Police said the boy first demanded money from an 11-year-old student and then punched the younger boy while trying to taken away his school tokens.

A 26-year-old male teacher's aide intervened and was shoved by the older boy, police said.

Police were called to the school and arrested the older student on suspicion of second-degree robbery and harassment.

Baseball bat attack alleged

An 18-year-old man was arrested in Kalihi yesterday after he allegedly hit a 13-year-old boy with a baseball bat.

Police officers responded to a call at 5 p.m. about a group fight when a boy told them an older man had struck him with a bat, resulting in minor head injuries.

While talking with police, the boy spotted the alleged assailant and pointed him out to police, who arrested the man on suspicion of second-degree assault.

Forgery reported at local store

A 46-year-old man was arrested yesterday after he tried to make a purchase at a Honolulu store with a forged check and a fraudulent Hawai'i driver's license, police said.

The store manager became suspicious of the license and called police.

The man who handed the card and ID over to the clerk ran out of the store, but was caught by responding police officers and arrested on suspicion of second-degree forgery.

Trash can attack leads to arrest

A 14-year-old boy who attends Nanakuli High and Intermediate School was arrested there yesterday in connection with a Sept. 9 incident in which a 12-year-old fellow student was hit in the head with a plastic trash can.

The younger boy said he playing near the trash can when the older boy came over, picked up the trash can and threw it at his head.