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A 28-year-old furlough inmate at the Oahu Community Correctional Center was in serious condition Monday after he was allegedly stabbed by another furlough inmate as both were returning to the facility from work, according to the Department of Public Safety.
The incident occurred outside the Module 20 entrance at about 6 p.m.
The male victim was taken by paramedics to a trauma center.
The suspect, a 43-year-old man who was serving time for kidnapping, was arrested.
Honolulu police and DPS Internal Affairs Office personnel are investigating the incident.
1 inmate goes missing, another caught
A 40-year-old Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate failed to return from a one-day work furlough pass Sunday night, and authorities prepared to return a Women’s Community Correctional Center inmate captured over the weekend after four days at large.
Aaron Maxwell, who is is serving time for second-degree assault, was supposed to return to the prison at 8 p.m. Sunday.
Maxwell is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 177 pounds. He has long brown hair and brown eyes.
Regina Toro, 45, who is serving time for forgery and identity theft, failed to return from a work furlough pass Nov. 3 to the furlough home where she lives. She was scheduled to return at 11 p.m.
She was captured in Kalihi on Saturday night.
Extended-furlough inmates live and work outside of the facility.
Toro’s next parole hearing was scheduled for Nov. 20. Toro is classified as community custody, which is the lowest custody level.
Kalihi school damaged by arson
Arson at a Kalihi school Sunday caused $10,000 in damage, firefighters said.
The two-alarm fire started at about 9:25 a.m. at Kaewai Elementary School, 1929 Kamehameha IV Road, down the road from the Kalihi police substation, Honolulu fire Capt. Kevin Mokulehua said.
About 35 firefighters from nine companies responded and extinguished the blaze within 20 minutes. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to an outside storage area about 8 feet wide between the school office and library, Mokulehua said.
The fire damaged the area’s exterior as well as stored items, such as office equipment and air conditioners, he said.
Mokulehua said a fire investigator determined the fire was intentionally set and forwarded the investigation to police.
Homeless man rescued from stream
Paramedics treated a 62-year-old homeless man and took him in critical condition to a hospital Sunday night after he was found floating facedown in Nuuanu Stream in Chinatown.
Authorities said the man apparently fell into the stream at 9:23 p.m. at Hotel and River streets.
He was unconscious when firefighters pulled him from the water and turned him over to paramedics at 9:45 p.m.
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