6 schools inform parents of phone threats

The Honolulu Police Department is investigating telephoned threats received at six schools Thursday, but the calls did not disrupt the school day for students. Principals informed families and guardians in letters posted on their school websites Thursday afternoon and emailed to parents.

“Six schools in total got a phone message,” Department of Education spokesman Derek Inoshita said Friday. “The threat wasn’t directed at any particular school. … The principals did consult with HPD, and because the threat was so broad, they determined it wouldn’t affect normal daily operations.”

The schools are Aiea High, Radford High, McKinley High, Highlands Intermediate, Pearl City Highlands Elementary and Pearl City Elementary schools.

Man seriously injured in Kaneohe stabbing

Police arrested a man after he allegedly stabbed another man in Kaneohe late Thursday.

Police said a 33-year-old man punched one of the suspect’s friends while they were outside of Mo Joe’s Bar & Grill, 45-1034 Kamehameha Highway, at about 10:30 p.m., causing facial injuries. The suspect and his friends then went after the victim when the suspect brandished a knife and allegedly stabbed the victim in the back four times.

Emergency Medical Services treated and transported the man in serious condition to a trauma hospital.

Police responded to the scene, where witnesses identified the suspect. He was arrested on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder.

Big Isle man killed in tanker crash ID’d

Hawaii island police identified the man killed Wednesday in a head-on collision in Laupahoehoe as Joseph H. Wolf, 40, of Kailua-Kona.

Wolf died after the truck he was driving collided with a fuel tanker on Highway 19, near the 25-mile marker.

This was the eighth traffic-related fatality of the year on Hawaii island, compared to seven at the same time last year.