#abuse of a household member

On Monday, March 16, 2026, at approximately 8:24 a.m., officers with the Maui Police Department responded to a residence on Anapa Place in Kīhei for a reported Abuse of Family or Household Member type incident involving a 41-year-old Wailuku man.

A Maui man who was on trial for the second degree attempted murder of his ex-girlfriend’s infant, was found guilty instead of a lesser first degree attempted assault charge. The verdict in the trail of Christian Rosete was reached on Monday afternoon (Sept. 23). The jury found Rosete guilty as charged of separate first and second degree assault charges, and a charge of felony abuse against a family or household member. Another second degree assault charge for Count 3 was reduced to a third degree assault conviction.

Police say the 41-year-old female victim, also of Kahului, was treated at the Maui Memorial Medical Center for life threatening injuries. The suspect remains in police custody and is awaiting formal charges.

Big Island police say the suspect fired a rifle during the altercation, locked himself in a room within the residence, and did not respond to officers.

Meantime, a demonstration rally against domestic violence called Rise Up Maui will be held this morning at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College as government leaders proclaim this month, Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Hawaiʻi. Rally organizers say they will join this event to demand action from leaders in the case involving Wong.

Wong was arrested early Saturday, March 9, by police at a residence in Wailuku. He was charged with abuse of a household member and has since posted bail.

Tristin L Hickman, 35, was arrested on the evening of Oct. 24, 2017, while off-duty. He entered a not-guilty plea in 2nd Circuit Court on Tuesday.

Maui police arrested a 36-year-old man in connection with the alleged abuse of his girlfriend following an argument at a Pāʻia home on Tuesday morning, Sept. 15, 2015.