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The phrase "arresting him for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when specifying the reason or charge for someone's arrest.
Example: "The police were arresting him for theft after they found the stolen goods in his possession."
Alternatives: "detaining him for" or "charging him with".
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There were the police officers arresting him for trespassing.
A detective was arresting him for another crime and he resisted.
Secret police in topcoats arrived in his Moscow apartment, ransacking, questioning, confiscating everything, before arresting him for sabotage against the state.
The man, Eric Garner, 43, died on July 17 after he was wrestled to the ground by police officers arresting him for selling untaxed cigarettes.
They're angry at the Rev. Sam for what he says he wants to do, and they're angry at the United States Government for not arresting him for saying he wants to do it.
Like a number of his clients, Anderson was an alcoholic — a highly functioning one who got to work, won his cases, even sweet-talked the police out of arresting him for drunken driving.
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They arrested him for selling marijuana.
They arrested him for a reason".
When Simmons refused, Wilson arrested him for failure to comply.
When he came down, the police arrested him for trespassing.
The local authorities had arrested him for disturbing the peace.
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