Three men were in custody Tuesday after being charged with robbing a Kakaako massage parlor last week at gunpoint.

Tyndale Tiolu, 36, of Waianae was charged with 14 felonies, including three counts of first-degree robbery, three counts of kidnapping and eight firearm offenses.

Keoki Davis, of unknown age and address, was charged with the same 14 offenses. Bail for both men was set at $250,000.

Delbert Reis, 31, of Waianae was charged with six counts of first-degree robbery. His bail was set at $100,000.

All three men were charged Thursday and remained at the Oahu Community Correctional Center on Tuesday. They had preliminary hearings scheduled for today in District Court.

Davis first entered Smile Spa, 754 Ilaniwai St., at about 12:40 a.m. Nov. 1 and was in a private room receiving services as a customer when Reis pushed his way into the parlor, forcing back the 72-year-old female owner, a police affidavit filed in District Court said.

Reis asked the owner for “the money,” and Tiolu, who followed Reis into the business, pulled out a handgun and also demanded money, the document said. The owner gave Reis an unknown amount of money, Davis came out of the private room and all three men ransacked the business while the owner and two employees were forced to stay in the kitchen, the affidavit said.

Police responded to a 911 call a manager secretly made, and when the owner answered the door, Tiolu pointed the gun at her head and told her to tell the officer that the business was closed, the document said. Instead, the owner partially opened the door and whispered to the officer, “I’m being robbed.”

At that time the three suspects ran out the back door and down the fire escape.

Police captured the three men after finding Davis trapped in an alley by a large fence and the other two hiding in a nearby bathroom. Police recovered a .40-caliber Taurus semi- automatic pistol near where Davis was captured.

KAUAI

Bridge replacement beginning

The state is slated to start a project this week to replace aging bridges in the Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve on Kauai.

Contractors of Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. will replace three bridges along the unpaved Mohihi-Camp 10 Access Road. The work will improve access by the Division of Forestry and Wildlife personnel to maintain recreational facilities and natural resources as well as battle forest fires, said the Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The $2.4 million project is tentatively scheduled to be completed by May 31.

Panels made of precast concrete were selected to construct new bridges because of its longevity and minimal impacts on the natural environment.

The existing bridges were built in 1925 and 1926 by the Kekaha Sugar Co., according to DLNR. Two of the three bridges are made of railroad steel members that have corroded and deteriorated over the years. The third bridge, made of concrete, “shows signs of failing.”

Mohihi-Camp 10 Access Road, a 4-mile dirt road that provides access to many forest and Alakai Swamp trails, will be closed to vehicular traffic at the end of Kumuwela Flats. Vehicle access will be available on Kumuwela Road and to the Berry Flats Trail.

Officials said hikers and hunters still will be allowed to access the area during the duration of the project. All campsites, trails and public hunting areas will remain open.

Individuals may access the area via Mohihi-Camp 10 Road and the Pihea Trail.