Hawaii County police charged 43-year-old Jeffrey Robert Perkins with allegedly stabbing three people at a Kapoho house Wednesday night.

Perkins of Kapoho, who was arrested Wednesday, was charged with one count of first-degree assault and seven counts of second-degree assault. His bail was set at $19,000.

On Wednesday, patrol officers went to a house near the 7-mile marker on Route 132 and found a 28-year-old man with a severe head wound and cuts, a 25-year-old woman with a severe cut to her upper body and a 45-year-old woman with a minor injury.

The man and younger woman were taken to the Hilo Medical Center where they underwent surgery and were released today.