A 25-year-old Hilo man has been charged with assault and attempted murder following a stabbing incident Saturday in downtown Hilo.
Donovan Sieb was charged Sunday evening with first-degree assault and second-degree attempted murder in connection with the incident that sent a 25-year-old Hilo man in serious condition to The Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu. Sieb remains in custody in lieu of $275,000 bail pending his initial court appearance this afternoon.
At 8:42 p.m., Saturday evening, police responded to Keawe Street in Hilo for a report of a man with an apparent stab wound to his neck. Witnesses told police that the suspect was involved in an argument with a group of people the victim was with before punching the victim.
The suspect was led away from the group but returned and attacked the victim with a knife, causing a deep laceration to the front of his neck. Bystanders from a nearby business detained the suspect until police arrived. The suspect and victim did not know each other.
The victim, a 25-year-old Hilo man, was taken to the Hilo Medical Center and later flown in serious condition to The Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu.
Sieb was arrested at the scene without incident. He was taken to the Hilo cellblock while detectives with the Area I Criminal Investigation Section continued the investigation.
Anyone who may have information about these incidents is asked to call the Hawaii Police Department’s nonemergency line at 935-3311 or Detective Tuckloy Aurello of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section at 961-2385 or Tuckloy.Aurello@hawaiicounty.gov.