Man arrested in assault of 9-month-old boy

Police arrested a 27-year-old man yesterday for allegedly assaulting a 9-month-old baby boy from Ewa Beach.

Police said the baby's parents took him to a hospital Feb. 6 after he suffered a seizure. Police said that tests showed he had five healing fractures, bleeding on the brain and multiple retinal hemorrhaging.

The suspect confessed to two separate occasions of physical assault to the child, which resulted in injuries, police said.

The man, who is not the child's father, was arrested on two counts of second-degree assault.  He was later released pending further investigation.

Male suspect is wanted in robbery of credit union

Police are looking for a man who robbed the Hawaii Federal Credit Union at 1244 Kaumualii St. on Wednesday afternoon.

The man, who appeared to be in his 30s, entered the bank at 1:40 p.m., approached a teller, brandished a handgun and demanded money, police said. He fled in an unknown direction.

He is described as about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing between 180 and 200 pounds, and was wearing a gray T-shirt, blue denim pants and sneakers.

Anyone with information about this incident should call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.

Couple returns stolen $1,700 puppy to pet store

What happened to a stolen 12-week-old Tibetan spaniel will remain a mystery so long as the thief and the puppy don't talk.

The $1,700 puppy was returned yesterday morning to Pet's Central, off Sand Island Access Road, where it was taken Wednesday afternoon.

The store manager said a young couple in their 20s came into the store and said the dog was given to them.

They said the man who gave them the puppy thought it was a St. Bernard, but when he realized it wasn't, he no longer wanted it. The couple said they saw the news coverage and decided to return it to the store.

“;We were very happy to have our puppy back,”; said Sabrina Foss, another store manager. She said the puppy was “;a little tired, but he got to play with another dog.”;

The dog was not injured.

Foss said they still have no clue who walked away with the dog, which was in an exercise bin at the time. The company is rethinking how they exercise their puppies.

She said the couple who returned the dog are not suspects because they were not in the store when the dog disappeared.

The dog was identified by its microchip and will get a thorough exam.

2 men arrested after shots are fired during bar fight

Police arrested two men in connection with several gunshots fired during a fight yesterday morning at a Kapiolani Boulevard bar.

Officers went to the bar's parking lot near Atkinson Drive after reports of a fight at about 2 a.m. Witnesses told officers that shots were fired and that the suspect left the area, police said.

After investigating, police stopped the two men, 26 and 32, in a car at Kalakaua Avenue and Kanunu Street about two blocks away.

An officer saw a handgun and ammo in the car, and witnesses identified the men, police said. Both men were booked on suspicion of reckless endangering and firearm and ammo charges. The 32-year-old man was also booked on suspicion of dangerous drugs.