Two work furlough inmates who were suppose to be out looking for jobs were charged Thursday and accused of using the time to commit kidnapping and robbery.

Kalai P. Tavares, 34, was charged with four counts of kidnapping, robbery in the second degree and promoting a dangerous drug in the third degree. Robert S. Gibson, 31, was charged with four counts of kidnapping and robbery in the second degree. Bail for each was set at $100,000.

The two are accused of trespassing on a Makiki property and tying up three people there, as well as tying up a fourth person who was nearby. They asked the victims for drugs and weapons, and took handbags belonging to three of the victims, according to a press release from the City Prosecutor’s Office.

A witness saw the inmates running from the scene and getting into a car. 

At about 5:25 p.m. there were arrested in a car near the intersection of King and Victoria streets.

“Work furlough should only apply to inmates who have jobs,” Prosecuting Attorney Keith M. Kaneshiro said. “No inmate should be out there, supposedly looking for work, without any supervision. Inmates who are inappropriate for work furlough cannot be allowed to put public safety at risk.”

Tavares has 18 previous arrests, with convictions for burglary, kidnapping and robbery. Gibson has been arrested 53 times, with convictions for theft, burglary and assault.

Also Thursday, police and sheriffs were looking for another Oahu Community Correctional Center inmate who failed to return to the prison from a work furlough.

Inmate Ikaika Nixon, 30,  left at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday on a job-seeking pass and failed to return at the scheduled time of 5 p.m. 

Nixon is 5-feet, 7-inches tall, and weighs 230 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has several tattoos on his face, neck and arms. The word Candyce is tattooed across his throat.  

Nixon is serving time for second-degree robbery. His next parole hearing is scheduled for June. He faces an escape charge when recaptured.