The woman, 49, told police that she and the passenger in her car stopped about 11 a.m. to help a woman who appeared to be arguing with a man. The woman who stopped to help said the man became enraged, got into his car and deliberately rammed her car twice before running away.

Police were called to the scene and determined the car the man used to ram the other vehicle had been taken during a robbery.

No one was injured during the incident, which police classified as an attempted second-degree murder.

Garbage pickup leads to theft arrest

A 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of car theft early this morning in Kalihi Valley after he was noticed taking a bed apart and loading it into a silver van.

Police officers were sent to Jennie Street about 2 a.m. to investigate a suspicious circumstances call and found the man trying to load the bed, which had been put out on the street for bulky item pickup service, into the van.

The officers checked on the van's ownership and learned a 50-year-old man had reported it stolen earlier. The witness who reported the suspicious activity was contacted and identified the man who was loading the bed into the van was the same person who was spotted driving the van earlier.

The van driver was then arrested without incident.

Sexual assault arrest made

A 27-year-old man was arrested yesterday as a suspect in a sexual assault reported to police by a 23-year-old woman.