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Santa Rosa Fla May 25 2010 Police arrested a man on charges he attempted to pull a knife on a hospital security guard Monday morning.

Allen Rubin Newsom Jr., 47, was charged with aggravated assault on medical staff.

Police said a security guard at Bay Medical Center confronted Newsom after he spotted him attempting to burglarize a vehicle in the hospital parking lot.

Newsom ran, but the guard pursued and caught up with him, police said. At that point, Newsom reportedly pulled a knife and attempted to open it, but was tackled to the ground first.