Kalihi woman, 41, charged for trying to strangle her 2 kids
Kaui Jan Scharsch is charged with one count of abuse of a household or family member and one count of domestic violence involving strangulation, according to Honolulu police.
She was arrested at 1 p.m. July 25 after turning herself in at the Honolulu Police Department's Alapai Headquarters located at 801 South Beretania St. She is being held in lieu of $11, 000 bail.
On July 20 at 9 :57 a.m., the two children told police that their 41-year-old mother tried to strangle them.
Scharsch was sentenced to two years probation in 2022 after pleading no contest for violating a temporary restraining order, according to state court records. Scharsch was granted early release from the terms of her probation on Nov. 7, 2023.
A 'cooperative safety plan ' had been in place for one of Scharsch's two children as recently as 2023, according to state court records.
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