Police yesterday reclassified a case from attempted murder to first-degree assault in charging an Iwilei man in connection with a stabbing Monday night in Chinatown.

Brian L. Booth, 38, is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Booth is accused of stabbing a 46-year-old man once in the upper right chest with a knife during a dispute at North Pauahi and Maunakea streets.

The injured man is in guarded condition at The Queen's Medical Center, said police.

Cash, drugs seized in Waikiki raid

Honolulu police yesterday seized more than $50,000 cash and five ounces of cocaine in a raid at a Waikiki hotel.

The cocaine has a street value of $20,000, said HPD Narco/Vice Division Capt. Kevin Lima.

Three California men, ages 27, 39 and 30, were arrested on suspicion of dealing a dangerous drug in the 10:46 a.m. raid at the Marc Island Colony hotel at 445 Seaside Ave.

The three men are being held pending state charges on first-degree promotion of a dangerous drug. Conviction carries a mandatory 20-year sentence, Lima said.

Kapahulu assault prompts arrests

Two men were arrested yesterday on suspicion of beating another man in Kapahulu, forced him to drive them to an area near McKinley High School and then drove off in his car. The men, ages 51 and 28, were booked for second-degree robbery and kidnapping before being released pending further investigation.

Police arrested the pair at an Alohi Way address at 6 p.m. based on a complaint filed by a 33-year-old man. The man told police he was struck with fists and sticks by the pair, who confronted him on Campbell Avenue. The three men reportedly are at odds over payment owed for repair work on a vehicle.

Median due today at fatality site

Royal Contracting today began installing a portable concrete median on Kalaniana'ole Highway in Waimanalo near the scene of a fatal accident Feb. 23.

Glenn Yasui, state highways administrator, said the median should be in place by the end of the work day baring any weather delays.