WAIKOLOA VILLAGE, Hawaii (KITV) — An East Bay man was sentenced to twenty years in jail for stabbing his girlfriend on the Waikoloa Seashore Marriott Resort in 2022.
Richard Lopez, 67, was visiting the Massive Island when he stabbed his girlfriend, 64, with a steak knife a number of instances on Sept. 1, 2022.
Lopez appeared in court docket for his sentencing on March 14, 2025. He was held in custody all through the proceedings on a $1 million bail.
The suspect was sentenced to a 20-year jail time period for the tried manslaughter offense. Lopez was additionally ordered to serve a compulsory minimal of six years and eight months.
The category A felony offense carries a most penalty of a 20 years jail time period.
Lopez beforehand entered a responsible plea to a second-degree tried homicide cost on Dec. 27, 2024. The court docket accepted his submission that the stabbing resulted from him being beneath the affect of utmost psychological or emotional disturbance.
