Angelina Tawfeek is a 22-year-old woman charged with third-degree assault in Honolulu after she allegedly attacked a 75-year-old woman in Waikiki in November 2024. She was arrested on Kaiulani Street on a Sunday afternoon and held on $2,000 bail.1KITV. 22-Year-Old Woman Charged With Assaulting Elderly Woman in Waikiki
What Is Known About the Incident
Police records indicate the alleged assault happened on Kaiulani Street in Waikiki. The arrest followed on a Sunday afternoon, and the story was first reported on November 19, 2024.1KITV. 22-Year-Old Woman Charged With Assaulting Elderly Woman in Waikiki What prompted the encounter, the nature of any injuries, and whether the victim needed medical care have not been made public. No prior criminal history for Tawfeek has surfaced in reporting on the case.
How Hawaii Defines Third-Degree Assault
Under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 707-712, a person commits assault in the third degree by intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another person, or by negligently causing bodily injury with a dangerous instrument.2Justia. Hawaii Revised Statutes § 707-712 The offense is a misdemeanor. It can be reduced to a petty misdemeanor if the assault occurred during a fight entered into by mutual consent.
The victim’s age matters in Hawaii. In 2021, the legislature amended the state’s assault statutes to create enhanced penalties when a victim is 60 or older, elevating certain assaults against elderly individuals to higher-degree felony charges. Lawmakers stated that the change was motivated by the view that senior citizens are “especially vulnerable to long-term physical, emotional, and financial harm from criminal acts.”2Justia. Hawaii Revised Statutes § 707-712 Those enhancements attach to first- and second-degree assault. Tawfeek was charged at the third-degree level, where the elder-victim provisions do not apply.
Case Status
As of the most recent available reporting, updated in mid-2025, no further developments in Tawfeek’s case have been publicly disclosed. There is no reported information about an arraignment, plea, trial date, conviction, or sentencing.1KITV. 22-Year-Old Woman Charged With Assaulting Elderly Woman in Waikiki