Police today charged a 19-year-old man with being armed with a concealed .38-caliber handgun at a nightclub.

Fuatau Tagata, who recently moved here from California and has no permanent local address, is being held in lieu of $25,000 bail on the firearm offense. He was arrested early yesterday after employees at Gussie L'amour's nightclub at 3251 N. Nimitz Highway told a police officer working special duty that Tagata was carrying a gun in his jacket pocket.

Police said that during a struggle with the officer, Tagata pulled the gun from his jacket pocket but the weapon was wrestled away from him.

Boy charged as minor in assault

A 16-year-old boy was charged as a minor yesterday with first-degree sexual assault. The alleged 3:30 p.m. attack Oct. 4 on a

15-year-old girl at an 'Aiea business complex was reported to police on Wednesday when she told her school-based therapist about it.

The boy was charged yesterday morning and is being held at the Alder Street detention facility pending Family Court action.

Street incident leads to arrest

A 41-year-old man with no permanent local address was arrested yesterday in connection with an incident in which a woman's car was damaged and a police officer was pushed at 'A'ala and North Beretania streets.

The man was arrested at 9:35 p.m. on suspicion of first-degree criminal property damage and third-degree assault.

A 27-year-old woman told police the man was crossing the street when he suddenly jumped on the hood of her car and smashed the windshield. A police officer, responding to the woman's call for help, arrested the man after being allegedly struck in the chest.

Police investigate 4-year-old's burns

Police are investigating how a 4-year-old Waipahu girl suffered second-degree burns on her hands and stomach. While being treated for the burns on Tuesday, the child reportedly told ambulance personnel her mother's boyfriend caused the injuries.

There has been no arrest in the second-degree assault investigation. The case has been assigned to the child-abuse detail, which has not yet had an opportunity to interview the girl or her mother's 32-year-old boyfriend.