POLICE BEAT
Man, 75, arrested in stolen auto
Advertiser Staff
Police arrested a 75-year-old man in Kailua Wednesday morning on suspicion of unauthorized use of a propelled vehicle following a traffic accident about 7 a.m.
An officer responding to the accident learned that one of the cars involved had been reported stolen in a complaint filed by a 77-year-old man.
TRIO IN HONOLULU BEATEN WITH BATS
Three men told police they were injured yesterday morning when two other men beat them with baseball bats.
The men said they were standing outside their apartment building in Honolulu about 1:30 a.m. when the other men attacked them.
Patrol officers were sent to the scene and found two suspects at a nearby apartment building. They were arrested on suspicion of three counts each of second-degree assault.
Two of the three men who reported the incident were treated for their injuries at a hospital and released, while the third refused treatment at the scene.
MAN, 40, ARRESTED IN AIKAHI ASSAULT
A 40-year-old man was arrested near the Aikahi Shopping Center in Kailua Wednesday night after police received a tip that he was beating a 28-year-old woman.
Officers went to the area about 10:50 p.m. and found a woman who was conscious but who had deep cuts on her face. They found a man nearby and arrested him on suspicion of second-degree assault after the woman identified him as the alleged assailant.
The woman was taken to Castle Medical Center, where she was treated and released.
POLICE SEEK MAN IN BEACH ROBBERY
Police were looking for a 24-year-old man as a suspect in a robbery that took place Wednesday morning on a North Shore beach.
Police were told that a 21-year-old man was sitting with a group of friends at the beach about 11:15 a.m. when the older man approached the group and without saying a word, kicked the younger man in the head and removed a necklace from around his neck and fled. The assault reportedly left the younger man unconscious.
