Murder charge is downgraded to assault
A 21-year-old Makaha man was charged with attempted assault after he allegedly stabbed a man near McDonald’s restaurant in Waianae on Wednesday, police said.
Initially, Chad Hopoate Teisina III was arrested on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder Wednesday.
The call came in at about 2:10 p.m. off Farrington Highway near W Hardware & Lumber Supply Co. Emergency Medical Services on Wednesday said a 44-year-old man was slashed on his back, arm and chest. He was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
The charge was later reduced to first-degree attempted assault and first-degree robbery. Teisina’s bail was set at $100,000.
Teisina also has been arrested for theft in Nevada and convicted in 2012 of resisting an officer, possessing an open liquor container and consuming alcohol as a minor.
In Hawaii, Teisina pleaded guilty to two counts of petty misdemeanor fourth-degree theft in April and was sentenced to two days in jail.
Missing opihi picker sparks wide search
A search is underway for a 30-year-old man who went missing Thursday while picking opihi near Cape Kumukahi on the Big Island.
The missing man, identified as Peter Mahoe, was last seen climbing down a cliff face between noon and 2 p.m. Mahoe’s all-terrain vehicle was found 200 feet from the site. Mahoe and his family had been camping close by.
The U.S. Coast Guard deployed an HC-130 Hercules airplane crew and a MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Barbers Point and the crew of the 110-foot Coast Guard Cutter Kiska, home-ported in Hilo, to aid in the search. Personnel from the Hawaii Police Department and Hawaii Fire Department are also involved.
Mahoe is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing blue board shorts.
Anyone with information about Mahoe’s whereabouts is asked to contact Coast Guard Sector Honolulu at 842-2600.
