Injured toddler’s father charged with attempted murder

The 38-year-old father of a toddler was charged Friday night with second-degree attempted murder for injuries that left her in critical condition.

Police arrested Christian Mikaele at 12:30 a.m. Thursday after his daughter was taken by ambulance to a hospital from a Waianae home.

He remained in custody in lieu of $500,000 bail.

Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived at the home at midnight Wednesday. They treated and transported a 16-month-old girl with critical injuries, said Emergency Services Department spokeswoman Shayne Enright.

Police said the girl allegedly was left in her father’s care when she received the injuries.

Mikaele has convictions for violating a temporary restraining order in 2008, third-degree assault in 2008 and felony criminal property damage in 2006.

Various individuals have petitioned the court for a half-dozen TROs against Mikaele as far back as 2003.

The mother of three children filed one on July 22, 2016.

Mikaele allegedly violated the TRO and was scheduled for trial. But a judge dismissed the case Nov. 7 after the complaining witness failed to appear in court.

The woman filed an earlier TRO petition on Aug. 1, 2006, which she asked the court in December 2006 to dissolve.

She also filed a petition on July 31, 2003, on behalf of her and her two children and obtained a TRO for 2-1/2 months.

Three other family members took out TROs against him. One request by a man was granted April 2, 2008, for three years.

Another petition filed Nov. 13, 2007, by a woman was denied by a judge when Mikaele’s grandmother objected.

Another family member got a three-year TRO against Mikaele in 2005.