Nathanial Radimak has pleaded no contest to charges of unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and two counts of third-degree assault following a road rage incident in Honolulu. The 39-year-old, driving a gray Tesla, assaulted an 18-year-old woman and her 35-year-old mother on May 7, 2025. Prosecutors seek consecutive sentences given his prior convictions in California.
On May 7, 2025, an altercation unfolded on Halekauwila Street in Honolulu's Kakaako neighborhood. Nathanial Radimak, 39, was driving a gray Tesla and reportedly sped past an 18-year-old woman as she parked her car. Words were exchanged between Radimak, the young woman, and her 35-year-old mother, leading Radimak to exit his vehicle and assault both women.
Radimak was arrested the following day, May 8, 2025, on charges of first-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and assault. The unauthorized entry charge is a Class C felony, carrying a potential sentence of up to five years in prison. Each count of third-degree assault is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year of incarceration.
Initially, Radimak pleaded not guilty during a video court appearance from the Oahu Community Correctional Center on May 22, 2025. However, he later entered a no-contest plea to the charges of unauthorized entry and two assault counts.
Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steve Alm described the incident as "a senseless act of violence on two women" and emphasized that Radimak should serve his Hawaii sentence before any time remaining in California. Alm noted Radimak's history of similar road rage convictions in Southern California, where he had served 10 months of a five-year sentence before release.
At a May 23, 2025, press conference in Los Angeles, attorney Gloria Allred, representing three California victims, called for the maximum sentence in Hawaii: "I’d like to see him, if he’s convicted in Hawaii, be sentenced to the maximum sentence that is possible under the law from which he was convicted there."
The Honolulu Prosecutor's Office plans to request consecutive sentences from Judge Malinao to protect Hawaii residents from further roadway dangers.
