Friends o’ the LoCO had a lot of questions about this yesterday. Witness:

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This morning, the Eureka Police Department says:

On 03/17/16 at about 9:45 a.m., Officers with the Eureka Police Department responded to the 3300 block of Broadway for the report of a male inside a mall store with what appeared to be a large firearm in his jacket.

Upon arrival, mall security advised officers that the male was walking south through the mall foyer. Officers located the male and took him into custody without further incident. The male was identified as Daniel Dexter, 29 of Eureka. Dexter was found to be in possession of an AR-15 replica airsoft gun and brass knuckles.

Dexter was transported and booked into the Humboldt County Correctional Facility for possession of brass knuckles and public intoxication.