POLICE BEAT
Nu'uanu man held in car attack
Advertiser Staff
A 34-year-old Nu'uanu man was arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder after he allegedly tried to run over another man on Kauila Street near Kawananakoa Middle School.
The complainant told police he was walking along Kauila Street about 2 a.m. when a car stopped next to him. He told police he recognized the driver from a confrontation earlier this month. The man on foot said as he walked away, the car traveled directly at him and grazed him, causing minor injuries.
ARGUMENT LEADS TO MAN'S ARREST
A 23-year-old man was arrested in Makaha on Tuesday after he allegedly punched his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend in the face while she was sitting in a car.
Police were told that the former couple had been arguing at about 1:40 p.m. when the woman ran to her friend's car, with the man chasing her. They were told the woman was able to get into the car, but that the man reached in through the open passenger window and struck her in the face, resulting in minor injuries.
The suspect left before police arrived but turned himself later at the Wai'anae police substation, where he was arrested on suspicion of unlawful entry into a vehicle.
ARREST FOLLOWS RIVER ST. ATTACK
A 39-year-old man was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his apartment on River Street after he allegedly struck a 28-year-old woman in the head with a metal paper-towel holder, causing what police described as serious injuries.
Police were told the pair had been arguing because the woman wanted to go out but the man wanted her to stay home. They were told the man lost his temper and struck the woman once in the middle of her head with the metal object.
MAN, 20, SUSPECT IN ATTACK WITH BAT
Police on Tuesday arrested a 20-year-old Makiki Heights man in connection with a March 17 incident in which a 42-year-old man reported being struck by a baseball bat.
Police said the older man's jaw was broken, and that he reported losing most of his upper front teeth.
