Officers were sent to the corner of Kuhio and Lili'uokalani avenues about 1:45 after a witness reported that a man had broken out a back window of a black car and had climbed inside.

The car, with two men inside, was located quickly and police ordered it to pull over. Officers then learned the car had been reported stolen and arrest warrants had been issued in unrelated cases for the two men, ages 25 and 29, found in the car.

Police contacted the car's owner who told them items from the interior were missing. The man police found in the passenger seat when the car was pulled over was arrested for suspicion of unlawful entry into a motor vehicle. The man found behind the steering wheel was arrested for unauthorized control of a motor vehicle.

During a search incidental to the arrest of one of the suspects, a glass pipe containing what appeared to methamphetamine was found and he was arrested for third-degree promotion of dangerous drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Stolen car recovered

Two Maili men were arrested yesterday afternoon after police received a tip that the two were stripping a stolen car at a site off Piliuka Place in Wai'anae Valley.

Police went to the address about 5:15 p.m., found the car in question, confirmed it had been reported stolen and arrested a man they saw getting out of the car for suspicion of unlawful entry into a motor vehicle. A second man was located nearby and arrested for suspicion of detaining stolen property.

Man arrested in kitchen-knife stabbing incident

A 20-year-old man was arrested yesterday in the Kapi'olani Boulevard area after he allegedly stabbed a 21-year-old man in the left thigh with a kitchen knife.

Police said the two men had been arguing when the younger man stabbed the older one about 4:20 p.m.

The suspect hid nearby after the stabbing but was quickly located and arrested for suspicion of first-degree assault, police said.

Soda machine break-in prompts arrest

A 26-year-old man was arrested early yesterday morning after police saw him leaving the Ilima Intermediate School office in 'Ewa Beach.

Patrol officers checked the building and found a soda machine had been broken into and the coin box taken.

Police arrested the man about 6:15 a.m. for suspicion of second-degree burglary.

Man, 28, arrested on sexual assault charge

Police yesterday charged a 28-year-old man with second-degree sexual assault in connection with a complaint filed by a 22-year-old woman.

The woman told police she met the man and his friends while in Waikiki Friday night. She said she went to a hotel room with the group and went to sleep in one of the bedrooms while the others went to get something to eat.

The victim said she awakened about 1 a.m. Saturday morning to find the suspect assaulting her.

Police were notified and the victim pointed out the alleged assailant in a field line-up, police said.