District Court Judge Lono Lee doesn’t mess around. The Honolulu jurist knocked down a man causing a ruckus in his courtroom, put him in a chokehold and subdued him.
The rowdy suspect, Steven Michael Hauge, is now a guest of the state at the Oahu Community Correctional Center. It’s unclear why he was allegedly going from courtroom to courtroom and screaming, but you can read a few more details here, in this Associated Press story.
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