KAILUA-KONA — A man remains in critical condition following an assault that occurred early Monday morning in the parking lot of the Kona Seaside Hotel.
Hawaii Police Department Maj. Robert Wagner said Tuesday that the victim, a 63-year-old security guard, is currently on Oahu receiving treatment for “severe, life-threatening injuries.”
Police responded to a report of an assault about 12:30 a.m. Monday, where they found the security guard lying on the ground. Officers determined through preliminary investigation that the assault occurred after a confrontation between the victim and four people occupying a sports utility vehicle.
The security guard asked them to turn their music down.
Of the vehicle’s four occupants, three were involved in the assault. Police identified the three as 30-year-old Wesley Samoa of Kona, 30-year-old Lama Lauvao of Honolulu and 41-year-old Natisha Tautalatasi, also of Honolulu.
On Monday afternoon, all three were charged with second-degree attempted murder. Bond was set at $250,000 for each alleged assailant. Wagner said they will all likely be arraigned in Kona sometime today.
The penalty for second-degree attempted murder is life imprisonment with the possibility of parole.
A fourth occupant of the car, 33-year-old Mahealani Kanehailua of Kona, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Wagner said she did not participate in the assault and has not been charged in the violent incident.
Samoa, Lauvao and Tautalatasi all have criminal histories. Samoa has been convicted most recently of third-degree assault in July 2017 and has been charged several other times for different offenses in the past.
Lauvao was charged with accomplice to robbery on Oahu in 2009, among other run-ins with law enforcement.
Tautalatasi, along with multiple other criminal incidents stretching back to 1997, pleaded guilty to second-degree promoting a dangerous drug on Oahu in 2007.
For a start, HOW ABOUT KEEPING THEM IN JAIL ?????
Three strikes and they are gone for good! These guys are serial criminals.
Samoa, Lauvao and Tautalatasi all have criminal histories…imagine that!
Anyone interested in a three strikes law so we can get these career criminals OUT of our communities? Or does that offend liberal sensibilities? To those who want to ban guns, let’s ban the criminal instead (or too)!
For the record, it’s conservatives that let all the corruption go unchecked. Just look at the president and the latest Supreme Court nominee.
@ Erika, You mean Trump is responsible for the loose laws and lack of enforcement here in Hawaii that have been going on for YEARS?! Please explain…
No, that’s not what I mean. See above statement. CONSERVATIVES are the party of corruption and unlawfulness.
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Can you believe this idiot? Intentionally in the dark about the vast and pernicious corruption and perfidy of the Democrat Left ? Hell, Hillary had pre-sold the entire U.S. Government to the highest bidders and Obama corrupted and weaponized the FBI and intentionally subverted a big chunk of our own intelligence services against our own people .Geez , some people truly should not have the right to vote , until the can prove they are capable of intelligent thought and observation . Pathetic
You mean DECADES!!
You are stupid. So now unfounded accusations stand as facts with out evidence or corroboration?
Oh – you mean like the corruption surrounding the Clinton Foundation?
California created the ‘three strikes’ law…. imagine that, those liberal geniuses!
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Well, close!
Now they need to apply it and stop pleading down to keep the screwballs out of prison.
A dead man in the coffee field. A lady viciously raped in a park in broad daylight. A security gaurd face down in a parking lot in critical condition. Hmm.
Blame the judges that let these guys roam our streets even after they have proven to be violent criminals!
What is the actual immigration status of any of these people ? Inquiring minds (ICE) want to know .
we have a lot of guys going into and out of jail on this island that have shown zero interest in being productive citizens in this society, yet we keep turning them loose to commit crimes. Wanna bet none of these clowns have jobs … If they have not held a job in years and continue to commit crimes they are just a drain on society so why the hell should we keep giving them chances …. 3 strikes and back to wherever country you came from for them to deal with you or life in prison for us citizens.
Part of the problem is they are housed and funded by family. These families continue to turn a blind eye and allow these thugs to have a room and even pay for their phones and cars sometimes. Its truly pathetic!
My family would help me with ANYTHING, unless I broke the law. My parents were VERY clear that I would not have their emotional or financial support if I was wrong. In fact, my dads words were “If you go to jail and you know you were in the wrong, save your one free call…dont waste it on us”.
Scumbags like this are all over Kona. Uneducated, Racist assholes…
concealed carry in Hawaii now
Please make an example to deter any future “moments”. 40+ years will do.
the victim should have had a gun to protect himself from those violent animals