A 42-year-old Kalihi man was arrested Monday after he allegedly assaulted a police officer who was trying to arrest him following a fight.

The incident occurred at 12:20 p.m. at a Meyers Street home after the suspect allegedly punched a 40-year-old woman several times in the face, threw her onto a bed and choked her.

Besides being arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault of a law enforcement officer, the suspect also faces charges of abuse, resisting arrest and charges related to outstanding contempt warrants.

Maui woman avoids fake police stop

Maui police warned the public Tuesday about a man impersonating a police officer and trying to pull over a female driver in Pukalani.

Police said the man was driving an unmarked silver four-door sedan with a flashing blue-and-white light on his dashboard. On Monday he tried to pull over the woman, but she didn’t feel safe and called police while continuing to drive.

The man took off in his vehicle when an officer arrived.

Police urged anyone who encounters a similar situation and feels unsure about the person making a traffic stop to drive to a well-lit, public area where there are other people before stopping.

Try to get a license plate number and any identifying details of the vehicle and the driver, police said.

If the officer is not in uniform, ask for official police identification or call 911 to verify the stop.

Cause of outage under investigation

Some 5,440 customers in Waianae, Nanakuli, Makaha and Wahiawa were without power Tuesday night, according to Hawaiian Electric Co.

The outage was first reported at 6:40 p.m., and HECO crews were investigating the cause of the outage.