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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, September 8, 2005

POLICE BEAT
Man punched with car keys

Advertiser Staff

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A 45-year-old Ala Moana man was arrested in Kaka'ako Tuesday night after he allegedly used his car keys to punch a 40-year-old man in the face.

Police said the older man accused the younger one of having an affair with his wife and hit him in the face about 9:45 p.m., causing a deep facial cut.

Police arrested the suspect on suspicion of second-degree assault.


WOMAN ARRESTED IN STABBING CASE

Police arrested a 45-year-old woman Tuesday as a suspect in the stabbing on Sunday of a 58-year-old man at a Kaka'ako park.

Police said the victim told them a woman friend stabbed him in the chest about 12:45 p.m. Sunday and he reported the incident that day.

The victim saw the suspect Tuesday and went to the downtown police substation to report the sighting. Officers were sent to where the woman was seen and arrested her on suspicion of second-degree assault.


MAN SUSPECTED OF COFFEE-TABLE THEFT

A 24-year-old man who allegedly tried to make off with a coffee table taken from a Makiki home Monday night was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of second-degree theft.

Police said the daughter of the 57-year-old woman who owns the home near the corner of Lewalani and Mott Smith drives saw the man taking the table from the family's property. The daughter confronted the man and notified police.

The table was recovered and the suspect was arrested on suspicion of second-degree theft.


MAN, 25, ARRESTED IN KNIFING INCIDENT

Police arrested a 25-year-old man Tuesday in connection with a July 26 incident in which a 23-year-old man reported being cut on the left ear and right hand during a scuffle along Lunalilo Street.

Police said the victim told them he got into a fight with the suspect, who pulled out a knife and cut him during the 4:25 a.m. incident.

The assailant ran from the area before police arrived, but officers found a witness Tuesday who provided an address where the suspect could be found.

The man was found, positively identified by a witness and arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault.