18-07-2025
Man breaks in through window and stabs ex-girlfriend in bed, HI officials say
A man broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend and stabbed her with a Buck knife, Hawaii officials said, and now he's heading to prison.
Frank William Funes, 43, from Pahoa on the island of Hawaii, was ordered to serve 15 years behind bars in connection with the 2021 attack that left his ex with a collapsed lung, the County of Hawai'i Office of the Prosecuting Attorney said in a July 17 post on Facebook.
Funes originally faced a charge of attempted murder in the second degree, but he maintained that he wasn't trying to kill his ex, and a jury last year instead convicted him of second-degree assault, according to prosecutors and Funes' attorney, Keith Shigetomi.
Funes also was convicted of first-degree burglary, prosecutors said.
Shigetomi told McClatchy News in a July 18 phone call that a prison sentence was expected, noting that his client 'gave a full statement' upon his arrest and has accepted responsibility for his actions.
'We told the jury to find him guilty of the burglary and assault in the second degree,' Shigetomi said, adding that Funes 'was not trying to kill (his ex), that was never his intention, and the jury agreed with that.'
Funes is accused of breaking into the woman's home on July 8, 2021, and stabbing her in the chest, armpit, arm and back, according to prosecutors.
He came in through a window and attacked her in bed, police said in a news release at the time.
Their teen son was home, police said.
