A man and woman were arrested yesterday on a federal warrant charging them with dealing crystal methamphetamine within 1,000 feet of a public school.

Mitchell Ioane, 27, and Nicole Ioane, 28, of 1731 Democrat St., were arrested by Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Honolulu police at 7:30 a.m. The Ioanes’ apartment is near Pu'uhale School and within the restricted distance set by federal law.

Young mother, newborn vanish

Police yesterday were looking for a woman who left Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children with her baby just hours after giving birth.

Detective Letha DeCaires said police opened an "endangering the welfare of a minor" case. The woman left the hospital about noon without going through discharge procedures.

Hospital spokeswoman Pat Oda said the 23-year-old woman left against medical advice that she remain in the hospital. Police said the woman was carrying the newborn in a pink blanket.

The case is not considered kidnapping because the baby is with its mother.

"At this point it’s a wait-and-see kind of thing because the hospital doesn’t believe the baby is in danger," DeCaires said. "Someone has to say that the baby is in imminent danger."

Electricity fails with loud boom

An interruption of power today at the Hawaiian Electric Co.’s Lakeside substation on Likini Street knocked out power briefly to 4,800 customers in the Salt Lake area. The loud boom and sparks associated with the interruption in the flow of electricity shocked a few others.

"I never heard anything like it before," motorist Jennifer Bradbury said. "It shook my car. I saw the electrical sparks and two people working nearby. I’m just glad no one got hurt."