The state will seek criminal charges against an Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate who allegedly stabbed another inmate Monday, even though the victim did not want charges filed, a Department of Public Safety spokeswoman said.
Spokeswoman Toni Schwartz said Tuesday, “We will pursue charges as well as possible disciplinary action. Victims have a right to pursue or not on criminal acts against them, but if it’s witnessed on our grounds, we can pursue it.”
Two furlough inmates were returning to Module 20 in the prison after work at about 6 p.m. Monday when they got into a fight, Schwartz said.
A 43-year-old inmate serving time for kidnapping allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old inmate, a prison official said.
Paramedics took the younger man to a nearby hospital for assessment and treatment of stab wounds.
Officers arrested the suspect on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder, but police said the victim withdrew his complaint at 10:50 p.m.
Schwartz said there is an ongoing internal DPS investigation into the matter.
Alleged robbers threaten man at ATM
Police are looking for two men who forced another man to take money out of an ATM in a gas station in Kalihi on Monday.
The incident occurred at about 10:30 p.m. at the Tesoro gas station at 1950 Kalihi St., when a suspect used a sharp object to threaten a 24-year-old man at the ATM, police said. The suspects fled with cash.
Police opened a first-degree robbery and kidnapping case.
Suspect in massage parlor robbery sought
Police were looking for a man who robbed a massage parlor in Kakaako on Saturday.
The man entered the parlor on Queen Street at about 10:40 p.m. and demanded money from a 39-year-old woman working there, police said. He fled with cash in an unknown direction.
A first-degree robbery case has been opened.
