Oahu grand jury indicted officer Danson Cappo on Jan. 29 for second-degree theft, two counts of third-degree assault, and fourth-degree criminal property damage. Second-degree theft is a class C felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.
According to prosecutors, Cappo was at a nightclub on March 15, 2014 when he choked a man until the man lost consciousness on the dance floor. The man had been dancing with Cappo’s ex-girlfriend. Cappo then took the 22-year-old woman into his car and threw her cell phone out of the vehicle, prosecutors said. He allegedly assaulted her that night.
In January, Cappo, a police officer for two years, had his police powers restricted, a Honolulu Police Department spokeswoman said.