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WAILUKU A felony threatening charge was dismissed, while an attempted assault charge was upheld against a man who was arrested after police responded to a report that he brandished a knife at a Wailuku restaurant.
James Keliikupakako, 19, of Makawao was seen hitting the ground with a crowbar in the parking lot of Kings BBQ & Chinese Restaurant at 197 N. Market St. the evening of May 1, according to testimony at his preliminary hearing Wednesday in Wailuku District Court.
Employee Dunhao Zhang, testifying through a Mandarin interpreter, said Keliikupakako approached and was about 4 feet away when he said, “I just came out from jail.”
lfujimoto@mauinews.com
WAILUKU Bail was increased to $10,000 for a 19-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly pointing a knife at a restaurant worker, then trying to punch a police officer.
James Keliikupakako of Makawao was charged with first-degree terroristic threatening, attempted first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer and violating public health emergency rules.
He was arrested Saturday evening in the parking lot of Kings BBQ & Chinese Restaurant at 197 N. Market St. in Wailuku.
Police were called after a restaurant employee reported he was working in the business shortly before 6 p.m. when Keliikupakako walked up to him and brandished the knife, pointing it in the employee’s face, according to a declaration filed in court to support the charges. Keliikupakako also was described as aggressively stabbing an aluminum can.