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Thursday, June 28, 2001



Man allegedly stabs
and burns his ex

He has 4 previous convictions
for abuse of his former wife


By Nelson Daranciang and Leila Fujimori
ndaranciang@starbulletin.com | lfujimori@starbulletin.com

A 40-year-old Kuhio Park Terrace woman who had a protective order prohibiting her ex-husband from her apartment was allegedly stabbed and burned by him, police said.

The ex-husband, with a record of four convictions of abuse of a household member, faces felony charges. Detective Mark Wiese said the suspect was arrested for assault, assault of a police officer, kidnapping, terroristic threatening and violating a protective order.

The woman had burns on her face from a soldering iron and a stab wound in her chest. She was reported initially in critical condition but improved to guarded.

Police commended Kalihi patrol officers for quickly concluding a standoff with the suspect, who was holding his victim hostage yesterday.

Police said officers responded to a 1:30 a.m. 911 call on a report of someone violating a restraining order at Kuhio Park Terrace at 1475 Linapuni St.

Witnesses told police the suspect left the apartment before the officers arrived but returned three hours later, prompting another 911 call at 4:30 a.m.

When officers arrived the second time, they discovered the man had barricaded himself and his ex-wife in the apartment bedroom. Officers were informed by the woman's sons that she had been injured and was bleeding.

Before the department's SWAT team and hostage negotiators arrived, officers on the scene had the suspect in custody and his ex-wife in an ambulance on her way to Queen's Medical Center.

"They concluded the situation before it got out of hand," Wiese said.

Wiese said the Kalihi officers were able to persuade the man to open the bedroom door. Police subdued and arrested the suspect after he kicked one of the officers who entered the bedroom.

According to court records, the man pleaded guilty last July to abusing his then-wife in April, for which he spent six months in prison. He had three previous convictions for abusing her.

On Oct. 5, while the suspect was still in prison, his wife applied for a protective order, fearing her husband would abuse her and her two sons after his release. She filed for a divorce the following day.

On Oct. 18 a state judge granted a protective order effective for three years. Her divorce was granted on Feb. 1.

On Nov. 6 she asked a state judge to dissolve the protective order, claiming she had maintained contact with the man during the six months he was in prison and that she no longer feared for her safety. She said she wanted to help him emotionally and financially to stay out of prison.

The judge instead amended the terms of the protective order allowing for limited, prearranged contact and changed its expiration date to Nov. 29, 2001.



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