HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Police on the island of Hawaii have arrested and charged a couple following a stabbing outside a drinking establishment in Kona Saturday night.

Police reported that two people were injured in the stabbings. One remains in serious condition.

According to Hawaii Island police, officers responded to a reported dispute at a bar on Sarona Road in Kailua-Kona around 11:30 p.m.

Police said a 41-year-old man working security outside the bar refused entry to a customer – later identified as 40-year-old Joshua Van Why – because the establishment was at capacity.

The two engaged in a verbal altercation that turned physical.

Van Why allegedly stabbed the victim several times with a blade, then fled the scene on foot.

Police said Van Why’s girlfriend, Rachel Hogan, 29, is also accused of stabbing a second victim, a 55-year-old man who tried to intervene. He remains hospitalized in serious condition.

On Sunday morning, police arrested Van Why and Hogan as they were leaving the home.

Detectives also executed a search warrant on the couple’s home, recovering a total of 26 knives as evidence.

They later determined that Van Why and Hogan were possibly involved in a separate stabbing that occurred on March 25 at a beach park in Kailua-Kona.

Van Why was charged with first and second degree assault. His bail was set at $15,000.

Meanwhile, Hogan was charged with first-degree assault, two counts of second-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening. Her bond was set at $25,150.

Anyone with additional information is asked to call (808) 935-3311.

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