A man police were trying to arrest in Kaimuki last night for a misdemeanor offense now faces a charge of first-degree terroristic threatening, a felony.

Police said the 46-year-old man picked up a large metal pipe, rushed toward police officers and threatened to hit them with the pipe.

The man was persuaded to put the pipe down and was arrested without further incident.

Limousine allegedly stolen

Viavia Manuma, 40, was charged with auto theft and drunk driving for allegedly taking a limousine away from it's driver Saturday night in Pearl City.

The driver told police he pulled up to a business on Kamehameha Highway to pick up a passenger for a client of his and got out of the limo, leaving his door open and the motor running, to help load the passenger and his belongings into the car.

The driver was walking around the car when he heard the driver's door close and saw the limousine speed away, striking a parked car as it left.

The driver then called police, who found the car in a parking lot off Ka'ahumanu Street, with its motor running and a man in the driver's seat who appeared to be intoxicated.

Police charge 3 in Kalihi drug raid

Three people arrested in a police drug raid Friday at 766 Pu'uhale Road in Kalihi have been charged and will be arraigned today in District Court.

Allen Dela Cruz, 50, of Ala Lilikoi Street, is charged with two counts of second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and possession of drug paraphernalia. His cash-only bail was set at $25,000.

Larry Araga, 37, and Marijane Labrador, 29, who live at 766 Pu'uhale Road, were each charged with third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug and a paraphernalia offense. Araga's bail totals $15,000 while Labrador was held in lieu of $11,000 bail.

Armed man robs 2 cab drivers

Honolulu police were investigating three weekend armed robberies, two of them involving cab drivers in Waikiki.

The drivers were both robbed by a man displaying a blade-type weapon, possibly a box cutter.

Police also have not arrested a suspect in yesterday's holdup of a convenience store at Harding and Koko Head avenues in Kaimuki.

Two women employees were robbed of personal cash at 5:15 a.m. by a man with a gun.

Victim dies after beating in park

A man who was beaten unconscious in a fight yesterday at Ala Moana Park died last night at The Queen's Medical Center.

The fight occurred behind the kokohead concession at the park and was reported to police at about 4:30 p.m. The victim, a homeless man, police said, was taken to the hospital in critical condition and died at 5:27 p.m.

The man who allegedly beat the victim was arrested at a bus stop on Kapi'olani Boulevard at 6:02 p.m. His name was not released.

Man surrenders in hit-and-run

A 22-year-old man turned himself in to Big Island police yesterday for investigation of a hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a pedestrian Saturday.

Police said Joshua H. Shimaoka, a Kailua resident, surrendered at 6:30 a.m. yesterday. Police took a statement from Shimaoka and released him pending further investigation.

Police also found a vehicle that may have been involved, a blue 1996 Honda four-door sedan.