Officials identify man stabbed to death

The Honolulu medical examiner’s office on Wednesday identified a 55-year-old Kaneohe man who was killed in a stabbing Tuesday night as Darryl Tomita.

The results of an autopsy were not yet available.

Police arrested a 47-year-old Kaneohe man for investigation of second-degree murder shortly after the stabbing on Waikapoki Road. The man was arrested at about 6:15 p.m. at Kaneohe Bay Plaza on Kamehameha Highway.

Police said Tomita was stabbed during an argument.

Paramedics treated Tomita and took him to the hospital in extremely critical condition with a stab wound to the back, according to Emergency Medical Services. He later died at the hospital.

The incident happened at about 5:25 p.m. in the 45-100 block of Waikapoki Road, the emergency report said.

Speed cited in fatal crash of motorcycle

Speed was a factor in a crash that killed a motorcyclist Wednesday morning in Pukalani, Maui police said.

Police identified the motorcyclist as Javin Leal, 26, of Makawao.

Leal was riding a 2004 Yamaha YZF-R1 motorcycle about 5:30 a.m. when he collided with a Lexus SUV that was making a left turn from Old Haleakala Highway onto Haleakala Highway, police said. Leal was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene.

The driver of the SUV, a 69-year-old Pukalani man, was wearing his seat belt and sustained minor injuries. He was treated at the scene and released.

Police said Leal was wearing a helmet.

Head of statue at Maui school is shattered

WAILUKU >> Authorities have opened a criminal property damage investigation after a statue of Father William Chaminade outside a Maui school was found beheaded after Easter.

Officials at St. Anthony Junior-Senior High School say a teacher discovered the head of the statue shattered on Monday.

Officials are not sure whether the damage was caused by vandals or a 3.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the island early Monday.

The damage to the 83-year-old statue has been estimated at $750.

The Catholic Online website says Blessed William Joseph Chaminade was a French Roman Catholic who survived persecution during the French Revolution. He founded the Society of Mary, which has had a large influence on St. Anthony school.