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Two police officers injured during Boston Common arrest

Two Boston police officers were injured while arresting a Connecticut man on Boston Common on Friday, police said.

Joseph Demaio II, 31, of New Haven, Conn., was allegedly smoking near Tremont and Park streets around 5:39 p.m. on Friday, in violation of a ban on smoking in city-run parks, when two officers on patrol spotted him, the Boston Police website said. While speaking to Demaio, the officers discovered he was wanted for a parole violation by the Connecticut Department of Correction.

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