Police were looking for a man who broke into a Waialua home between 2 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday morning while the home was being fumigated.

The homeowner told police the intruder tore through the fumigation tent, entered the home and stole a safe and a suitcase filled with jewelry and other personal items.

3 SUSPECTS HELD IN WAIKIKI ATTACK

Police arrested three men, two of them 19-year-olds and the other 21, in connection with the beating in Waikiki Tuesday night of a 35-year-old man.

The victim told police the three strangers hurled racial slurs at him about 10:45 p.m. for no apparent reason, threatened to kill him and then hit him with large sticks with nails protruding from them.

Police arrived and arrested the three for suspicion of second-degree assault, first-degree terroristic threatening and third-degree assault.

The victim received minor injuries during the incident, police said.

FATHER ALLEGEDLY TERRORIZED SON

A 35-year-old Kane'ohe man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly chasing his 14-year-old son down a street about 10:15 p.m. Friday and threatening to kill him with a pocket knife.

Police said the incident was reported Saturday morning by the boy's mother.

Patrol officers found the father at his home Tuesday and arrested him for suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening.

VEHICLE STOLEN IN NEVADA FOUND

Police arrested a 24-year-old man Tuesday morning at the corner of Keawe and Auahi streets after he was spotted driving a car that had been reported stolen in Las Vegas.

Officers noticed the car had Utah license plates and had not been registered in Hawai'i. The Las Vegas Police Department confirmed the car had been reported stolen there. Attempts by Honolulu police officers to contact the registered owner were not successful.

The driver, who was ordered to pull over Tuesday, was arrested for suspicion of multiple traffic offenses and unauthorized control of a vehicle.