Alleged knife threat prompts felony charge

Prosecutors brought a felony charge Saturday against a 23-year-old Aiea woman who allegedly held a knife to her 3-year-old daughter’s throat during an argument with her husband.

Police said Stephanie Pena had an argument 2:30 a.m. Feb. 25 with her husband, 36. She then allegedly went to get their daughter, led her downstairs to her husband and held a kitchen knife to the girl’s neck until her husband relented and gave in to what the woman wanted.

Police arrested Pena on Thursday on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening. Prosecutors initially charged her with second-degree terroristic threatening, a misdemeanor. She was charged Saturday with first-degree terroristic threatening, a Class C felony.

Driver arrested and released in fatal crash

Police arrested the 53-year-old pickup truck driver who allegedly struck and killed an 88-year-old Kapahulu man on Friday.

The victim, Hiroaki Shihara, was taken in critical condition to the Queen’s Medical Center, where he died a short time later of multiple injuries, police said.

The truck driver struck Shihara at 12:30 p.m. Friday as he crossed Kapahulu Avenue in a marked crosswalk near the intersection of Herbert Street.

Shihara lived on Herbert Street near the accident scene.

Family and friends said he often caught the bus and may have been heading toward the bus stop on the Ewa side of Kapahulu.

The driver was arrested Saturday and released a short time later. He has not been charged.