The officer was responding to a domestic abuse call about 1:30 a.m. when he passed a car near the corner of Hiapo Street and Manager's Drive and noticed the driver's door was open and one of the car's side windows had been smashed out.

He then saw a man in the driver's seat working on the ignition. The police officer got out of his car, walked up to the parked car and checked the ignition. He found a key from another car jammed in the ignition.

The officer detained the man found sitting in the car, contacted the car's registered owner and learned the car had been stolen.

The 25-year-old Waikele resident found in the car was then arrested for suspicion of attempted car theft.

Shots fired in downtown Honolulu

Police last night were looking for an unknown person who fired off several rounds from a gun in Downtown Honolulu about 11 p.m.

A witness who was walking through the area heard the shots a turned to look in the direction they came from but did not see anyone suspicious in the area, police said.

They said the witness saw a late-model car driving away from the area but was unable to provide any other information about the vehicle or its occupants.

Officers were sent to the scene and recovered several spent shell casings.

Boy, 13, arrested for first-degree sexual assault

Police yesterday arrested a 13-year-old boy for suspicion of first-degree sexual assault.

A 13-year-old girl who slept at the boy's parent's house Saturday night and Sunday morning reported being assaulted by the boy, who turned himself in at the main Police Station.

He was later released without charges pending further investigation.

'Known criminal character' arrested

Police yesterday arrested a man described as a "known criminal character" in connection with the theft of a motorcycle last month.

Members of the Wahiawa police district beach task force spotted the man operating the stolen motorcycle on Sept. 25 and waited until he stopped at a public rest room, where they attempted to arrest him.

The man ignored orders to stop, got back on the cycle and went speeding off.

Because of the danger to the public and concerns the motorcycle operator might injure himself, police chose not to get into a high-speed pursuit with him.