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Chad Teisina III: Witnesses say the Makaha man, 21, stabbed a Waianae Hardware employee
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Two people told police they saw a 21-year-old Makaha man stab a Waianae Hardware store employee several times, according to court documents.
Chad Teisina III, also known as Chad Tisina, is charged with first-degree assault and first-degree robbery in connection with the May 28 incident, which occurred at about 2 p.m.
A third witness told a responding police officer that the suspect was walking on the mauka sidewalk of Farrington Highway near Ala Hema Street, according to a police affidavit. The officer stopped Teisina and detained him after finding a hunting knife on him.
The arresting officer said in an affidavit that the suspect pulled a large hunting knife from his waistband after he was told to sit on the curb of Farrington Highway.
The attack on Jerry Tsuneyoshi was witnessed by a man and a woman at the Waianae Hardware store. Tsuneyoshi is an employee of the store and the owner’s son.
The police affidavit did not mention a motive for the attack.
Initially, Teisina was arrested on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder.
The charge was later reduced to first-degree assault and first-degree robbery.
Teisina has also been arrested for theft in Nevada and convicted in 2012 on charges of resisting an officer, possessing an open liquor container and consuming alcohol as a minor.
Teisina is being held at Oahu Community Correctional Center unable to post bail of $100,000.
His preliminary hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in District Court.