A 21-year-old Kalihi man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and his 28-year-old brother was arrested on suspicion of hindering prosecution following a stabbing about 1 a.m. today at a home on Meyers Street.

Police said the younger brother's girlfriend, 27, had gone to the home to retrieve some clothes when she got into an argument with her boyfriend, who then stabbed her with a screwdriver.

Officers who were called to the home said they found the older man trying to hide his younger brother in the house.

The two men were arrested and the stabbing victim was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in serious condition, police said.

Man helps nab would-be robber

A would-be robber chose the wrong person to demand money from in Waikiki last night.

A 44-year-old man told police he was walking on the sidewalk along Kuhio Avenue about 11:40 p.m. when a stranger approached and demanded money.

Police said the man refused to hand over any money, at which point the man who accosted him said he had a knife.

The man who was being threatened did not see a knife and continued to reject the demands for money.

At that point, the man who made the threat gave up and walked away, only to have the intended robbery victim follow him and watch as he disappeared into a bar, police said.

The man who was threatened was able to flag down a passing police officer. The 26-year-old man who had gone into the bar was found and arrested for suspicion of first-degree robbery.

Woman reports kidnap attempt

Police were checking this morning on a complaint by a woman who said a man tried to pull her into a car in downtown Honolulu about 8:20 p.m. yesterday.

The woman said she was at the corner of King and Bethel streets when the man pulled up to the curb and tried to force her into his car.

The woman resisted and the man took off but was later found by the woman and witnesses, police said. Police were called and arrested the man for suspicion of attempted kidnapping.

Arrest made in counterfeit case

A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of forgery yesterday afternoon for allegedly trying to pass a counterfeit check at a check cashing company in Pearl City, police said.

The company manager determined the check was counterfeit and called police.

Man allegedly drove stolen car

Car theft charges are pending against a man who was seen by a police detective climbing over the balcony of a Pearl Ridge apartment yesterday afternoon.

The detective was watching the exterior of the building on Koauka Loop when he saw the man climb down from the building and approach the car directly in front of the car the detective was sitting in.

Police said the man ran back toward the building after making eye contact with the detective, who checked on the license number of the car in front of him and found it had been reported stolen. The detective called for other officers to help him, believing the man may also have burglarized the apartment he was seen leaving.